Hi again Rene,
Rivendell also asked me some confusing questions about what color
stickers I wanted. Your downtube stickers look white/cream? What
color is the panel sticker on the seat tube? I guess you should get
that information from Rivendell for me too, if you decide it's ok.
Thanks,
happy
Beautiful bike. Sell the rack! Get a silver one.
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You can get copper wire in any color, so you can buy green to start
with. :)
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No sale.
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How many hours did you ride?
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Am going to be the contrarian here. Keep the rack. Keep it black.
Have been going through similar issues with my Tubus rack for the past
two years. It's been on and off three different bikes. Including two
Rivendells. Like you, was not totally satisfied with the color
clash. But last night fi
"I had to stop every so often, because I was weaving all over the
road. And wondering how I was going to suck it up and finish this
ride."
Wow. That is some determination!
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Yeah, but the natural look is better.
On Apr 13, 5:04 am, happyriding wrote:
> You can get copper wire in any color, so you can buy green to start
> with. :)
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> Copper goes dark brown and stays that way for a long time before going
> green.
That is a problem. Copper lasts so much longer than cotton. It will
take forever for the coating to wear off. The change in color to its
final patina will take even longer. By the time the wire reaches its
magnum
But anyway, copper new looks very good with the tape as is.
On Apr 13, 7:44 am, JoelMatthews wrote:
> > Copper goes dark brown and stays that way for a long time before going
> > green.
>
> That is a problem. Copper lasts so much longer than cotton. It will
> take forever for the coating to wea
On Apr 13, 12:48 am, Michael_S wrote:
> I don't think there is an issue with 28 spoke wheel failing, even in
> dirt.. plenty of cross racers ride stuff like that without issue.
and to reiterate, cx racers will be running a tire that is 30-33mm or
so at low, low pressure. that softens things up
I'd probably be running it around 50psi +/- however inaccurate my pump is!
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 6:52 AM, Patrick in VT wrote:
>
> On Apr 13, 12:48 am, Michael_S wrote:
> > I don't think there is an issue with 28 spoke wheel failing, even in
> > dirt.. plenty of cross racers ride stuff like t
I finished at 12:48am. 18 hours 48 minutes. Bike computer says 16
hours ride time, so 2:48 of non-ride time. I'd be deliriously happy
to achieve a "100km ever 5 hrs" pace, but it is still very much a work
in progress.
On Apr 13, 3:24 am, happyriding wrote:
> "I had to stop every so often, bec
Haha! The copper outlasting the cotton is okay, and it is probably
infinitely reusable. Unless you have to snip a piece to unwind it, in
which case you might only get 10 to 40 years out of the wire,
depending on how much you have to snip. If you wanted it green, you
could probably lightly sand the
This morning, my commute to work was a bit scary. As I headed down the PCH from
the Leucadia area, I was passed a bit too close by a white Toyota pickup with a
pipe tied to its passenger side (along the top of the bed and over the side
mirror) like a lance protruding from the front. This was cl
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Joe Bartoe wrote:
> This morning, my commute to work was a bit scary. As I headed down the PCH
> from the Leucadia area, I was passed a bit too close by a white Toyota
> pickup with a pipe tied to its passenger side (along the top of the bed and
> over the side mi
Thanks for all the feedback, gang. I've learned a thing or two to help
with the decision. For now, I'll probably just live with it until I
have the scratch for a Nitto. Or maybe I'm just too cheap and lazy and
I'll just forget the whole thing, who knows. The thing is, I now know
that I have more op
I wonder what's the fattest tire that would fit on a Ram/Rom under
some Paul Ms???
If you could fit a 40... that's pretty close to "Hilsen-izing" those
bikes! Without the rack mounts, of course.
Esteban
San Diego, Calif.
On Apr 12, 6:34 am, Steve Palincsar wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-04-11 at 12:54
That's exactly the term and the trade off I use when setting up
cantilevers. Shorter flatter straddle => more spongy but more
powerful. Taller straddle => more rim clearance and more pukka-
pukka. I picked up pukka-pukka in 1988, working at a shop. I
remember the mechanic who taught me the te
Thank goodness Joe isn't the Incredible Hulk. "You wouldn't like me
when I'm angry". He might have done something he'd regret later.
Seriously though, that is beyond weak what some drivers will do. It's
pretty lame what some cyclists will do, too, but that's not germane to
this thread.
On Apr
I count seven 1000s on the 'bay at this moment - frame-sets and full
bikes. I've never seen that before. Spring cleaning has begun in
earnest!
