Have you tried a click-stand? Cool little device.
On Wednesday, April 9, 2014, Kelly wrote:
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> Did I mention I don't get many miles out of kickstands.. they get loosey
> goosey and bend and then useless... and I despise the two legged stands as
> I break them and they fall over more on me t
A decade ago you were almost 30 years older? How does that work? Does
Rivendell now sell the Fountain of Youth?
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 6:44 PM, George Schick wrote:
> Patrick - yeah, I know it. That's why I finished my thread post with
> "...it certainly does seem as though not every bike is
I find that the load and torque vector on a single legged kickstand causes
the bolt to come loose over time, whereas the bolt has never come loose on
my double legger. YMMV I guess
On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Kelly wrote:
> My 68cm RAM is my go fast bike. I'm 235 and usually in the 225 we
My 68cm RAM is my go fast bike. I'm 235 and usually in the 225 weight class.
The bike comes in at about 25lbs with everything on it, and feel great to me.
May not be for everyone but it feel quick and nimble and actually rides very
well.I am in the wonderful position of being a perfec
What you're remembering as "sport-touring" were pretty spindly race-type
bikes in comparison to the stouter Rom/Ram/AHH "all day" bicycles that
Rivendell focuses on. And they had the consequent skinny tires which Riv
eschews, too. Those 80's/90's bikes have their place and can be great fun
to r
tires are gone
On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 7:05:26 PM UTC-7, bo richardson wrote:
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> i have some 32 grand bois cypres
> i think
> i love them but there is too much glass on my circuit
> i am pulling them off tomorrow and would
> sell both for fifty plus shipping
> call it sixty even
> almost new
For what it's worth I went through 4 different Rivendell frames before I
found one I loved. But me and the Bombadil are a happy pair now.
On Apr 8, 2014 10:05 PM, "bo richardson" wrote:
> i have some 32 grand bois cypres
> i think
> i love them but there is too much glass on my circuit
> i am pul
i have some 32 grand bois cypres
i think
i love them but there is too much glass on my circuit
i am pulling them off tomorrow and would
sell both for fifty plus shipping
call it sixty even
almost new although the front hs had glass pulled out of it
bo richardson
360 676 4838
i love my rambouillet
Och, Jeff! Figuring out a bike is a very personal journey comprised of lots
of wee journeys (rides), with input from others, but ultimately it's you
and the bike. I took a year to get to know my Hunqapillar and learning how
to ride a mammoth, refining things along the way. In my case, my second
For what it's worth, I (the original poster) am around 6' tall, 230 lbs.,
pretty beefy and broad (big shoulders, etc.). I would characterize myself
as a masher, I guess, since I cut my teeth on mountain biking and never
really developed a glassy-smooth pedal stroke.
I guess I was just really s
True, but even if I swap out for a different frameset (Mercian Audax?), the
tires will be put to good use. I'll give it a shot.
On Sunday, April 6, 2014 6:48:33 PM UTC-7, Brian Campbell wrote:
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> Sounds like you know what you like and the Ram is not it. I would sell it.
> There may be no myste
The "no warranty warranty" :)
On Monday, April 7, 2014 6:40:04 PM UTC-7, Peter M wrote:
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> I believe you can put drop bars on any Rivendell without voiding the
> warranty.
> On Apr 7, 2014 9:10 PM, "George Schick" >
> wrote:
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>> Just now checking back to the blog. Looks like Patrick (Moore)
I believe you can put drop bars on any Rivendell without voiding the
warranty.
