[RBW] Newbaums color to match honey Brooks?

Howdy folks. What color of padded Newbaums shellacs best to match a honey Brooks? I think I have some clear Bullseye around somewhere, so whatever ends up honey looking with clear would be my preference. Also, do I need 1 or 2 rolls to wrap a Chocomoose in front of thumby shifters? Thanks, Doug

Re: [RBW] What NOT to do when using BikeFlights to ship your bike

Hi Liz, you get it exactly! I felt a little guilty whining about this, especially as it seems that we've got at least one person in the group that lost their bike and maybe their whole home in the LA fires, but it's been so frustrating and I wanted to try to turn my frustrations into something hel

Re: [RBW] What's the new model going to be in 2025?

Bryce - ahh that's a good point, now that you say it, it seems only logical that the next generation of Hillibike will use these lugs and a straight top tube that's thicker gauge than the CHG. Should not only improve the cost / fab time, but stiffen up the frame a bit too I'd expect. I kinda

Re: [RBW] What's the new model going to be in 2025?

John, Thank you for the link. I've watched about half of it and it is fascinating. I had read much of that history but seeing the photos by Wende Cragg and interviews with the mountain biking founding fathers is pure gold. Doug On Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 8:18:45 PM UTC-5 John Rinker wrote:

Re: [RBW] What's the new model going to be in 2025?

I also think it's going to be a new hillibike and I reckon it'll get the 90 degree lugs that they developed for CHG. Straight TT = easier/cheaper to braze. On Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 8:18:45 PM UTC-5 John Rinker wrote: > Hey Doug, > > Klunkers were the original mountain bikes and were cobble

Re: [RBW] What's the new model going to be in 2025?

Hey Doug, Klunkers were the original mountain bikes and were cobbled together from older Schwinn newsboy bicycles (or some such). There's a fine film over on The Radavist called Camera Corner which sheds more light on this. Che

Re: [RBW] FS: Craigslist, etc 2025

52 Sam in Oakland for $1300 seems like a good price https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bik/d/oakland-rivendell-hillborne-52cm/7816955697.html On Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 10:40:45 AM UTC-5 Eric Marth wrote: > Bleriot, 59cm > https://www.ebay.com/itm/176783507009 > Spanish Fort, Alabama > $2,10

[RBW] Re: The Enlightened Homer. Another misguided weight weenie thread.

Charlie horse LOL. That made me laugh. I caught the bug, too, but my candidate is an 87 Cannondale ST600 with some pretense at light weight. Large frame, not much lighter than yours. If I go through with it, I'll show some pics and some numbers. It's the dead of winter here in mid-Michigan. I'm

[RBW] Re: The Enlightened Homer. Another misguided weight weenie thread.

I too have a 63cm Waterford Hilsen and was very surprised when it first arrived by how light it felt. Super interested to see how this progresses... Eric On Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 3:50:00 PM UTC-5 Davidbea wrote: > I'm running some BDOP cassettes. I have some 10 speeds but currently they

[RBW] Re: FREE: Castelli cycling shorts and rain shoe covers

SOLD. Kim Hetzel. On Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:25:14 PM UTC-8 Kim H. wrote: > FREE: You take your pick of which bike short(s) you want or rain shoe > covers or take them all. You pay for the shipping costs in the CONUS. > > These are clean and all have been washed in cold water with WOOLIT

[RBW] Re: The Enlightened Homer. Another misguided weight weenie thread.

I'm running some BDOP cassettes. I have some 10 speeds but currently they only have 11 and 12 with the 11 speeds weighing 185g. https://bdopcycling.com/product/bdop-steel-cassette-shimano-sram-11spd-11-28t/ On Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 6:50:42 AM UTC-5 brendonoid wrote: > That is very useful

Re: [RBW] What NOT to do when using BikeFlights to ship your bike

Chris, I had to wait some time to get my Platy from a bike shop in Montreal, Canada…issues at customs, with taxes, etc…then delays with UPS getting the bike to my house. But then I got it and it all worked out fine…it was just really tough to wait for something I wanted so badly. But the real

Re: [RBW] Slipping/sliding/jumping/ghosting gears on a new Platypus

Not only do some of your replies terrify me but they also give me hope…great tension there, friends. :) I’m rooting for hope…hope that all these insights eventually solve this problem so I can go about my usual way of NOT thinking about my bicycle as I ride it. Ryan: yeah, it’s counterintuitive

[RBW] Re: The Enlightened Homer. Another misguided weight weenie thread.

On Sunday, 12 January 2025 at 10:50:42 pm UTC+11 brendonoid wrote: That is very useful info, cheers. It seems like I am getting very good weight value out of my cheap, 9 speed 11-28 HG-400 at 260g? Smaller cassettes are considerably lighter. According to Bike24, if you had an 11-34 in the same

Re: [RBW] What's the new model going to be in 2025?

I don’t know about the bike but the Y reminds me that I have long thought that Riv should design and sell a Yo Yo at some point.  Lugged of course. Maybe with hemp twine in place of the string.Robert TilleySan Diego, CASent from my iPhoneOn Jan 10, 2025, at 10:50 AM, Bill Lindsay wrote:Grant's la

Re: [RBW] Winter Photos 2024/2025

Winter in the Bay Area after a bunch of rain and gratefully no fires around here. Here's a view of Mount Diablo, from out in the middle of the Bay on the unpaved paths around the salt marshes off shore from Fremont. It was in the high 50s. https://flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/54261217656

[RBW] Re: The Enlightened Homer. Another misguided weight weenie thread.

That is very useful info, cheers. It seems like I am getting very good weight value out of my cheap, 9 speed 11-28 HG-400 at 260g? On Sunday, 12 January 2025 at 19:00:44 UTC+8 Nick Payne wrote: > For a light cassette, steel monoblock cassettes save weight, as they're > mostly empty space. I jus

[RBW] Re: The Enlightened Homer. Another misguided weight weenie thread.

For a light cassette, steel monoblock cassettes save weight, as they're mostly empty space. I just weighed an Edco 11-34 cassette I have, and it's 197g, which compares with 345g for the same size Ultegra cassette. The same size Dura-Ace comes in at 250g, but it manages that by using titanium for