[RBW] Re: Quickbeams are here

I have had my QB for 4 years and it is the perfect city bike, trainning bike and light touring bike. It doesn't need shifty gears because the three manual gears it has are enough. I have ridden it fxed and free and even used the low gear once or twice when I had big headwinds on the ride home

[RBW] Re: Quickbeams are here

You could do a 3sp QB without coldsetting. I cringe at the thought of ruining a nice bike with a chaincase, though. On Apr 23, 9:39 pm, William Henderson wrote: > Not so.  There have been many folks who have setup an 8+ speed > Quickbeam simply by coldsetting the frame.  I'm not saying that's t

[RBW] Re: Quickbeams are here

I really like the silver...had a silver Rivendell cyclocross bike for a while. If I have to repaint one of the Rivendell's it will either be silver or "Rambouillet orange." Angus On Apr 23, 11:11 pm, JimD wrote: > I'm a fan of orange Rivs > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/rasterdogs/3041950359/

[RBW] Re: Quickbeams are here

In a message dated 4/24/2009 5:47:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, angusle...@sbcglobal.net writes: If I have to repaint one of the Rivendell's it will either be silver or "Rambouillet orange." That's what I did with my Hilsen (Rambouillet orange). While, I really like my orange Quickbeam

[RBW] Re: Toe in or not toe in

What kind of Kool Stop pads are giving you grief? I have Oryx brakes up with the Eagle2's and they seem to work fine. I used a nickel on the back ends of the brakes to get an even toe-in. Under very hard braking up front there is a hint of a squeal, but under 95% of normal conditions, it's fine.

[RBW] Re: Toe in or not toe in

Alcohol is OK, but if you want to get serious, get some brake cleaner from the auto parts store. It's plenty toxic, so you know it's good. Sometimes reverse toe-in works better than normal toe-in. On Apr 23, 3:44 pm, Seth Vidal wrote: > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Garth wrote: > > > Hav

[RBW] Re: Quickbeams are here

On Apr 24, 8:25 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > You could do a 3sp QB without coldsetting. > > - Show quoted text - I just picked up a Sturmey AF hub, 3 close gears with a semi bail out low. AW hubs are available at the Goodwill for the cost of beach clunker. Then there is SBX hub c

[RBW] Weird CL post

I don't check CL often but this morning was just looking around to see what's listed and noticed this. Weird. http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/1137714051.html --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RB

[RBW] Re: Weird CL post

Everyone flag this as Spam ASAP! - Original Message - From: Mike To: RBW Owners Bunch Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 7:13 AM Subject: [RBW] Weird CL post I don't check CL often but this morning was just looking around to see what's listed and noticed this. Weird. http:/

[RBW] Re: Weird CL post

I actually found it kind of amusing. I guess it's lame. I noticed a certain RBW posters wife's Saluki is also posted... And there is a great Rommulus posted which I was just admiring on the street the other day. On Apr 24, 7:16 am, "David Faller" wrote: > Everyone flag this as Spam ASAP! > >  

[RBW] Nitto rear rack and fenders

Do folks find the Nitto big back rack works better on one set of eyelets or the other? Especially with fenders? I installed one yesterday on the Atlantis. Ended up moving the SKS fenders to the higher dropout eyelets and putting the rack on the lower pair. Seemed to be less interference that w

[RBW] Re: Nitto rear rack and fenders

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:29 AM, EricP wrote: > > Do folks find the Nitto big back rack works better on one set of > eyelets or the other?  Especially with fenders?  I installed one > yesterday on the Atlantis.  Ended up moving the SKS fenders to the > higher dropout eyelets and putting the rack

[RBW] Re: Quickbeams are here

I shouldn't judge based on that one pic--Riv's paint choices often look much better in person. If this is at all similar to the silver the Heron used to come in it's a great color... Steve Frederick, East Lansing, MI -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:r

[RBW] Re: Nitto rear rack and fenders

Also found that my local True Value hardware store sells nice aluminum spacers just a quarter inch thick with an ID that fits a 5mm rack bolt perfectly. I've use them as mentioned, and also as fender spacers at the chainstay bridge. Had to use them on the front fork recently to mount fenders when