On Apr 7, 2014 9:10 PM, "George Schick" wrote:
> Just now checking back to the blog. Looks like Patrick (Moore) pretty
> much said everything that I would've said. My difficulty with the
> Grant/Riv/fit philosophy is
Just now checking back to the blog. Looks like Patrick (Moore) pretty much
said everything that I would've said. My difficulty with the Grant/Riv/fit
philosophy is that it seems to have steered people into the largest
possible frame sizes - if 54cm looks OK then you should really probably be
Forgot to mention the customs. No, we didn't. I simply sent him a photo of
me on a bike whose fit I liked, and then discussed general fit and handling
qualities. We ended up in all 3 cases with 8 cm extensions (and 56.5 or 57
tts with 73* seat tubes). (Note: the 1994/5 required a custom stem (it wa
It's not a matter of fitting systems, scientific or otherwise, but of
weight distribution, handling, and overall feel and comfort. To take the
Sam Hill as the example, my choices were limited to using a stem long
enough to keep the weight distribution and handling and feel normal, or to
use such a
Which, for a simple system that seems to be a lot more accurate than the
fancy "scientific" fitting schema out there, seems pretty impressive to me.
Have you had this conversation with Grant when working on your customs?
With abandon,
Patrick
On Monday, April 7, 2014 6:11:58 PM UTC-6, Patrick M
OK, that is true, but as you say within limits. I run 8 cm stems on the 56
1/2 cm tt'd Rivs (I forgot the Ram: it has a 57 cm tt, and I use a 9, but
the 42 cm Noodles sweep back a cm or 2). When you start needing 6 cm stems,
something is less than ideal.
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Deacon Pat
Sure it can, within the limits of stem length options.
With abandon,
Patrick
On Monday, April 7, 2014 6:06:45 PM UTC-6, Patrick Moore wrote:
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> This only works if bar height is the accommodating variable. If you want
> your bar at a certain pre-determined height in relation to the saddle, then
This only works if bar height is the accommodating variable. If you want
your bar at a certain pre-determined height in relation to the saddle, then
Grant's system doesn't work.
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Deacon Patrick wrote:
> George, I'm confused. Help me understand how #1 puts you at o
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 5:44 PM, George Schick wrote:
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> 1) (And this is the one where I get a bit crossways with Grant and Riv on
> their frame sizing criteria) Two people of exactly the same height and
> weight can have completely different anatomies and therefore different
> frame size
George, I'm confused. Help me understand how #1 puts you at odds with Grant
and Riv on their frame sizing criteria. As I understand it you just
perfectly illustrated why their frame size criteria is PBH (then height to
dial in cockpit), not height. This is precisely how they worked with me
when
Patrick - yeah, I know it. That's why I finished my thread post with
"...it certainly does seem as though not every bike is for every person…"
And along with your list of possible variables there are two others worth
noting:
1) (And this is the one where I get a bit crossways with Grant and
Patrick:
I warned you about leaving your garage door open.
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On Apr 7, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Patrick Moore wrote:
> To clarify: this Motobecane (Eric stole it from me) felt fast and lively. My
To clarify: this Motobecane (Eric stole it from me) felt fast and lively.
My point is that it didn't feel any faster and livelier than other bikes
that had oversized and (since they are Rivs) doubtless sturdier tubing.
Hell, the Herse I mentioned felt at least as fast with the same IRC Tandem
(30 m
My '73 Motobecane Grand Record (which is, come to think of it, eerily similar
to the one Patrick used to own) feels plenty fast and lively to me. Switching
from Paselas (700x25) to the new Compass Stampede Pass tires (700x32) made a
big difference--much more comfortable and responsive-feeling.
George: the OP's -- or OPs' -- negative perception of the Ram is entirely a
personal matter. (For the record, it is also entirely legitimate.) What is
in question is very obviously NOT a collection of Ram qualities alone, but
a collection of experiences that certain riders have of their Rams. Or
pe
I've been reading through the threads on this post since it was started
last Friday and finally decided that I'd better get out my '04 Ram to see
if maybe I've been missing something. I haven't been on it all Winter so I
figured it would be like a "new" test. So I rode it today and for the lif
I have the grand bois cyprès 32 on my 58 orange Rambouillet. I've done a
couple of 200k rides, a few shorter weekend rides, and commuted for a few
months. So far, no flats. I like the ride a lot. So far, my favorite bike
I've ever owned, but I'm not a performance cyclist.
