Re: [RBW] Wool blanket recommendations?

Faribault Woolen Mills in Faribault MN, Bemidji Woolen Mills in Bemidji MN. The latter once made an ultra heavy duty wool shirt for Riv, more like a light jacket than a shirt. > On Aug 3, 2015, at 9:00 PM, mike gasparino wrote: > > Hey guys, > Been looking a buy a new wool blanket and been d

Re: [RBW] Does Science Now Support ... "Just Ride" ?

> On Jul 31, 2015, at 7:41 AM, Garth wrote: > > Laughing . . . . . . . . What is "science" anyways as if "it" were > self existent , Absolute Truth in itself. What is called "science" ever > changes , ever changing it's own rules all the time ! That is anything but > Absolute Trut

Re: [RBW] Does Science Now Support ... "Just Ride" ?

> On Jul 31, 2015, at 12:34 AM, Jim Bronson wrote: > > Makes me wonder where randonneuring fits into all this. It's hard at times, > but we don't try to kill ourselves either and we usually ride at a social > pace that allows for conversation. > > But still, 10 hour + rides are a frequent oc

Re: [RBW] Does Science Now Support ... "Just Ride" ?

> On Jul 31, 2015, at 12:20 AM, dougP wrote: > > While I can make no claim to being a competitive athlete, this hits really > close to home. I was diagnosed with AF in late 2013, and have dealt with it > since then. Earlier this year, VT was added to the mix. My experience > follows that of

Re: [RBW] Jan and Grant both like Tabatas

> On Jul 30, 2015, at 2:03 AM, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > It's fashionable to put Grant vs Jan. I find they agree on 95 percent of > things, roughly. Grant promotes Tabatas, and Jan today blogged how Tabatas > are a really effective way for him to prep for PBP even though he has little > time to

Re: [RBW] Headset question

> On Jul 13, 2015, at 9:45 AM, 'Tim' via RBW Owners Bunch > wrote: > > How do you know when a headset is worn out? My Hilsen has an Ultegra headset. > The bike was built up in 2011. There seems to be kind of a dead spot when the > wheel is centered up. If you have the wheel centered and move

Re: [RBW] Where you on River Road Thursday?

> On Jun 27, 2015, at 9:03 PM, Lungimsam wrote: > > Saw an orange Sam or Cheviot, not sure which. At least it looked like a > Rivendell. Orange, looked like a Bronze colored headbadge. > > I was on my Bleriot and didn't stop to chat, though I should have. > So if it was you let me know and let

Re: [RBW] Bag for Front Rack

> On May 29, 2015, at 4:02 PM, DS wrote: > > Is there anything like a rando bag out there that is smaller than most rando > bags, but bigger than the small trunksack for a front rack? > > I have an Acorn bag. Its great. But bigger than I need. I don't rando. I just > need to fit my tools, jac

Re: [RBW] 'Fat tires' featured on front page of Sac Bee

> On May 12, 2015, at 8:05 PM, Jan Heine wrote: > > I think he was talking about the average "weekend warrior". It is funny (or > sad) that middle-aged men and women on their "team replica" racing bikes are > still toughing it out on super-hard, puncture-resistant 23 mm clinchers, > while the

Re: [RBW] RIP Jobst Brandt

Damn. Rider off! It happens to us all but somehow when it’s the larger-than-life characters it’s a shock, even though Jobst had been ill for several years following his severe accident on his last bike ride. I enjoyed many a spirited discussion on rec.bicycles.tech and in e-mails with him ove

Re: [RBW] Grant's review in WSJ

> On Apr 12, 2015, at 1:07 PM, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Well written review; it looks like the Comments section is calling the usual > idiots out of their holes. I usually avoid looking at the comments. What passes for thought amongst those members of the public who comment on news articles

Re: [RBW] Interesting things your bikes find

I dunno, that’s pretty wild. Did anyone else immediately have the jingle start playing in their head as soon as they saw the photo? > On Mar 18, 2015, at 6:21 PM, Liesl wrote: > > it's like the wildlife thread—only different! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: [RBW] frame repair in Chicago