[RBW] Re: Quickbeams are here

Yep, would be good to see one in person, but to me it just doesn't pop off the screen the way the orange one did. Anyone think this will really and truly be the last batch 'o beams? Dustin > From: "Frederick, Steve" > Reply-To: > Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:54:11 -0400 > To: > Conversation: [

[RBW] Re: Quickbeams are here

The bike looks sort of flat, but that might be the white background. Silver against white just isn't as dramatic as orange/green against white. Right now I think the silver is the least successful of the QB colours, but maybe some closeups will convince me otherwise. On Apr 24, 11:30 am, Dustin S

[RBW] Re: Quickbeams are here

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Dustin Sharp wrote: > > Yep, would be good to see one in person, but to me it just doesn't pop off > the screen the way the orange one did. > > Anyone think this will really and truly be the last batch 'o beams? I don't think silver paint photographs very well,

[RBW] Re: Weird CL post

THOSE RIVENDELL BIKES ARE 100.00 CRATE BIKES FROM CHINA (ANYWHERE DONT BUY THEM ... ) -- Reply to: sale-sjg2n-1137714...@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads? ] Date: 2009-04-24, 6:30AM PDT JUST GO TO WA

[RBW] Re: Tire Wear and Tear

On Apr 24, 9:10 am, sanjoser wrote: > I find that I can get 3K out of 26"x1.95 continentals on my atlantis, > however, I'm stuck in this odd cycle where they start to get worn > in september-october, which is the peak of the thorn season in > Northern > California, I start getting a bunch of fl

[RBW] Re: Tire Wear and Tear

I find that I can get 3K out of 26"x1.95 continentals on my atlantis, however, I'm stuck in this odd cycle where they start to get worn in september-october, which is the peak of the thorn season in Northern California, I start getting a bunch of flats, I replace my tires, and they're worn out aga

[RBW] Re: Weird CL post

haha! On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Thomas Haggerty wrote: > THOSE RIVENDELL BIKES ARE 100.00 CRATE BIKES FROM CHINA (ANYWHERE DONT BUY > THEM ... ) > -- > Reply to: > sale-sjg2n-1137714...@craigslist.org > [Errors when replying to > ads?

[RBW] Re: Tire Wear and Tear

Just to add my $0.02, I run the Grand Bois Cypress on my Riv and I only get about 1K on each rear tire. Failure mode seems to be a large bulge in the tire that eventually contacts the brake bridge. Despite this, I love these tires! I do not rotate tires, I just replace the bad one. On 4/24/09,

[RBW] Re: Quickbeams are here

What's wrong with a chaincase? wc. On Apr 24, 5:25 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > You could do a 3sp QB without coldsetting. > > I cringe at the thought of ruining a nice bike with a chaincase, > though. > > On Apr 23, 9:39 pm, William Henderson > wrote: > > > > > Not so.  There hav

[RBW] Re: Weird CL post

What was the posting? Sounds fun! And yes, given my location in Chico, it's pretty easy to meet folks from Portland half way for pickups, so I put the Saluki post there as well. Cheers, Gino On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Mike wrote: > > I actually found it kind of amusing. I guess it's lam

[RBW] Re: Tire Wear and Tear

On Apr 24, 9:32 am, Chicken Sandwich wrote: > Just to add my $0.02, I run the Grand Bois Cypress on my Riv and I > only get about 1K on each rear tire. Failure mode seems to be a large > bulge in the tire that eventually contacts the brake bridge.  Despite > this, I love these tires! > That doe

[RBW] Re: Tire Wear and Tear

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Doug Peterson > > > In the good old > days I could grind up a Specilizied Turbo S in less than 1K miles on the > rear, with plenty of flats. As they say, your mileage may vary. Mine does, I guess: 200 gram Specialized 559 Turbos had 1500 (front and rear) when I

