Thanks for the review and for charring pictures of such beautiful
piece of art!
The cork version certainly look the business but I'm also not to fond
of the plastic rear. I'll will wait for the the narrow race version
that will be available soon, problem is there doesn't seem to be any
saddle bag m
I will second the Spanninga. Very bright red led, big reflector and easy to
mount. Peter White has 'em too.
Dave Nawrocki
Fort Collins, CO
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From: palin...@his.com
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com, "George Strickler"
Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 11:58
Tried Musa shorts with unpadded "underthings" and never noticed a
differencehmm.
Angus
On Nov 28, 5:56 am, Angus wrote:
> I rode in lycra for the first time in a while yesterday...the bid
> shorts caused more problems than they were worth. Just got another
> pair of Musa shorts, I won't be
George,
I have Spanninga's on both my All-Rounder and Atlantis. The look
good, have a reflector, but IMHO are not nearly as bright as the more
recent LED tail lights such as the Plant Bike Superflash or Cateye TL-
LD1100.
Angus
On Nov 28, 11:54 am, George Strickler wrote:
> I want to put a bat
On 11/28/09, eflayer wrote:
> if your Brooks was set up correctly, you would not slide in one
> direction of the other. You would be cradled nicely in the crotch of
> the banana...so to speak. Not saying your current choice is not the
> best for you, but the sweet spot for a Brooks may not be ea
This is like paste wax for furniture. From my experience with putting paste
wax on wood, the feel is more, well, tactile than slippery. I guess that's
the best way I can describe it.
--dlloyd
On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 23:42, charlie wrote:
> The look can be modified with wood stains before sh
Not completely on topic, but very much in the Riv spirit, I think.
British headmistress takes up cycling at age 54 and circumnavigates
globe (the land parts) by bicycle. An inspiring life.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6935356.ece
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It's nice that they're keeping the same geometry (level TT). And yeah,
the butterscotch color would be great.
--mike
On Nov 28, 4:11 pm, Kip Otteson wrote:
> Sign me up for a Simpleone. I LOVE my Bombadil but I'm looking for
> something really simple to have for the town. Like always I wait to
Shellac on grips is hardly new. I suspect if there were a practical
alternative, it would have been found out by now.
Which color/brand shellac have you tried? I used a fairly weak mix of
the blonde flakes VO sells on a set of Riv Portuguese cork grips. It
brought out the grain and base color,
On Nov 28, 12:28 pm, Aaron Thomas wrote:
> It's possible that the email went out to members only. I am a member
> and received it, but a friend who let his membership lapse didn't.
>
Agree, I use to be a member mainly for the Reader and didn't get the
email either. Once Grant decided to offer it
Check out this video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srhhmTAjNfQ&feature=youtube_gdata
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> Agree, I use to be a member mainly for the Reader and didn't get the
> email either. Once Grant decided to offer it for free online or for
> purchase separately, I didn't see any benefits to continuing it. I
> guess receiving an early email is
Ditto on the suggestion for B17 owners to spend time playing with the
tilt if you're having sliding trouble. The right tilt appears to be
very much a function of how upright your position is. More upright,
more nose up. I don't have a particularly upright position - handlebar
tops a bit below saddl
Do you know the dimensions of the Berthoud "race" saddle? It sounds
promising.
Has anyone compared the current Berthoud saddle with the Brooks Swift?
Cheers,
Ryan
On Nov 29, 2009, at 2:55, Pete wrote:
> Thanks for the review and for charring pictures of such beautiful
> piece of art!
> The
Excellent. Thanks.
From: Forrest
To: RBW Owners Bunch
Sent: Sun, November 29, 2009 9:10:24 AM
Subject: [RBW] Anne Mustoe obit (slightly OT but in Riv spirit)
Not completely on topic, but very much in the Riv spirit, I think.
British headmistress takes up cyc
Sorry Ryan, I only know what you can read in those links. My guess is
it's very close to the Brooks Swift/Swallow witch are great for a more
forward leaning position:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/saddles/brooks-swift.html
Like John mentioned in he's review there will also be matching leather
"The pictures of of John's Toei with the
Brooks show a pretty extreme nose-down position"
That was one of many unsuccessful experiments in positioning that
saddle. I'm just not comfortable in the crotch of the banana :-)
Again, as I emphasized--saddles are a very individual choice. I think
if you
John, your not alone. I've bought four Swift saddles as good as new
from people who for various reasons didn't get on with them. I also
had trouble with setting up the first one and ended up moving it all
the way back and raised the nose slightly. From then on it's has been
very comfy and just gett
Dura Ace stuff for sale. All prices include insurance and shipping in
the continental US. PayPal.
If these prices are out of line, let me know, but these seemed
relatively appropriate to me.