Owen Lloyd at Blue City Cycles (32nd & S. Halsted) can probably take care of this. http://www.bluecitycycles.com/ I grew up in Elmhurst but don’t know any frame builders out that way (I’ve lived in Minnesota for decades), although quite frankly any decent welder should be able to reattach the

Re: [RBW] Brooks Cambium C17

Hey, Sean- If nobody’s snagged that I will. Tim > On Mar 9, 2015, at 8:36 AM, sean wrote: > > Hi Group, > > I've got a barely used Brooks Cambium (C17) in the natural cotton. Rode about > 6 times and never seen rain/wet. Great saddle but just doesn't do it for me. > I've gone back to my v

Re: [RBW] Street Clothes, Spandex or Other Bike Specific Clothing

Fo much of my life (I’m 55) my bicycling clothing was whatever I happened to be wearing at the time. “Let’s go for a ride” “OK.” Hop on bikes a go. Blue jeans, tennis shoes, T shirt, whatever. Around 1985 I bought my first pair of cycling shorts (Black Bottoms). I didn’t wear them on every

Re: [RBW] Re: Texas-Canada rando-style bike tour

> On Feb 26, 2015, at 12:05 PM, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > AAA offeres bike service roadside now. Grin. Better World Club is the auto club I use, green(er) oriented and they do offer bike service. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunc

Re: [RBW] Bikes and Recovering from shoulder surgery

> On Feb 21, 2015, at 3:52 PM, 'Tim' via RBW Owners Bunch > wrote: > > I agree with Steve about being rigorous with the PT, Cecily. Ditto. I crashed and broke my elbow on 8/30/13, which had to be surgically put back together. I was scrupulous about doing my rehab therapy with the result of

Re: [RBW] Broken Crank

Well, that’s good news (that it’s an anomaly). I would think they’d want to examine the broken crank just in case this is the front end of more such failures, however. Anyone using one of these cranks should be inspecting them closely When you think about it, the stress on that end of the cra

Re: [RBW] Broken Crank

> On Feb 12, 2015, at 3:01 AM, Joe Bernard wrote: > > The short answer is yes. Aluminum will eventually fatigue and fail, and 13k > is pretty good mileage on a crank arm. 13K is IMHO terrible mileage on a crank before failure. Cranks should- and often do- go at least ten times that far. Th

Re: [RBW] Broken Crank

> On Feb 12, 2015, at 2:31 AM, Benedikt wrote: > > I seem to remember seeing a similar post to this a few weeks/months ago but > here it is ... > My VO crank that had 13,000 miles on it busted this morning on my way into > work. I was at a stop. Pushed down with my right foot, locked my left c

Re: [RBW] Handling effects of a front rack/basket/bag....

> On Feb 6, 2015, at 8:11 AM, 'Chris Lampe 2' via RBW Owners Bunch > wrote: > > How much effect does having a small front rack with either a basket or a bag > on it have on a bikes steering? Depending on the geometry of the bike, a lot to almost none. While we talk a lot about trail in

Re: [RBW] Lon Haldeman's Rivendell

On Jan 16, 2015, at 11:05 PM, lungimsam wrote: > > The site says this is Lon with his Rivendell (Custom?): > http://frank.harvard.edu/~coldwell/bicycle/PBP/photos/lrg/haldeman.jpg > > > Interesting un-Compass and un-RBW b

Re: [RBW] Re: What's your winter project?

> On Jan 13, 2015, at 11:08 AM, Steve Palincsar wrote: > >> On 01/13/2015 11:20 AM, Montclair BobbyB wrote: >> Yeah, why bother with 650b when there are so many great tire options for >> 26"?? >> > > Because there are virtually no great road tire options for 26"? Panaracer Pasela, Special

Re: [RBW] Issue with Phil cassette hub

> On Dec 11, 2014, at 9:49 PM, David wrote: > > Evening, group. Anyone here (1) run a Phil cassette hub on their Riv, and > (2) come to find the cassette does not release or install onto the hub body > without significant force/wrangling/finagling involved? It's really bizarre. > I have a P

Re: [RBW] Daring to wrench on my Riv's?