[RBW] Re: Tire Wear and Tear

Oh, and fwiw, I got 3500 miles out of a rear 571X23 Conti Grand Prix. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM Professional Resumes. Contact resumespecialt...@gmail.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Ow

[RBW] Re: Quickbeams are here

I should clarify: I meant a 'full chain guard', not a 'chaincase'. Something like this (less ugly, hopefully): http://www.woodysfenders.com/store/images/Deluxe%207%20chain%20guard.jpg Not this: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cmAE9Fczut8/SDbsGL8EtkI/AYs/7DBoWaOyAlk/s400/chaincase wc. On Apr

[RBW] Re: Weird CL post

It's so weird how Rivendell inspires such strong reactions in people. Hey Gino, why is the Saluki for sale? Is the fit just not right for Claire? On Apr 24, 9:26 am, Gino Zahnd wrote: > haha! > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Thomas Haggerty wrote: > > > > > THOSE RIVENDELL BIKES ARE 100.00

[RBW] Re: Weird CL post

Obviously the person who wrote this is totally out of touch with bike reality... -Have you seen the types of bikes are at department stores? 40 pound faux-suspension bikes and old Schwinn knock-offs (nothing against old Schwinns). -Taiwan is, of course, not China. And the number of $5000 bike stor

[RBW] Re: Quickbeams are here

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 15:33, cm wrote: > Sneak peak can be found here. We are building and shipping them AQAP. > http://www.rivbike.com/products/list/bicycle_models#product=50-150 I like the color scheme a lot! It reminds me of the classic Nishiki Professional scheme seen here: http://home.mc

[RBW] Re: Quickbeams are here

Chainguard? Try this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fastboy/3451920595/ Chris Tucson, AZ On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:17 AM, William Henderson < william.c.hender...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I should clarify: I meant a 'full chain guard', not a 'chaincase'. > > Something like this (less ugly, hopeful

[RBW] Re: Quickbeams are here

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Chris Halasz wrote: > Chainguard? > > Try this: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/fastboy/3451920595/ > ezra makes really beautiful things. Not just bikes, but fenders, boxes, photographs. He touches a lot of things which seem to be more beautiful as a result. Mo

[RBW] Hooray, I can get back on the bike.

Not today but next week. Late last summer I developed a huge corn on the ball of my right foot, which made both walking and cycling extremely painful. It resisted all known treatments - scraping, salysilic acid, amonium lactate, pineapple skin, and acupuncture. Finally, after 4 physicians and d

[RBW] Re: Weird CL post

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Mike wrote: > It's so weird how Rivendell inspires such strong reactions in people. > You haven't made it until people hate you. :-) > > Hey Gino, why is the Saluki for sale? Is the fit just not right for > Claire? > See my previous post. Thanks. --~--~--

[RBW] Re: Tire Wear and Tear

On Apr 24, 12:32 pm, Chicken Sandwich wrote: >Failure mode seems to be a large bulge in the tire that eventually >contacts >the brake bridge. yikes! what do you mean by "failure?" repeated flatting, blow-out, or what? to be clear, you're saying that a bulge develops (presumably near the end

[RBW] Re: Quickbeams are here

hated the orange QB until I saw it in personso I am holding off judgment on the silver. Silver and Blue is cool though. Cheers, cm On Apr 24, 11:19 am, Seth Vidal wrote: > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Chris Halasz wrote: > > Chainguard? > > > Try this: > > >http://www.flickr.com/photo

[RBW] Re: Quickbeams are here

With all this talk of Quickbeams and beautiful things -- I finally added Woody fenders to mine. There's a small chance of rain today, and the installation almost ensures that there will not be a drop: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671...@n02/3471738520/ These are great bikes. I hope folks who

[RBW] Optimizing Atlantis Handling

Hey gang, I've found myself becoming increasingly irritated with my 61cm Atlantis' handling in the turns. At higher speeds (greater than about 15 mph), it feels fine, but at lower speeds I find it near impossible to hold a line in a turn. It feels like the bike is pushing me to the outside of t