Marty
On Apr 11, 11:28 am, "Bill M." wrote:
> I bought aMiyata1000 frameset in 1983, and still have it. It's been
> built up many different ways over th
When I was a messenger, it was helpful for me to pretend that cars
were just driver-less objects with likely behaviors and conceivable
behaviors that I had to be prepared for. Otherwise I'd be furious by
lunchtime, and that's no way to live.
On Apr 13, 9:51 am, William wrote:
> Thank goodness Jo
Yes, I find that close encounters with aliens, aka motorists, leave me
feeling blue and anxious and sad. But I consider that you have (or, at
least, I have) similar close encounters when I drive, so that tends to put
things back into perspective, along with the statistics that cycling is
really not
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:34 AM, soapscum wrote:
> Thanks for all the feedback, gang. I've learned a thing or two to help
> with the decision. For now, I'll probably just live with it until I
> have the scratch for a Nitto. Or maybe I'm just too cheap and lazy and
> I'll just forget the whole th
I wonder. You might fit a 700x40 without a fender on a Rambouillet
with the Paul R.M's, but a Hilsen will fit that 700x40 tire with a
fender with room to spare; that is a whole other category of fat.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27988...@n06/4099703484/
On Apr 13, 1:41 pm, Esteban wrote:
> I wo
I ordered a Tubus Cosmo (stainless) rack from Wiggle on the UK for
under $130. Placed the order Monday, and had the rack on Saturday.
The finish is really, really nice.
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On Apr 13, 2:39 pm, stevep33 wrote:
>I just installed a set of the Paul Racer M brakes, the center mount
>high polish one's, on my Rambouillet.
Hi, Steve - looks great! I noticed the tape on the fender - I assume
this is b/c the arms touch when you open them up to release the
wheel? does the w
You are not kidding! What a bonanza!
On Apr 13, 11:09 am, Marty wrote:
> I count seven 1000s on the 'bay at this moment - frame-sets and full
> bikes. I've never seen that before. Spring cleaning has begun in
> earnest!
>
> Marty
>
> On Apr 11, 11:28 am, "Bill M." wrote:
>
> > I bought aMiyata1
Esteban,
What 700x40 do you hace in mind?
Likewise these seem like a viable reason to spend money and keep the
rom.
Rob
On Apr 13, 10:41 am, Esteban wrote:
> I wonder what's the fattest tire that would fit on a Ram/Rom under
> some Paul Ms???
>
> If you could fit a 40... that's pretty close to
Hilsen is different, indeed.
Rob - Oh, I'm just thinking out loud. I think the Ram/Rom shines with
27/28mm tires. The fact that they can run 35s or 37s makes them great
for dirt, too. Just a great all-around bike.
The Ms are very attractive brakes, for sure. If they fit a 40-ish
Honjos and 30
The tape is a hold-over from when I had the Tektro 538's. The fender
was touching the caliper, and the tape dampened the vibration/rattle
when going over bumps. The tape isn't needed anymore with the new
Paul brakes; there is no fender/caliper contact. The wheel clears
without deflating too.
On
not a Miyata but I just picked up a 1991 green/Ivory Bridgestone RB-1
off Craigslist. Paint looks pretty good too.
I'm excited! I read somewhere that this year and model was Grants
favorite.
Woohoo!
On Apr 13, 12:17 pm, William wrote:
> You are not kidding! What a bonanza!
>
> On Apr 13, 11:09
On Apr 13, 3:40 pm, stevep33 wrote:
> The tape isn't needed anymore with the new
> Paul brakes; there is no fender/caliper contact. The wheel clears
> without deflating too.
sweet. nice set-up.
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Encounters like that suck. I have them all the time. I hate when I
let myself get angry. It ruins the ride. But sometimes the drivers
do such egregious things, I blow up.
I often wonder if carrying a toy plastic pistol in a shoulder holster
would dissuade motorists from doing stupid things ar
while i don't like the aesthetics on my Rivendell.. i had one of these on my
commuter/mountainbike for a while.. extremely effective at getting drivers who
are about to hit me to swerve the other way - they react and then look around
for the truck they almost hit.
it'd be amusing if it wasn't
Steve
What size rings are you running on your TAs?
On Apr 13, 12:40 pm, stevep33 wrote:
> The tape is a hold-over from when I had the Tektro 538's. The fender
> was touching the caliper, and the tape dampened the vibration/rattle
> when going over bumps. The tape isn't needed anymore with the
46/30 and the cassette is a 9 speed 13-30.