> On Dec 4, 2014, at 11:25 PM, lungimsam wrote: > > I can do some stuff on my bikes. Setting up cockpits and saddle/seatpost, > brake lever/caliper/housing/cable installation and adjustment, pedals, > shifter lever installation and adjustment, fender/rack installations, > cassette/chain swapp

Re: [RBW] What components do you wish RBW would start "making"?

A better saddlebag mount for Carradice style saddlebags. The saddlebag loops on saddles, the Nitto QR mount, the Bagman, etc. all leave a lot to be desired. All of them allow the bag to sway and move around which is not good when climbing out of the saddle. Jobst Brandt had one on his bike

Re: [RBW] Disturbing Trend?

> On Nov 22, 2014, at 8:25 PM, George Schick wrote: > > Having begun Winter off-time maintenance on my bikes I noticed enough rim > wear on the road bike to encourage me to snoop around on the Web to see > what's available nowadays. One online retailer that used to carry several > dozen br

Re: [RBW] struggling with my B-17's

The hump is why Jobst Brandt famously referred to leather saddles as “ass hatchets.” I got my first Brooks Cambium from Riv this fall and have been very pleased with it. The most comfortable saddle I have is my Brooks Pro which is nearly 40 years old (and like all leather saddles will eventual

Re: [RBW] Flats and Hetres

The simple physics is that light, supple tires with thin rubber are going to be punctured more easily than tires with thicker rubber, heavier walls, puncture strips, etc. It is not a criticism of high performance tires, that’s just the way it is. The things that make a tire puncture resistant

Re: [RBW] Re: HIgh hopes on ebay

Any seller on eBay can sell anything for any price they can get. EBay is about the sellers; the higher the prices that items are sold for, the more profit eBay makes. They really have no reason to care if buyers overpay. Shop victoriously! The rule on eBay, as with virtually all other marketpl

[RBW] Re: What is up with Brooks QC?

> On Nov 2, 2014, at 1:24 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery > wrote: > > For all the fetishism around "handmade", it seems to be a common excuse for > sloppiness and poor quality control. That said, I enjoy my Brooks saddles, > and tolerate their quirks. Yep. The deal there IMHO is leather s

Re: [RBW] thump thump of supple tires

> On Oct 18, 2014, at 10:44 PM, Michael Williams > wrote: > > Allright group, I have an inquiry regarding a thump-thump Ive experienced > pretty much only with supple( 120tpi) tires and this seems like the place to > get some possible answers. Im usually not nitpicky, but this is VERY > n

Re: [RBW] DIY Saddlebag Quick-Release

Mounting saddle bags continues to be rather vexations if one wishes to eliminate sway and having the bag rub against the back of one's thighs. I used to be able to find a bunch of clever DIY options searching the web but now there's so much clutter from search engines that it's hard to find what

Re: [RBW] All Rounder available - help me before it disappears

FWIW, I have a 1994 A/R that's a 59; the one at Mt Airy looks to be the same size. The head tube looks long because of the 26" wheels. Mine is wonderful bike; huh, now that I think about it, the 20th anniversary is coming up- I received that bike in October 1994, IIRC. Also FWIW, I am 6'4" a

Re: [RBW] Re: Touring Shoes/Pedals

On Aug 12, 2014, at 5:49 PM, Michael Hechmer wrote: > > I have been riding on two different pedals for the past 15 years. > > My favorite, the Speedplay Frogs. They are two sided and the easiest in and > out of any pedal on the market, including traditional toe clips. They offer > the most l

Re: [RBW] Re: Advice needed on knee pain (yet another thread)

I too had a torn medial meniscus repaired arthroscopically in 2005. The procedure itself was very quick, probably no more than half an hour, and in my case I was starting to ride the bike after about six weeks. Since then I have had no trouble with it and have been very comfortable. I was able t

Re: [RBW] My Sam Hillborne is literally BOMBPROOF

Stay safe, mna! (you and everyone else) > On Jul 22, 2014, at 7:18 AM, Jay in Tel Aviv wrote: > > 4 rocket attacks so far while I've been riding. Sirens go off, 90 seconds > where I am to find cover. Much less time farther south. Then lie on your > belly or squat againts a wall for 10 minute

Re: [RBW] Is it the tube, or the design?