[RBW] Re: Optimizing Atlantis Handling

The answer seems obvious. Quit holding back and just take those turns quicker! Sorry, no astute comments to add. Just being a smarta$$. Jioe > Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:49:46 -0700 > Subject: [RBW] Optimizing Atlantis Handling > From: whiskeyd...@yahoo.com > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.co

[RBW] Re: Optimizing Atlantis Handling

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 3:49 PM, whiskeyding wrote: > > Hey gang, > > I've found myself becoming increasingly irritated with my 61cm > Atlantis' handling in the turns.  At higher speeds (greater than about > 15 mph), it feels fine, but at lower speeds I find it near impossible > to hold a line in

[RBW] Re: Toe in or not toe in

Besides alcohol, I also have used a glass cleaner. We have gallons of the stuff from Auto Sport... called Haze Free Glass Cleaner. It works great on glass great on rims and frames too. My aunt keeps buying me more of it every Christmasbut I just can't use it all :) --~--~-~--~---

[RBW] Re: Weird CL post

All, These sentiments are not mine. I had a cached version of this posting on my computer after having looked at it and copied then sent it along for interested parties to see after it had been removed from Craigslist. To be honest, I had meant to send it only to Gino when he asked but had forgo

[RBW] Re: Nitto rear rack and fenders

That did it. Thanks. Was able to get the fender line right and all is right with the world again. Now the bike is ready for the MN Ironman ride on Sunday. With a crummy weather forecast, sort of glad I'm only planning 65 miles. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Apr 24, 9:33�am, Seth Vidal wrote:

[RBW] Re: Weird CL post

40 lbs bikes at Walmart? I took my daughter there to get a bike for her 12th birthday, she wanted a cruiser. The one they had was so heavy she couldn't pick it up. We bought her a Trek Lime from the LBS. That thing was WAY more than 40 lbs. Angus On Apr 24, 12:30 pm, cm wrote: > Obviously

[RBW]

> > > On Apr 24, 8:25 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery > wrote: > >> You could do a 3sp QB without coldsetting. >> >> - Show quoted text - >> > > I just picked up a Sturmey AF hub, 3 close gears with a semi bail out > low. > AW hubs are available at the Goodwill for the cost of beach clunker. > >

[RBW] Re: Quickbeams are here

on 4/24/09 8:30 AM, Dustin Sharp at dsh...@runbox.com wrote: > Yep, would be good to see one in person, but to me it just doesn't pop off > the screen the way the orange one did. The bikes are generally photographed against the RBWHQ&L building, which means that they are in serious open shade -

[RBW] QB Spotting in San Rafael

Was rushing along to lunch with some folks and saw this green series Quickbeam hanging out near the new public, bike-themed artwork. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclofiend/3471888686/ - Jim -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com C

[RBW] Re: Optimizing Atlantis Handling

on 4/24/09 12:49 PM, whiskeyding at whiskeyd...@yahoo.com wrote: > I've found myself becoming increasingly irritated with my 61cm > Atlantis' handling in the turns. At higher speeds (greater than about > 15 mph), it feels fine, but at lower speeds I find it near impossible > to hold a line in a

[RBW] Portland Craigslist: Riv Rom

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[RBW] Re: Optimizing Atlantis Handling

I'd suggest that the bikes are just different. If you ride either of them for awhile, then hop on the other, it's gonna seem strange at first. I rode my old Stumpjumper all winter, and thought it was great. Then I spent some time on my Atlantis on a trip out to California. When I got back on the

[RBW] Re: Optimizing Atlantis Handling

My Atlantis has 35 x 700 tires and I've just started using an Acorn front bag in the last few weeks, replacing a Hobo bag used on the saddle. Same tubes, tools & general junk, just moved from rear to front. Frame is 58 cm. No major change in handling, took a couple of miles to adapt but the bike

[RBW] Re: Tire Wear and Tear

Contintentals seem to get good wear. IIRC there was something in Bicycling about getting similar mileage on a GP. Friends using Gatorskins for sporty touring speak well of the flat resistance and wear. I recall an economical Conti, something like Super Sport or something, wearing well in light t