Tim:
Re your seized stem: Perma-Tex makes this really slippery, snotty
snuff called "Anti-Sieze" that is more difficult to wash away than
Phil's Tenacious grease. I use it on anything that has-to-come-apart-
someday, such as stems, seatposts, BB, pedals, h'bar clamp bolts,
chainring bolts, etc.
Get the Bombadil. A true mountain bike; great name; great green paint. It's a
little more expensive, but a few months from now you won't miss the money. Hey,
it's only money!
Joe Bernard
Vallejo, CA.
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Thanks everyone! Yes I cut off the stem, and I will be using lots of
grease in the future. It seized up in a matter of about 4 or 5 months
of non-rainy riding. I was shocked. At any rate, I think I'm leaning
towards the Hunqa now (or maybe the Bomba, oh my, another decision).
And I do weigh around
Tim, You don't mention your weight but if you are riding a 63 cm
Hilsen I imagine you to be close to 200 pounds if lean. If you want a
touring bike/off road machine get a 'Hunk' for sure it'll take your
weight (and) loaded baggage. I think your Hilsen is plenty fast for
road rides if your wheels/ti
By cutting off the stem...
OK, my two cents for Tim:
If you really, really like the occasional fast club ride, get a bike just
for that. Life's short, and racing bikes are fun. There are plenty of
them out there. If that's what you want don't let Grant or anyone else
persuade you otherwise.
Funny - that's basically what I am doing, although my Homer is more of a rando
build (SON/White/Synergy, Herse crank) and the Hunqa is getting the more
mountainy goods (XT/Synergy, XC Pro crank). The Homer in 59 and larger doesn't
give much up for weight to the Roadeo. Both use similar steel -
Yes, that's exactly the consideration. If you're only using the bike for X
activity, it can be kind of dedicated/cheaper and not the perfect bike.
Those Wisconsin built Lemonds are nice bikes BTW! Kind of the last of the
big company US built steel bikes. 853 tubes. Good stuff.
On Thursday, Ma
I'd vote for making your Homer practical yet sporty, and have the Hunqa be
your butched up bike. For example, if your homer came with 700c Synergy
rims and shimano hubs, then use that wheelset on your Hunqa and have Rich
build you a White Industries/A23 wheelset. If your Homer came with a
tri
Good reasons. I am struggling with this decision myself as I have a
perfectly good Lemond Zurich frame sitting in the garage that could be a
good speedy bike if I put the time into buying parts and building it up, I
just don't know if I would appreciate a Roadeo more during the group rides
tho
I don't think the Cannondale is better bike (this is the RBW list after
all), just a good addition for OP's bike line up.
Convoluted thought process: OP said he had a too-small C'dale and wanted to
do occasional fast club rides. I presumed he likes that brand but doesn't
need a real expensive o
I am kind of in the market for a Roadeo for club riding, at least I am
saving my pennies for one right now. What are the reasons that you think a
CAAD10 would be the better bike for those club rides?
On Wednesday, May 9, 2012 9:57:04 PM UTC-5, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote:
> My $.02: *Keep the
This may not be much help, but I think you'd be fine on a SH for touring
even if it involved lots of offroad places. 700x40mm tires are fine for
that in my experience, even fully loaded on single-track. The
hunqapillar with 700x50s would obviously work too. You just have a
tough dec
I've had my 63cm Hilsen for almost 4yrs and feel it makes an excellent
all round road bike. I've used it for road riding, brevets, s24o's,
and even a 9 day tour. Having different tires can really impact the
way it feels. I felt it performed the most poorly as a touring bike.
With summer coming, and
My $.02: Keep the AHH as is, get a properly sized Cannondale CAAD10 for
the fast club rides (when in Rome...) and then get the Hunq which could be
for most of your dirt rides and loaded touring. You can ride the AHH in
everything in between included mixed-surface rides and supported touring,
even
I'd get a Roadeo for fast club rides, deck out the AHH for touring,
and use the Rockhopper for singletrack.
Joe Bernard
Vallejo, CA.
On May 9, 7:06 pm, Tim wrote:
> Ok, please help me out. I had to send my fork to Waterford to have the
> stuck stem removed and the gravity of not having a second
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