Yes, the design is the major factor in terms of how the bike handles and rides... however. The tubing diameter and wall thickness directly influence the stiffness (or perhaps more accurately the spring rate) of each tube. This in turn will affect the bike's response to loading whether from wei

Re: [RBW] Reynolds 531 hubub?

On Jun 18, 2014, at 5:22 PM, Michael wrote: > So why is 531 so great? > Seems like alotta people really like these frames. > Special blend? Or the tube wall thickness? The perfect combination of material and design. It was for 50 years the standard by which bike tubing was judged (and still i

Re: [RBW] My Heron build

Enjoy! I bought my wife a Heron Road frame and built it up, surprising (even shocking) her for Christmas many moons ago. Maybe 18 years or something. The Heron replaced her 1993 XO-1 when it got run over while locked to a sign outside her workplace (a tragedy that still breaks my heart a litt

Re: [RBW] Re: Bike rides to cheese makers?

Cheeses made from grass fed milk are not difficult to find in the Minneapolis-St Paul area, at least; our local coops stock many of them. The grass fed cheeses tend to be identified on the labels and there are a lot of artisanal dairies making cheeses with grass-fed cow, sheep and goat milk.

Re: [RBW] Chain Saw Bar Oil

On Jun 12, 2014, at 2:37 PM, 'doc' via RBW Owners Bunch wrote: > Michael, That is my main concern, especially given that bar oil is formulated > to be "tacky," so I'll be monitoring that closely. But as stated, my initial > impressions are that it certainly results in a quieter drivetrain.

Re: [RBW] Carradice Duxback Poncho - Opinions?

My Duxback has been used sparingly (I just don't like riding in the rain, period). They come in two sizes, long and short, and lo those many years ago when I bought mine from Rivendell all they stocked was the short. At 6'4" it's not long enough and my butt gets wet the several times I have us

Re: [RBW] Why Wear a Helmet?

There are more factors involved that can be squeezed into this sort of presentation, and analysis of the data is all but completely lacking on that page. One rather important item apparently missing is the percentage of cyclists who died from head injuries versus other injuries or health proble

Re: [RBW] Directional Tread

On May 16, 2014, at 1:49 PM, Deacon Patrick wrote: > Does directional tread matter more at higher speeds (aka downhill, flat or > less uphill) or slow speed traction/climbing? No. It's marketing BS like lots of other things in bike tire land. Tread is not beneficial for traction with bike

Re: [RBW] Losing Bike weight vs. Rider weight. Which one more effectively makes you go faster?

Yes, it would be the same. Weight is weight and physics is physics. The chief thing about losing rider weight is that for most of us this is good for our health, Americans tending towards overweight and obesity. Even maintaining a 5 lb weight loss shows measurable improvements in long term

Re: [RBW] How would your choice of Rivish Bike carry forward to your choice of automobile?

I drive a 1990 Volvo 240 with 254,000 or so on it. My wife drives a 1993 Volvo 240 wagon with ~220,000 on it and she has a 1972 Volkswagen bus for fun. I am pondering eventual replacement with an electric vehicle. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R

Re: [RBW] On-bike tools: what is your choice or favorite?

I have a tool set for each of my bikes inspired by Tool Kit B: http://pardo.net/bike/pic/fail-003/000.html One of my kits has a Ritchey CPR 14 as shown, the rest have the smaller CPR 9. They fit into an Altoids-type can very well. In addition to the tools shown, I have a tiny Swiss Army foldi

Re: [RBW] Geometry, climbing, what's going on?

M guess is that you are more relaxed on the other bikes and that with the Krampus you are expending energy in ways not helpful to climbing. Your description of deliberately leaning down and pulling back on the bars, for example. Maybe this is interfering with your breathing. On Apr 25, 2014,

Re: [RBW] Stan's report: Longevity

On Apr 20, 2014, at 10:44 AM, Deacon Patrick wrote: > "Ghetto" is a racist term now? I've always understood it to be a reference to > the economics of a neighborhood. For it to be racist do we not have to be > applying a very narrow point of reference at any time and place in history? > And t

Re: [RBW] Low trail, lightest tubing bikes really all that?

