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That orange looks great! Who is going to be the one who starts the tandem gallery so we can see them all in one place. Bill mentioned his feeling quite normal as a single. I have ridden my tandem solo to pick up other people, the only issue is the rear wheel being easy to lock up with no weig

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I also kinda like the blue cables with the orange; I think that is a neat color combo...looks like blue spikes on the pedals as well, Rene. On Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at 11:20:11 AM UTC-5, René wrote: > > Thanks Ryan. I can't wait to start my "adjustments" phase and prove Grant > did hit a homeru

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Thanks Ryan. I can't wait to start my "adjustments" phase and prove Grant did hit a homerun with the Hubbuhubbuh. René On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 9:13 AM Ryan Fleming wrote: > your HHH looks really neat, too. Very exciting...looks like RBW has hit > another one out of the park > > > On Sunday, May

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your HHH looks really neat, too. Very exciting...looks like RBW has hit another one out of the park On Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 4:05:02 PM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > Maiden voyage today. My son wanted to meet friends at Bart for a Berkeley > adventure. So we rode across the east bay hills and

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Wow, Rene...your tandem looks great. Very classy build so far and I hope you and your family enjoy it. Sure looks like a labour of love On Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 2:25:45 PM UTC-5, René wrote: > > Progress photos: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/orthie251/albums/72157680299609103/with/344507681

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My stoker noticed he needs two leg bands to keep his pants out of both chains. Also I need to wear one leg band on the left. Adjustments -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving ema

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Hi Patrick, On my Medium, I chopped off 5 inches from the super long steerer tube, which leaves about 63mm above the headset. The height of the threadless Bullmoose stem is about 42mm, which leaves me with plenty of room to play with with spacers above and below the stem to fine tune the height. I

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Many thanks for posting these pics. I've been having sage envy and blue regret after seeing the first and even latest photo from Grant. I'm now really excited for this blue. Can't wait to put it up against the original Hunqapillar blue. Riv 'dealer', Gravel & Grind just took my deposit for part

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I agree. And then, there's the issue of the cable having to match the fitting on the actuation device. At the brake, of course, it's held by a pinch bolt, but at the lever it's a made-on end that fits a receptacle in the lever. But the important thing is, this has been done since time immemo

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Maiden voyage today. My son wanted to meet friends at Bart for a Berkeley adventure. So we rode across the east bay hills and dropped through the cemetery. Then I did a grocery run and rode up the hill solo. It was really pleasant. It's amazing to be on a tandem that rides like a Rivendell but t

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Daniel, Are you concerned about the shifter cable not being robust enough, or are you concerned about the use of a shift lever instead of a brake lever (possible cable pull length)? If the former, I do not think it's an issue, as a drag brake is not subjected to the repeated hard forces of r

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DOUBLE APPROVE TANDEM! Sent from my iPhone On May 6, 2017, at 10:05 PM, Ren? Sterental mailto:orthie...@gmail.com>> wrote: Thank you all for the compliments! I had no idea there was a brown cabling option, but like you, now everyone in my house is pretty excited with the blue cabling. Let's s

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As I've been doing some research on the subject, it's apparent that this is just how people have been setting up their drag brakes forever, at least as far back as I've been able to research, which is several decades. Remember, it's not that you have to press hard to stop the bike, you just need to

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Have we already had the discussion about the relative safety of using a shifter cable to actuate a mechanical drag disc brake? -- 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,

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Such a perfect looking bike... well done! Artistically and expertly done Speaking of, not that I am an expert, I concur on the choice of the older XTR v-brakes. I cobbled together an electric cargo bike, a standard level Yuba Mundo, one without disc brakes standard, and the shop I was wor

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They were announced in the Blug, nowhere else nor via e-mail. They're going to ship for free, so no harm done! On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 7:42 PM Ryan Thompson wrote: > I didn't know Riv had a theadless bull moose bosco. I just ordered the > rest of my parts on Friday for the tandem and would have c

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I saw them in person today. need to get in on the next batch. so rad! Clayton Scott ST, CA -- 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

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If by the time I'm done yours doesn't have the disc brake, I'll consider mine completer than yours!!! Ja ja ja ja!!! On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 7:50 PM Bill Lindsay wrote: > WINNING! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To u

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I didn't know Riv had a theadless bull moose bosco. I just ordered the rest of my parts on Friday for the tandem and would have certainly added that to the cart as well. I guess I'm making a call on Monday. I'm also waiting for an orange HHH and it's nice to see your progress photos. Ryan --

