Patrick,
Good news! I am glad to hear you are happy with the Sam handling
afterall.
This is how I set up my poor-substitute for an Atlantis.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79695...@n00/4601203765/in/set-72157607471577085/
The Duo front rack is so minimal and sturdy. It does have only a 10.75
pannier
Only 30% wool, but these from Duluth Trading wear well:
http://tinyurl.com/35enzvm.
I like the Smartwool socks from REI as well.
On Jun 19, 10:46 am, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> I've used black, very light weight (and, frankly, rather cheaply made) all
> wool dress socks from Vermont Country Store f
+1 for Mojo's set-up. I have the same on my Atlantis (did require un-
authorized fork mods to provide mounts for the Duo). The Acorn Boxy
Rando sits low enough not to have too much affect on handling but is
readily accessible. The Duo pops on & off easily and is compact for
packing the bike for
Patrick,
I have had more handling problems from flexible front racks than from
flexible rear racks. I have had good luck with a Tubus front rack and
making sure items on the front of the bike are not free to flop
around.
I try and put the small heavy items (tools, food, etc...) in the front
and
Thanks, Angus. I have my eye (the other one is swiveled around to the left)
on a Tubus Tara and some Ortlieb small front panniers ...
I can imagine that a flexing front rack or a floppy front bag would do all
sorts of odd things to the handling.
On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Angus wrote:
> P
I've had the Toprack on my Quickbeam setup with the long struts
running to the dropout eyelets (where I also have fenders hooked into)
for a while now, but I somehow just noticed that there are of course
rack braze-ons on the seat stays. Is there any mechanical advantage to
mounting the struts to t
That is an interesting article.
The carbon steerer in question doesn't seem to be robust to deviation
from the approved components/torques/assembly procedures.
Those are impressively light bicycles, but I'll choose to stick with
my Rivendells thanks.
Angus
On Jun 18, 1:59 pm, RoadieRyan wrote:
Andrew,
If it were me, changing the tires to a good quality lighter weight
tire would be the first thing I would do. Panaracer Paselas (non-
tourguard) roll reasonably well and relatively inexpensive. I've got
32s (measure 28-29) on the Rambouillet and 35s (measure 35) on the
Quickbeam. Heavier
boy, I'm damn glad I sold off all of my carbon forks. When you can
only have the factory stem installed without risking failure, the bike
mfgers have gone beyond the necessary safety margins which should be
designed into their products. Hopefully none of the related crashes
resulted in any permane
I attempted to place a mark's Rack on front of the Bleriot equiped
with Dia-Compe center pulls. The cable straddle sits too low and was
impeded by the tang used to mount the rack to the fork behind the
brakes. Anyone else experience this problem? I checked as many pix
as I could, and I do note t
ray-
i've used a Mark's Rack on my Bleriot with Paul centerpulls without
any problems. at least with the Paul's, there is some flexibility in
the height of the straddle (1"-2" above the brake IIRC). you could
try out a different length straddle cable.
-jay b
denver, co
On Jun 20, 6:26 pm, Ray
Perception of speed is just that: subjective. Enjoy your ride! To go
fast, get a good night's sleep, eat & drink well, be well, don't wear
flappy clothes, find your fast tires (which may or may not the most
durable). In that order.
The engine, the air, then tires. If it's hilly, OK, lose weight,
I managed to get a chain on and completed the Rockwell Relay. Our team
did fine. 3rd out of 21 starters.
I had to borrow a Schmidt wheel from my commuter and a regular old
rear wheel I had lying around.
It's definitely not a racing bike, but held it's own speeding across
southern Utah with all th
Today I was given the gift of no familial responsibilities. When the
opportunity to get out and about arises, you have to jump on it. So onto my
bike I jumped, and slowly pedaled down the road for 26 miles. Then turned
around and rode the 26 home. Mostly on the Santa Ana River Trail through
Riv
Anybody know the geometry on the 60cm glorius/wilbury?
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My older chart lists a 'Mixte" but 61 cm , not 60.
From: Andrew
To: RBW Owners Bunch
Sent: Sun, June 20, 2010 8:16:30 PM
Subject: [RBW] Wilbury
Anybody know the geometry on the 60cm glorius/wilbury?
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Yeah, I thought of that. Cheaper than a new set of brakes, especially Paul's!
Thanks for your response, Jay.
From: J. Burkhalter
To: RBW Owners Bunch
Sent: Sun, June 20, 2010 5:43:31 PM
Subject: [RBW] Re: Mark's Rack/Dia-Compe Center ???
ray-
i've used a
Ah, that looks like a good day. I sprained my ankle last weekend and my
foot is still polychromatic, so I enjoyed your venture vicariously.
Thanks for sharing!
Dave
On 6/20/2010 6:16 PM, cyclotourist wrote:
Today I was given the gift of no familial responsibilities. When the
opportunity to
If it's not broke don't fix it.
dougP
On Jun 20, 2:41 pm, "dos.ruedas" wrote:
> I've had the Toprack on my Quickbeam setup with the long struts
> running to the dropout eyelets (where I also have fenders hooked into)
> for a while now, but I somehow just noticed that there are of course
> rack b
Ouch
I have a huge ugly bruise on my thigh, but luckily it only hurts if I touch
it, not just moving around
Glad you like the pix, it was a good day out! Now get better!
On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 7:40 PM, David Faller wrote:
> Ah, that looks like a good day. I sprained my ankle last w
If you want to part with your Hilsen (complete bike or frame set), I
am interested.
Local only (sf bay area).
Pete
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Instead of front/back weight distribution, the thing I have noticed
that affects handling more than anything is how the rear weight is
distributed from bottom to top. If I have too much weight (and/or
height) piled on top of the rack itself the handling gets much worse.
This is true for all the bi
I asked Keven before mounting my Nitto R14 rear rack on my Bombadil as
I didn't like the look of the rack stays going all the way down to the
dropouts. He said it didn't matter, so I run it to the mid seat-stay
braze-ons and have had no issues.
I've also seen it both ways on RBW employees' bikes a
I, too, was planning on a nice looong ride but the rains kept me in
bed longer than planned. Did get out for a couple hours though and
had a great time even though I got soaked. This year if you don't like
to get wet, you don't ride much...I get wet!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/77502...@n00/sets
The mechanical advantage on the strut side is that any beam's bending
stiffness is proportional to the inverse of the cube of its length.
Take any beam of any material, cut it in half, and it becomes 8 times
stiffer in bending.
I think it looks way better too, but that's just an opinion.
On Jun 2
Ray,
I'm using a Mark's rack with Paul Racer brakes on my AHH. I've posted 3
photos; here's the first one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orthie251/4720209358/. You can see the other
two on my set.
No issues whatsoever.
René
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Nice to know it not only looks better, it is way stronger as well... :-)
René
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Thanks for all the suggestions folks.
Lighter rubber and/or lighter wheels on the Sam are an excellent place to start.
And I appreciate the suggestion to enjoy the slowness. :)
But it's not really an illusion - on a different bike (29er mtn bike with 2.2"
knobbys) i can do my 6 mile morning
on 6/19/10 10:42 AM, Ryan at ryter...@mts.net wrote:
> Nice..nice mate for the QB greenreminds me of those classy Nitto-
> made Ritchey Force stems which came stock on 92-93 RB1s and X0-1s. I
> wonder if those Salsa stems were ever contracted out to Nitto...
I've never heard that Salsa stems
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