On Thursday, April 17, 2014 2:08:22 AM UTC-4, Michael wrote: > Anyone here own a low-trail/ lightest tubing bike? > Like the Herses and Singers and the new MAP S&P, Boulder bikes, etc.? > Do you find them really that much better performing (faster, flexier, > planier, efficient) than your "overs

Re: [RBW] Re: New Edeluxe Light Source - LENR

I miss Sheldon every April 1. ShelBroCo's annual product announcements were always so inspiring. The Rivendell Sauron was perhaps the pinnacle. Best wishes to Sheldon's family, friends and coworkers- and to us all! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "

Re: [RBW] need club name

On Mar 22, 2014, at 10:08 PM, bo richardson wrote: > three or four of us, so far, ride together on weekends > we go from bellingham to edison for lunch and then up > colony mountain and sometimes garvelly road and around > lake samish and back to bellingham > 45 lovely miles > > > we are sor

Re: [RBW] Grant on tires

Well, consider the rides they do (at least the ones they mention publicly). Jan does very long rides mostly on pavement and some gravel with an eye towards speed. Grant rides a lot of fire roads in the Bay Area hills. They will probably gravitate towards the tire choices that best suit their

Re: [RBW] The Atlantic article about cycling in the south

On Mar 8, 2014, at 6:00 AM, ascpgh wrote: > As one who spectated, in first person, non-enforcement of a broken law when > police responded to where I was hit by a motorist, I feel the same about > legislated morality. Bureaucracy attempts to create outcomes among the > otherwise disintereste

Re: [RBW] Evolution of your bike preference?

Wow. Great topic. How far back to I go? Well, let's move from beyond the Stingray years into when I started to want a road bike. Back then they came in lugged steel, fillet brazed steel, welded or Schwinn's electro-forged construction. Lugged and fillet brazing were cool and the hallmark of

Re: [RBW] Where do you find the time?

On Feb 21, 2014, at 7:12 PM, murphyjrfk wrote: > I know it's a bit off topic- but it's still cold and snowy. > > It seems every year, especially winter, I get grand ideas to get out and ride > more. Lofty goals like finishing a P12 and taking a tour--but alas it never > happens. I read abo

Re: [RBW] Shellacked Twine Removal

Once you get an end loose it unwraps just fine. Shellac is not a strong binder, at least the thin shellac that is applied to handlebar tape and twine. On Feb 7, 2014, at 8:11 AM, Conway Bennett wrote: > This is a follow up to yesterday's albatross related post. Since I am taking > my noodl

Re: [RBW] Multiple grand randonnees on a Rivendell.

Heh. Yes, there are some interesting divisions of labor in the French economy that are just a bit different than in the US. In 2002 I went with friends on a tour of the Alps from Grenoble to Nice. http://members.bitstream.net/~timmcn/alps2002-1.html One of the other guests at the gite near Bo

Re: [RBW] Stranded in a sea of salt.

I don't ride in these Minnesota winters. Too many drivers are barely in control of their cars on dry pavement in July, let alone on ice and snow. Plus this winter has been remarkably cold even here, -20 lows every week since the New Year. I'm not going riding in that. -- You received this m

Re: [RBW] Steger Arctic Mukluks for Winter Riding

On Jan 31, 2014, at 6:54 PM, Deacon Patrick wrote: > Here is an initial review of the Steger Arctic Mukluks for winter running. > (Or hiking, biking, snowshoeing). I did bike in them and they are great for > that, and I presume they are great for snowshoeing, but I will test that out > later.

Re: [RBW] Re: What do Rivendell Riders use for tandems?

On Jan 31, 2014, at 2:42 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > Hopefully there will be a small window where he's tall enough to ride the > tandem with me and not old enough to realize his dad is a huge dork and not > want to ride it with me. The dilemma of fatherhood in a nutshell. -- You received

Re: [RBW] Re: Riv horse-trading on a Riv-centric site

Grant has already said "good luck and best wishes" to VO publicly. The two companies seem to be aimed at slightly different market niches with, inevitably, some overlap. I've looked at the VO site a few times but have never bought anything. There are a couple of small items I would be interes

Re: [RBW] School me on Panaracer gumwall casing design.

