[RBW] Re: mouschachioed Sams?

I've got a 60cm Sam setup with m-bars and an 80cm dirt drop stem. I love it! Before that I had noodle bars with nitto stem, and it felt good. Now it feels great! It's quick and smooth at the same time. The first time I took it for a ride with this setup, I thought "ahh, this is how the Sam wants to

[RBW] Re: Bridgestone Solar Fender Mounted Tail light

Cool light!! My friend just introduced me to www.translate.google.com, where you can input a URL, choose source language and translated language. Pretty cool! This may have been helpful in the ordering process? On Aug 12, 3:22 am, Andrew wrote: > http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b182/akibb/8c58

[RBW] Re: MKS Grip Kings

PS - regarding your concern about the pedals feeling like planks: They do feel larger, like I mentioned, but I can't say I've ever had a problem with pedal scrape when cornering, etc. They are a great design and work well with everything from flip-flops to boots. On May 11, 9:04 am, T

[RBW] Re: MKS Grip Kings

Hi Sean, I am a big fan of the grip kings! I used MKS touring pedals with cages for more than a year. While I liked being more connected to the pedals at times, they weren't that comfortable, and the lack of shoe options finally got to me. The Grip Kings were like upgrading from a twin sized bed (

[RBW] Taiwan Hillborne - Who Makes 'em?

I've been reading a lot about the Waterford Hillbornes lately on the site, but I haven't been able to track down any information on the Taiwan-made frames. Naturally, I'd prefer a MUSA frame, but does anyone know who builds the frames in Taiwan? I can't find any information RivBike.com about the Ta

[RBW] Dynamo Hub and Light - Novatech by Velo Orange?

Hey there, Does anyone have experience with the Velo Orange Novatech Dynamo hub? At $50, it seems like a good value. Everything that I've bought from Velo Orange in the past has been quality, and the product description leads me to think that this is no exception. http://www.velo-orange.com/nodyh

[RBW] Re: Final round of stuff for sale

I'm curious about the price for the Trek? Sorry if I overlooked it in this post somewhere... Thanks! Trent On Apr 20, 9:13 am, cyclotourist wrote: > Excellent, glad folks can use some of this stuff!  Everything is spoken for > except the 22T X 58BCD > chainring

[RBW] Path Less Pedaled in Austin, Texas

Great time at the Path Less Pedaled presentation last night on bicycle touring/S240/the journeys of Russ and Laura as the travel throughout the U.S. http://pathlesspedaled.com/ The mentions of Grant, PBH, S240 were aplenty. Wow, what a gathering of dapper bicycles, to boot! Rivendells including a