Re: [RBW] barrel adjusters with silver shifter thumb mounts?

t; Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 16, 2024, at 12:38 PM, 'thomasl...@comcast.net' via RBW Owners > Bunch wrote: > > Anyone have experience with adding adjusters to the silver shifter thumb > mounts? Seems to me I might be able to find some adjuster that might nest

[RBW] Re: FS: older model Paul Thumbies, Shimano 22.2mm, black

I have no direct awareness of the sun tour shifters you reference. But I would *not *expect them to work. Sorry. I've used nothing but Shimano BS-64 (8-speed lives!) shifters on Thumbies. But I know that Paul Component went to the trouble of producing a "Silver Shifter Adapter" to allow the Riv

[RBW] Re: FS: older model Paul Thumbies, Shimano 22.2mm, black

I've just realized, given how the pictures are arranged, that one might conclude that I'm selling four Thumbies. I am not. This thread is about a single pair of Thumbies. Sorry for any raised hopes! Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 4:57:15 PM UTC-6 thomasl...@comcast.

Re: [RBW] OGK grips: lessons learned - a follow-up question

Hi, Brian. Understood. That might've worked here. The knuckled OGK has a harder, more plasticky layer, exposed near its boundaries, and underneath/within its foamier softer surface in its middle. But a medical syringe might've been sharp enough and tough enough to penetrate it and deliver an ef

Re: [RBW] Craigslist, etc 2024

Oh, man! Will the temptations never cease! I'm not even going to look... it's probably purple and includes an 8cm Nitto 280-DX stem, so far only rumored to exist. But I remain steadfast: 2025 or 6 no 4 Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean who lives in the chicago area On Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 12:57:2

Re: [RBW] OGK grips: lessons learned - a follow-up question

The scratcher was most likely the protectively-covered-but-apparently-not-well-enough small screwdriver I used to lift the edge of the grip, to enable the syringe needle to deliver alcohol. The scratches themselves are more like light smooth abrasions. They have no readily discernable depth.

[RBW] Re: WTB: SaddleSack XS / Baggins Keven's / Nigel Smythe Keven's

Hi, all. I now have enough Baggins Keven's / SaddleSack XS type bags. Thanks so much for hearing my plea. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean who still has a place in his heart for, but no real hopes of acquiring any, Nigel Smythe tweed anything On Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 3:49:00 PM UTC-6 Danny wro

Re: [RBW] OGK grips: lessons learned - a follow-up question

>>>> >>>>> I’ve used a long and narrow flathead screwdriver to pry up grips >>>>> enough to spritz something into the gap to free them up for removal; I’m >>>>> careful and I don’t scratch the bar. I daresay a longish steel awl

Re: [RBW] OGK grips: lessons learned - a follow-up question

to >>> work as well or even better. >>> >>> I’ve dribbled rubbing alcohol into the grip from the bottle by tilting >>> the bike to the side; even better, I’ve squirted WD40 into the gap with the >>> little nozzle pipe — I’ve done this many to remove grip

[RBW] OGK grips: lessons learned - a follow-up question

Hi, all. First, I really like the OGK grips as an idea. And I probably will like them in practice. This is not about avoiding them in anway. I put a pair of the "ergo" (i.e. finger-grooved) OGK grips (Genuine Japanese Grips (pair) – Rivendell Bicycle Works

[RBW] Re: WTB EZPZ bag

Hi! If you don't mind... what kind of bar(s) are you using the EZPZ with? The Rivendell web-site displays it on an Albatross and on a Losco, I think. (Either of those could be wrong guesses.) In those shots it looks suitable enough to me. My setups have plenty of room: v-brakes, long headtube,

[RBW] Re: Purple Platypus - L - Riv Stock Build - $2,300

Would this were next year. A purple Platypus is the next bike I'd buy, if the world would be more accommodating. But I can't do it this year. Sorry I can't take it off your hands. Purple is far and away the best color I can imagine for a Platypus. Next year's schedule indicates the options will

[RBW] WTB: SaddleSack XS / Baggins Keven's / Nigel Smythe Keven's

I have noticed that the SaddleSack XS no longer has a place on the Rivendell web-site. Nor is there a spiritual successor. I can't remember when I first noticed it (yesterday? months ago?). I have looked and not found anything quite so nice as a bag of this ilk to nestle underneath the "fork" o

[RBW] berthoud panniers on an rbw hub area rack

Hi, all. It looks to me like the berthoud GB799 and/or GB1488 panniers might work reasonably well on Rivendell's Hub Area Rack. Does anyone have any experience with either combination, specifically with *non*-Klickfix attachment hardware? Nitto Mark's Hub Area Rack with Hoop (MF2) – Rivendell

[RBW] barrel adjusters with silver shifter thumb mounts?

Anyone have experience with adding adjusters to the silver shifter thumb mounts? Seems to me I might be able to find some adjuster that might nestle into the mount's cable ingress. I wonder if there are non-obvious gotchas that I'll discover in the middle of my next long ride. Which, with my lu

[RBW] Re: WTB: bags - ShopSacks M and L from before demise of attachment provision

Yeah, I don't know when it happened precisely. But there it is on the web-site in black and white. No more loops. Some text suggesting nets can do the job. They certainly didn't consult me! :-) Anyway, ever since I starting paying attention again early this summer, bags other than the kangaroo

[RBW] WTB: bags - ShopSacks M and L from before demise of attachment provision

Honestly, while I certainly understand not wanting to have a big brass spring-loaded snap hook permantently attached to my bag, I do *not* understand why there should be no "loop" or "tab" or some sort of soft provision for connecting your bag to the basket. Cost-saving, sure. But how much did

[RBW] Re: Mission Accomplished

please tell cindy she's not helping me get over my desire for a platypus. on which's back, by the way, i would almost certainly put an r15 rack/big-loafer-ish combination, already in my garage waiting for just such a frame. especially if i can find a tree-lined trail to ride. near an ocean. th

[RBW] Re: WTH (want to have): Gran Compe wood handlebar grips and bag supports

yes, those are they. sigh! would that i would hear of someone who decided they were too much hassle after using one of the dozen pair he bought new! i have an unused pair of the light-colored ones (i preferred the darker color wood) that taunts me. after all, with these, the "1 is none, 2 is 1"

[RBW] Re: Meeting other Riv Riders in the Wild

Perhaps it's just me. I think I've seen from afar a Rivendell on the trail I was riding. Once. Over a decade of riding. No encounter closer than that. Apparently my presence on a bicycle establishes a Rivendell-free radius that trumps my vision. I've never ridden as much as many of the others on

[RBW] Re: (perhaps) dumb question time (bottle bosses)

Smaller sample (much, much smaller), consistent with iamkeith's pattern. 2010 double-top-tube 60m hillborne has higher placement 2012 double-top-tube 60m hillborne has lower placement I'm pretty sure both frames were made in Waterford. There were a couple of other small-ish differences between t

[RBW] WTH (want to have): Gran Compe wood handlebar grips and bag supports

Hi, all. I stepped away for a bit. Now, upon my return, I realize several things have vanished while I wasn't looking. Shimano BS64 shifters, low-normal derailers, Big Loafer-like bags. (Lots of bags, actually.) Even Miesha's Cork Grips as I knew them. Anyway, I really liked the shaped wood ha