That's pretty much all that tires are. There may be various added options like Schwalbe's blue layer under the tread, a kevlar strip under the tread, etc., but the essence of bike tires is naught but fabric and rubber a la John Dunlop. For that matter, this is the case for airplane, car, truck

Re: [RBW] My Rivbikes are frozen...are they safe?

On Jan 7, 2014, at 8:39 AM, Michael wrote: > 26 degrees in my garage... Will the babies be ok, or is it better to bring > them inside? Leather…rubber. Leave them out there. Bringing them inside causes condensation inside the tubes, etc. Leather, rubber and steel are highly tolerant of cold.

Re: [RBW] Tire Width and Performance from SCHWALBE

ice the weight of a single, I > find it really surprising there isn't more difference between the tires used > on tandems and singles. Is a ~40mm tire on a tandem really "wide"? Surely its > not as far from the mainstream as using a ~40mm tire on a single road bike > is, i

Re: [RBW] Tire Width and Performance from SCHWALBE

On Jan 5, 2014, at 12:42 PM, ted wrote: > Does anybody else remember Jobst asserting back in the early 90s that > tubulars were slower than clinchers because of the glue? I think the "... > flattening was more pronounced in tubulars than clinchers." that Tim mentions > was part of his reasoni

Re: [RBW] Re: Tire Width and Performance from SCHWALBE

Interestingly that is pretty much in keeping with the traditional rolling resistance tests done in tire labs. The decrease in rolling resistance "flattens out" as inflation pressure increases. Even on a steel roller, an increase from 100 to 140 psi doesn't reduce rolling resistance that much.

Re: [RBW] Tire Width and Performance

between a 200g tire and > 500g tire, and it is without question a perceptible difference in > acceleration. > >> On Saturday, January 4, 2014 11:52:14 AM UTC-6, Tim McNamara wrote: >> Unfortunately there is a boatload of contradictory scientific evidence >> ab

Re: [RBW] Tire Width and Performance

Unfortunately there is a boatload of contradictory scientific evidence about these sorts of thing. Most of the differences we think we perceive are based on the beliefs and assumptions we have about the equipment on our bikes, rather than differences we can actually perceive. The felt differen

Re: [RBW] Tire Width and Performance

Well, that’s the thing I brought up in response to Jan, although as I have tried finding that information on the Internet I have come up blank. Maybe I am remembering it incorrectly. As I recalled it, a guy named Carl Fogel used sheets of paper on the floor and a stamp pad to create an image o

Re: [RBW] Tire Width and Performance

So far no one I have ridden with has been intrigued about wider tires. Maybe I need to find people with more curiosity! :-) Your blog mentions the shorter contact patch of wider tires. A decade or so ago, one of the participants on rec.bicycles.tech made images of the contact patches of vari

Re: [RBW] Who was RBW back in the 1960's?

> On Dec 17, 2013, at 12:27 AM, Michael wrote: > > Who made the USA's finest lugged, steel, frames back then and what were the > prices like? Albert Eisentraut was sort of the granddaddy of American frame builders, so perhaps him. Tom Ritchey built fine lugged frames in his early days. But

Re: [RBW] Grant and Crabon Fibre

Bingo! Grant gets taken far too seriously sometimes (often) and his humor is taken as his true opinion. Tim On Dec 9, 2013, at 11:46 AM, Ron Mc wrote: > clearly, it's a license to be facetious. > > On Monday, December 9, 2013 11:34:03 AM UTC-6, Liesl wrote: > What do you think his badge a

Re: [RBW] Crazy-priced Riv water bottles on ebay

On Dec 5, 2013, at 3:51 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > I often wondered about the business model of selling grossly overpriced items > on eBay. Must be that suckers come along often enough to make it worth the > time and cost. I always enjoy the auctions in which an item curren

Re: [RBW] Caveman ketchup

Come to think of, wouldn't caveman ketchup be a slice of tomato? -- 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.co