Please contact me offlist! Thanks-
NOS Dura Ace 7400 stem, new in box with allen wrench.
quill, 110
If I may put a plug in for another alternative, it's the Selle
Anatomica either with or without the slot - without the slot, it's
quite cheap, long lasting, and very very comfortable. They're 70.00
new. I have found with the Brooks, once they get rained on and molded
into the "wrong" shape, it's
Here in Europe I think most agree that Busch & Müller has the best
quality rear lights:
http://www.bumm.de/index-e.html?docu/175q-e.htm
There are two other makers that shadow B&M's assortment and are quite
good:
http://axabasta.intermix5.nl/cat/front/items.asp?level=2&id=2
http://www.trelock.de/web
Hi all,
I just spent a couple of hours this morning putting back the Noodle bars
after trying the Randonneur 45cm handlebar and not liking it as it's too
narrow. I first tried the 48cm Noodoe with the 10cm stem I already had; I'd
been riding the Noodles with a 9cm stem and feeling a lot of hand pa
The DA triple levers, derailleurs, and cranks group has been sold.
Sale on the stem is pending.
Dura Ace stuff for sale. All prices include insurance and shipping
in
the continental US. PayPal.
If these prices are out of line, let me know, but these seemed
relatively appropriate to me.
Please c
you are having an interesting experience. it is hard to comment, even
though I am commenting. too many variables to be able to provide much
feedback.
you don't say size of bike, bar drop below saddle or not, a Brooks
saddle with short rails can screw up all mm adjustments.
i just replaced a mod
I did get the Rivendell Crew email, but I'm not an official due-paying
member, so I gather that getting that email means either that you've
bought something from them in the last X years, or that you've signed
up on their website on the top right hand corner of the rivbike.com
homepage.
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A pretty detailed set of maps and directions for the Post Thanksgiving Ride is
available here:
http://campyonly.com/shorts/2009/PTR2009.docx
http://campyonly.com/shorts/2009/PTR2009.pdf
Note that the directions don't include the first part of the course, from Davis
to Winters (the riders on th
I also did an experiment with stem length and riding posture today.
There's a long explanation below, but the gist of the story is that
I've found that the arch of my upper back seems to have a great effect
on my ideal stem length.
For the past seven years, I've happily been riding an early 1980s
Yeah, I know what you mean... :-)
I'm riding a 60 Homer, that pretty much fits perfectly according to the
folks at Rivendell. Mark fit me on my first visit there in September. I'm
riding a B17 saddle with the post pretty much in the middle of the available
rail space, give or take a few mm. I'm ru
interesting. i'm 5'11", just sold a perfect fitting 59 Bleriot.
Prior to selling, I had just dialed it in perfectly for me, and the
B17. And that was with a 12cm Nitto Deluxe at about 3 cm's above
saddle height, also I use a seatpost with a lot of setback. I am 59
years old, not too fat, not too
According to the Wallingford Bike Parts website, the Berthoud men's
saddle measures 162 x 277. The Berthoud woman's saddle measures 162 x
247. It appears a Bethoud racing saddle is not available, at least
for now.
On Nov 29, 12:26 pm, "rswat...@me.com" wrote:
> Do you know the dimensions of the
I second Nicole, not a member but have purchased in the last year and
signed up on the website and recieved the recent email
On Nov 29, 5:50 pm, "Nicole E." wrote:
> I did get the Rivendell Crew email, but I'm not an official due-paying
> member, so I gather that getting that email means either t
http://www.velocult.com/index.php/blog/post/whats_with_the_cork_hanging_on_your_saddle/
good read
-Manny
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Hello RBW owners,
After several years of visits to RBW headquarters, drooling over the
Readers, and a couple of Riv-ish bike builds, I'm proud to say that
I'll be a Quickbeam owner by the end of the week!
I've managed to score an orange QB frameset and I'm having the folks
at Rivendell build it u
Re 1), you can use a BB lockring on it and it works fine (or so I'm told by
Rich at Riv).
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Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 11:28 PM
To: RBW Owners Bunch
Subject: [RBW] Advice on building up a Quickbeam (+introduction)
Hello RBW own
on 11/29/09 8:28 PM, i.e. at ien...@gmail.com wrote:
> After several years of visits to RBW headquarters, drooling over the
> Readers, and a couple of Riv-ish bike builds, I'm proud to say that
> I'll be a Quickbeam owner by the end of the week!
Congratulations! The Quickbeam is a stunningly ada
On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 8:28 PM, i.e. wrote:
> Hello RBW owners,
>
> After several years of visits to RBW headquarters, drooling over the
> Readers, and a couple of Riv-ish bike builds, I'm proud to say that
> I'll be a Quickbeam owner by the end of the week!
>
>
> Yeah!
> 1) Have any of you ri
Ditto on the Paul brakes. I have Neo-Retros on the front and Touring on the
back (gives a little flexibility for panniers). They're wonderful.
From: cyclotourist [mailto:cyclotour...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 1:29 AM
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googleg
Thanks, everyone. I appreciate it.
The Paul brakes look great and the bb lockring is a good tip--didn't
know there was such a thing.
I'm looking forward to riding freewheel again, but must admit that I
got hooked on riding fixed while I was living in Japan (a happy
accident and a long story). I
Hi,
Can someone give me a run down on the status of the Atlantis? Is
Rivendell going to make size 68 cm frames again?
Thanks.
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