Michael Allen
On Frid
OK, you guys talked me into trying a different set of tires before I boot
this frameset to the curb. I did tour on the Paselas (on an old Trek 520)
and found them both amazingly flat-resistant and super boring to ride, so
I'm willing to buy that they could be making the Ram handle like a Trek
N
Sounds like you know what you like and the Ram is not it. I would sell it.
There may be no mystery to solve. Not every bike is for every person.
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Comparing the Grand Bois Stampede Pass to the Pasela TG tire is not night
and day, but almost. The Stampede Pass just rolls better, easier, and more
comfortablethe bike is sprightly-er now.
On Saturday, April 5, 2014 11:30:36 PM UTC-5, oldmangabe wrote:
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> As an aside to this discussion,
As an aside to this discussion, I personally don't see why people are
dogging on the Pasela TG tires. I've ridden a heap of different tires over
a heap of miles myself (ranging the whole spectrum), and have found the
TG's to be much better than most. I know that everyone's expreiences are
more
I'll echo what Andy has said, in that I keep a minimal stable and also that
I find my Ram works for me.
Mine is a 66cm, so perhaps a different frame flex feel factor than the same
bike might have in the smaller sizes. It's possible the Ram's OS tubing is
more compliant in the taller versions (n
I've had my orange Rambouillet since the evening before riding across the
country from Yorktown. My '92 RB-1 got twitchy after four hours and I got
tight, achy shoulders from riding it that long despite bar and stem
experiments. Funding the Rambouillet was its highest and best use.
The Ram was
I had a Ram for a few years. I was riding an early Sam with canti's and on
my first ride on the new to me Ram I thought that this rides so much better
than the Sam. I thought the Sam was too stiff for unloaded rides but the
Ram felt just right. I was on a 58cm frame as well. Not sure how much
the tires wouldnt stay on the rim when i was pumping them up
with a hand pump
fortunately i was walking distance from fairhaven cycles
one of the techs couldnt get the tire pumped up
with the compresser, but the better tech could
jan has a tip sheet for how to get this to work
it should be in my
I don't have any experience with a Ram except my Roadeo is the same orange
color so I can't help you with the steering issue or wallowing through
turns. If I may suggest though, I would try some good tires on it before
you give it up for good. I really do feel really good fast feeling tires
mak
Jeff, I'm totally with you!
I've had two Rambos and I felt the same way. They were both sold and I
don't miss them. Don't get me wrong, beautiful bikes but they weren't for
me.
Right now I'm actually falling out of love with another Rivendell I own.
TOTALLY beautiful but it's not the best rid
I suspect your Ram looks and feels like a "road bike" to you, so your brain
expects it to react like a titanium Merlin or small-tubed '84 Nobillette.
Which doesn't provide a solution, but might answer the problem..
Joe Bernard
Vallejo, CA.
On Friday, April 4, 2014 10:44:27 AM UTC-7, Jeff Ong w
In the vein of "I have a hammer so everything's a nail" I am in the process
of shifting cockpit arrangement, having already shifted tires, to match the
riding I do (gravel grind and single track). Rivendells are so flexible in
how you can set them up and the same frame really does ride very
dif
My commuter is set up similarly to your Bizango. It's an old Rocky
Mountain, has 26" wheels and drop bars. I also have a LongLow which is a
similar bike to the Rambouillet. The Rocky is quick handling, incredibly
stable at any speed, has a high BB and can be pedaled through just about
any tu
That's an interesting impression of the Rambouillet. Not one I've heard
before, but certainly open it.
I guess the quick answer is "Yeah. Sure. Of course it's possible you and a
2001 Rivendell Rambouillet aren't cut out for one another."
But, it's an interesting situation, to be sure.
Yo
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