Re: [RBW] Caveman ketchup

On Nov 24, 2013, at 4:26 PM, Patrick Moore wrote: > Or can someone take me to a reliable (and personally tested, if recommended) > recipe? My wife took up canning last year and made a tomato jam that is very good as a ketchup sort of thing as well as being a nice change of pace from sweet jam

Re: [RBW] spoke tension question

On Nov 19, 2013, at 5:11 PM, BSWP wrote: > > I just noticed that the spokes on the (six-speed) freewheel side of the rear > wheel are all tighter than the spokes on the left... yet the wheel seems > centered between the dropouts, and spins true. Does this seem right? > Shouldn't spokes on both

Re: [RBW] Re: Hetre/Synergy safety issue?

On Nov 2, 2013, at 9:48 AM, Jan Heine wrote: > > You are right! The LHT does have LONG chainstays... Most touring bikes I have > measured were classic machines that had shorter chainstays than that. My old > Mercian tourer had a wheelbase of 1028 mm. Of course, the main determinant of > wheelb

Re: [RBW] Re: Saddlebags vs Revelate bags

On Oct 31, 2013, at 8:20 PM, Mike Schiller wrote: > > I'm with Garth, I prefer my Revelate seat bag to any of the Carradice > saddlebags. They are lighter, don't sway and are great for compressing your > gear. Also. on rugged terrain, you are often pushing your bike, which can be > a hassle w

Re: [RBW] Re: Hetre/Synergy safety issue?

> On Oct 25, 2013, at 8:51 AM, Jan Heine wrote: > > The problem lies with the rim, not the tire. All tires will fit poorly on the > Synergies, whether 650B or 700C. You can make it work – I use the Synergies > on my own bike – but the tire doesn't seat automatically as it should. If you > don'

Re: [RBW] Winter cycling pants

Did you actually mean to say that? Because, you know, condescending to Anne and also incorrect. The notion of "if your core is warm, your extremities are warm" is not scientifically valid. It's folklore and ignores- for one thing- the science of thermal radiation and- for another- variation

Re: [RBW] Cyclists' legal rights, from a cop magazine: very much worth reading.

Reading this article reminds me of an incident from 1994. Back when I was a member of the Gopher Wheelmen racing team I was on our usual Tuesday or Thursday training ride. We were riding north on Victoria in Roseville where the Roseville Estates home is now located; we were on a ~10 foot wide

Re: [RBW] Cycling is inherently conservative.

Unfortunately the words that get co-opted (or perhaps "corrupted" would be more apropos) by politicians come to mean everything and nothing, depending on the expediency of the moment. Riding a bike is liberal in the terms that Deacon Patrick used- it is liberating and indeed played a major role

Re: [RBW] Re: 7/19 BLUG broken Sam

A month or two ago I was piddling along on my bike with SKS fenders with the little QR thingies. I picked up a stick somehow that got slammed into the stays, which popped out of the QR and no problem. Surprised the heck out of me and I had to stop and put the stays back into the QR, but that b

Re: [RBW] poll: what do you have on your rack (s)?

On Jul 5, 2013, at 9:13 AM, NWAJack wrote: > So a while back there was a RR article about what they were carrying in their > saddlebag. So, what do you all have on your rack(s) right now? One rack only: Nitto mini front rack on my A/R. It carries a Berthoud Mini 86 which always holds tube

Re: [RBW] Riding in Door County, Wisconsin...

On Jul 2, 2013, at 2:10 PM, René Sterental wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm going on a family reunion/vacation to Fish Creek in Door County, WI. I'm > bringing my Bike Friday which was built based on my Atlantis (and is steel) > for Riv content. > > Are there any rides, places or adventures anyone c

Re: [RBW] New hack: upgrade to Flite-compatible saddlebag mount.

