[RBW] Re: Recommendations on cycling to Rivendell and around San Francisco and the Bay Area

There are a whole lot ways to do long and hilly rides, but for urban and (relatively) flat--but still experiencing a lot--here are my thoughts: Spend a couple days in SF. Make sure to go over the Golden Gate on at least one of them. Starting at the Ferry Building, go north on Embarcadero, to Be

[RBW] Re: New Hubbuhs?

"Only slight bummer is that the front top water bottle mount is useless on the size small frame because of the lower top tube." We have simple Minoura wire cages on our Small HHH. I can get a bottle in that front top spot, but only for storage. Can't remove or replace while in motion. Fortunate

Re: [RBW] Re: utility biking shop in SF east bay?

Don't give up on the Clem L! My Pleasanton-based mother had a step thru Trek hybird that she was excited to get (moderate price point, good local shop), but ended up riding only begrudgingly after a couple years. Even with tune-ups and different tires, it just didn't "roll very well" in her wor

[RBW] Re: Newbaums Be Gone

I used a heat gun on a set of handle bars a couple weeks ago, then finished off with Goo Gone. The Neubaums tape was on about two years. I can imagine the tube pressing onto a rim is going to really bond that adhesive to the metal, though. Good luck! -- You received this message because you ar

[RBW] Re: Shimano DYNO Hubs and Less Rotational Spin

Conservation of energy, baby. The dyno is converting rotational energy (or angular kinetic energy) of the spinning wheel into electrical energy. And then your headlight is turning the electrical energy into light. Hook up a battery in place of the headlight, and you've got a regenerative brake.

[RBW] Re: Get those tandem deposits in

Direct link . Presale until 1/8/19, Tuesday. On Thursday, January 3, 2019 at 3:35:50 PM UTC-8, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > Riv just sent an email that you can put a deposit in on a tandem frameset > now. Jump on

[RBW] Re: 3 day SF bike tour routes sought (Roadini)

This is a figure-8 loop

[RBW] Chapter 11 for parent company of Performance Bike

When I lived in Berkeley, the PB on San Pablo employeed the nicest, fastest, fittest guy riding those parts. If I knew my Strava login credentials I could probably look up his name. Grizzly Peak, Centenial, Pinehurst, Wildcat Canyon, The 3 Bears, couldn’t ever get close, but it was sure fun tryi

[RBW] Re: My back is pretty stoked on my Rivendell...

You're in good company! Or, at least not the only mid-thirties guy here. I started un-racering a couple years after our kids were born (on average 6 years ago), felt bad about it the whole time, and then discovered Rivendell when I moved nearby in 2015. Put some albatross bars and practical gear

Re: [RBW] Re: HubbuhHubbuh email from Riv & donation idea

1. This weekend my wife and I are taking the inaugural spin on our newly-built HHH. Whatever's left in the build budget, plus a few extra bucks will go into this fundraiser. Beyond the raw awesomeness of the BTCC's mission, I am so excited to find a way to assuage the guilt of removing my name

[RBW] Re: How young is too young for a boy to get a hatchet?

There's a lot of good, reasonable advice here. I'll just add a couple points of reference and some resources you might peruse. The Cub Scouts have a hard prohibition against pocket knives through 2nd grade. After that, kids can earn a Whittling Chip

Re: [RBW] Re: Seeking recommendations for transporting multiple bikes in minivan

a Skybox between two fork-mounted roof racks, but it means by removing the inside pedal on both bikes (and accepting everything in the Skybox is inaccessible until the bikes come back off). -Randy On Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 12:06:45 PM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > > On 11/

[RBW] Re: Seeking recommendations for transporting multiple bikes in minivan

This thread really deserves pictures of everybody's Bike Tetris achievements. As a fellow Odyssey owner, I think it'll be tight but that you can pull it off. We've managed similar (third bike was a 20" kids bike, though) and still used one seat in second row and one seat in the third row (for

[RBW] Tires for a new HHH build

Has anybody ridden Schwalbe G-One tires? Either the all arounders or the “bite” model? I was thinking 2” Big Bens initially. But these something with a little tread might be nice. Any other real world recommendations and experience with tires would be great to read, too. https://www.schwalbeti

[RBW] Leo Roadini on Brevet--SFR Del Puerto Canyon 200k ride report

Great report and congratulations! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send