On Apr 13, 4:13 pm, William wrote:
> Steve
>
> What size rings are you running on your TAs?
>
>
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That sucks, getting buzzed is bad enough but aggressive behavior from
the guys in metal boxes is a bummer. Thank goodness for Cell
phones.
I had a guy in a work truck buzz me close enough that I moved too
close to a parked car and took out their side view mirror which
unbalanced me enough to
Lynne
Having finished my first Populaire outside the time limit your 16
hours of ride time for 300k with some serious climbing is impressive.
Especially when considering you were in bonksville for the last 40
miles. I haven't ever ridden in the 3 capes area but have ridden a
number of times in th
Very Sharp!
I've been holding on to a NIB Sanyo Dynapower for a similar project.
Now that I have a frameset or three with kickstand plates it should
mount easily.
I also have a Shimano Dynohub that a friend brought me from Japan
about 10 years ago. I might fire that up too.
On Apr 13, 12:37 pm
Somebody here should bid on this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/MIYATA-1000-One-Thousand-Touring-Bicycle-Original-Cond_W0QQitemZ330423351009QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRoad_Bikes?hash=item4ceec436e1
but maybe not this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/MIYATA-1000-LT-TOURING-BIKE-63cm-BICYCLE-LOADED_W0QQitemZ17043332454
Had my wife and daughter drop me in Lincoln City, Oregon, and then
rode 240 miles down the road to Brookings, OR...
...on a Surly Pugsley.
It was a lot of work, but good work.
Due to a screw up, my wife and daughter ended up with the camera I was
supposed to have, and I ended up with my iPhone a
Have never seen one of these in person. At least not that I
remember. But the first one - wow! Listed as 32s and there is tons
of room under that fork crown.
Bikes like that really interest me. Then if the pull gets too great,
will go out for a ride on my Hillborne. Seems to clear the bike lu
I'm tempted by the black one, big time. That was the one we stocked
at the Miyata shop. It's borderline too large, and gets worse if I
put fatter tires on it, but for an Albatross bike..it would be
epic.
On Apr 13, 5:17 pm, EricP wrote:
> Have never seen one of these in person. At least no
Wow! Those are some fat tires! So, if this question is to dumb to answer, I'll
understand. Did you ride that bike down the actual coast/beach, or up on US
101? Or, a combo of both?
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Great photos, looks fun. Those tires look ideal for the beach sand.
As for the dt sticker... well put indeed :D
On Apr 13, 8:07 pm, Me wrote:
> Had my wife and daughter drop me in Lincoln City, Oregon, and then
> rode 240 miles down the road to Brookings, OR...
>
> ...on a Surly Pugsley.
Combination of both -that said, mostly 101 and the various Loops off
the highway as well.
Really beautiful stretch of Mother Earth to ride, very much recommend
it to those that have not done it.
-Scott
On Apr 13, 6:10 pm, Ray Shine wrote:
> Wow! Those are some fat tires! So, if this question i
Lynne,
That sounds like a very impressive bit of riding in a gorgeous part of
the state. I would love to ride some brevets. My work schedule,
however, makes Saturday rides impossible without taking time off. To
the best of my knowledge ALL the OR Randonneur events are on
Saturdays.
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On Apr 13, 11:47 am, William wrote:
>
>
> That's exactly the term and the trade off I use when setting up
> cantilevers. Shorter flatter straddle => more spongy but more
> powerful. Taller straddle => more rim clearance and more pukka-
> pukka.
I'm confused. Why does a taller straddle (if I
Don't be confused. It's not that complicated.
If you run a taller straddle, it takes less brake lever travel to get
the brake pads to hit the rim. So to get the same travel on your
hand, you run the brake pads father away from the rim. More rim
clearance.
If you run a shorter straddle, the bra
Story goes...My little brother is riding along the mad streets of UC
Davis. As he is riding along he hears a small little click coming from
his rear wheel. Being a college student on his way to class he thinks
nothing of it. Then all of a sudden he rear wheel locks up and he
comes to aburpt stop. H
Honjos save the day!
Looks like the derailer would be beyond hope, but I dunnow, try
straightening it out and see... might get lucky but probably not.
If he lives/rides in Davis, he should be able to get away with a single
speed, so maybe this was a sign to convert to the one ring, one cog life.
If you don't have a good route, commuting on a bicycle is no fun. I
guess this is why we read so much about Grant and the gang riding in
the hills so much. I am fortunate to start my route on rural country
roads with a decent shoulder and I have a bike lane that borders the
shoulder of a four lane
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