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Congratulations Bill! I think you're the first owner to have a fully functioning Hubbuhubbuh! René On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 6:19 PM Bill Lindsay wrote: > My build is pretty much done. Those of you who followed on Instagram saw > it in progress. I deleted the progress shots that showed how messy

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Thank you all for the compliments! I had no idea there was a brown cabling option, but like you, now everyone in my house is pretty excited with the blue cabling. Let's see how if once all the cables are run, the effect is the same or it becomes overwhelming. Can't wait for the rest of the parts

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My build is pretty much done. Those of you who followed on Instagram saw it in progress. I deleted the progress shots that showed how messy my garage is. Anyway, here's the complete bike after my first ride around the block

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René, Your build-so-far looks terrific! We're going with B17 and Flyer S in honey. I've been looking for cream cable housing with no luck (anyone know of any?) -- I would like to match the decals, but am considering going with Velo-Orange's brown or perhaps a silver. I must admit I sort o

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Yeah, the first time I saw an orange bike with a tan Brooks saddle I had an epiphany. They looked so awesome. Until that moment, and still today, almost every orange frame I see has black parts. It was the same when I saw the first silver frame with tan saddle and handlebar leather tape. Which is w

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Wow. These have to be the coolest, funnestest tandems ever. Big fat tires, double head badges, smiley faces, moosey stoker bars, Riv ride feel, lots of rider size adaptability, nice craftsmanship. Wow. René, nice job on the build so far. The tan saddles look great. I try to stay away from too m

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Progress photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/orthie251/albums/72157680299609103/with/34450768136/ After a long day at work getting, among other things the Betty ready to ship to its new home (bittersweet), I came home in the evening and started the build of my Hubbuhubbuh. By midnight, I had acc

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Daniel, As Vince explained it to me, there are two variations depending upon size of HHH. We have a large, and the kit included a 203mm rotor, a Shimano Acera disc brake, and an appropriate rotor/brake mount. The cost of these was $51. There were also several options for controlling it -- I op

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Julian, What's included in the disc drag brake kit? Thanks, D. -- 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.c

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APPROVE. I'm at the bottom of the list, and on the other the side of the Mississippi-- it'll prolly be a while longer before I can lift it outtadabox. Similar build choices, too: boscos, silver crank, rich-tandem wheelset. BTW: I like the look of the fork curve on Grant's Blahg. Looking forwa

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As some of you have noticed on my

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I got a message from Vince last night and called him today -- our large orange HHH will be shipped soon -- and they have a disc drag brake kit as an option, which was news to me (and which I ordered). Yippee! Tim, have a great tour! On Friday, May 5, 2017 at 7:50:08 AM UTC-5, Tim wrote: > > D

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Dave just called last night and they're shipping my S Azure Grey tandem. And the heck of it is, I'm heading out on a bike tour Monday and won't even get to see it until the middle of June when I get back. But I'll get to visit Riv HQ while I'm away, which I'm really looking forward to. -- You

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Haha. I called Will and had a little guilt-therapy. He said come on by, so I'll drive by and pick up my SMALL Sage tomorrow morning. BL in EC On Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 3:28:51 PM UTC-7, René wrote: > > Let's see how long you can hold off... :-) > > On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 3:24 PM Bill Linds

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Somebody swing through my neighborhood on your new HubbahHubbah! I feel like jumping on the back and sharing in the fun!!! The colors look gorgeous and I can barely wait to see all the photos of you and your cute spouses/best friends/teenage kiddos on your new once-in-a-lifetime-Rivs. I've nev

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Let's see how long you can hold off... :-) On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 3:24 PM Bill Lindsay wrote: > Yeah I'm torn. I'm super excited to go pick mine up, but I'm wracked with > bike shop guilt about Mark and Brian's stress level trying to make > everybody happy. I kind of feel like staying out of t

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Yes! There was a flurry of activity!!! :-) I have to say that to my very pleasant surprise, the colors are accurate and the orange frame is the bright creamsickle orange I was hoping for. I didn't really stop to compare the colors to the Blug posts, but they are all very nice, at least the three

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Yeah I'm torn. I'm super excited to go pick mine up, but I'm wracked with bike shop guilt about Mark and Brian's stress level trying to make everybody happy. I kind of feel like staying out of their way for a couple weeks to let the dust settle. On the other hand, I really like doing builds

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Waahoo! I'll hope and pretend you saw a flurry of packing and shipping of them to those of us not fortunate enough to live near the mothership! Is the orange in the photo accurate? I ask because the blue and sage look off. If you get a chance to photograph yours in real light and post it that