On Jun 15, 2013, at 2:45 PM, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > God damned Google won't let me access my Picassa photos Won't let me see them, either, because I refuse to have a Google account. They abandoned "do no evil" a long way back. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Go

Re: [RBW] Re: Internet sales tax & Rivendell...thoughts?

mmerce, though, will take us eventually to a federal VAT/sales > tax, which is probably the most fair tax since it is based on consumption. > That doesn't mean expect them to give up other existing taxes in return - it > just doesn't work that way. > > On Monday, May

Re: [RBW] Re: Internet sales tax & Rivendell...thoughts?

Seems to me the simple thing is that sales tax is paid to the state where the sale is rung up- if I buy from Riv, I pay CA sales tax. If I buy from Jim, I pay MN sales tax, etc. Tim On May 20, 2013, at 2:57 PM, Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > As a small operation that does some mail order, I don't

Re: [RBW] Internet sales tax & Rivendell...thoughts?

On May 20, 2013, at 11:42 AM, Eric wrote: > > Despite opposition in the House to internet sales tax such a "fairness" tax > may be a reality sooner than later. > > Your thoughts on such & effect on the house of Rivendell & customers. Not so much given that many of of the items that Rivendell

Re: [RBW] Nitto Saddlebag Grip - now question about VO loop add-ons

I went on a tour in the Alps with a Carradice and the saddlebag clamp, which Riv used to sell. I think I had about 12 lbs of stuff and it worked fine. On May 17, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Eric Platt wrote: > Another option would be the Carradice Saddlebag Clamp. Have one on the Sam > Hillborne and it

Re: [RBW] Nitto Saddlebag Grip - now question about VO loop add-ons

Sort of, but simpler. On May 16, 2013, at 7:15 PM, Joe Bartoe wrote: > You mean, like this? > > http://www.wallbike.com/racks/berthoud-rack-gb604704-rear-rack-bags > > > > Subject: Re: [RBW] Nitto Saddlebag Grip - now question about VO loop add-ons > > From: tim...@bitstream.net > > Date: Thu

Re: [RBW] Nitto Saddlebag Grip - now question about VO loop add-ons

Jobst Brandt, in later years, had a bag carrier fabricated that looked like a stoker stem from a tandem, clamped around the seat post and projecting back and up over the rear wheel. At the far end was a T that provided a perch for the mounting straps of the Carradice. It seemed to hold the bag

Re: [RBW] Nitto Saddlebag Grip

On May 16, 2013, at 3:36 PM, john wrote: > > Do any of you with Grips share these fears? Have you come up with a quickie > locking mechanism of some sort? Get an Allen bolt skewer or a locking skewer to replace the QR. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group

Re: [RBW] Dry bag packing atop Nitto Rack

On May 15, 2013, at 8:27 AM, Tim McNamara wrote: > On May 14, 2013, at 9:56 PM, BSWP wrote: >> >> I'm finalizing my gear for a trip that starts this weekend, and am finally >> getting to how I'll carry m'stuff. I have an old Carradice saddle bag that >>

Re: [RBW] Dry bag packing atop Nitto Rack

On May 14, 2013, at 9:56 PM, BSWP wrote: > > I'm finalizing my gear for a trip that starts this weekend, and am finally > getting to how I'll carry m'stuff. I have an old Carradice saddle bag that > swings from my saddle, and I'm fitting a rear rack so I can strap a bag > between Carradice and

Re: [RBW] Re: Raingear

Raingear simply doesn't work at keeping you dry if you are doing something like riding up a hill. There is no point in worrying about staying dry because it's not going to happen. You are either going to get wet from rain or wet from sweat. The main thing is to avoid hypothermia if it is cool

Re: [RBW] Re: BQ and RIV bike diffs

I'm digging the Planaria as a new Riv model. :-) On May 9, 2013, at 12:01 PM, RJM wrote: > classy hobo...man, I really like that. > > > On Thursday, May 9, 2013 9:59:00 AM UTC-5, grant wrote: >> I'm late to this one but jusr read Jan's thing about the way he likes bikes >> and the way I

Re: [RBW] BQ and RIV bike diffs

On May 9, 2013, at 11:04 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > The last time I did a brevet, I saw everything from one or two Frenchish > rando bikes of the style advocated by Jan, to numerous MMCRBs, and a strong > representation of Rivs. I tried to ride with a guy on an Atlantis, but he

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