Yeah, those V-brake levers are too narrow. I struggled to get used to them
on Noodle bars for a few hundred miles. I had a set on another bike a
while back and liked them fine so it was puzzling. Then I realized that
older bike had dirtdrop bars on it that had some flare and that might make
a di
On Fri, 2012-05-11 at 19:37 -0700, ted wrote:
> Regarding the "link wire" design for cantilevers, color me ignorant.
> But it sounds to me like a sort of hybrid design. If it doesn't have a
> straddle cable I wouldn't have thought it was appropriate to call the
> thing a cantilever brake. Not muc
Atlantis - Rambouillet - Qbeam
I don't know why but the Qbeam is my favorite. Over the last few years it has
gotten 90% of the miles. It is my trainer, commuter and all around ride. It
has had a Shimano generater hub on it for at least 5 year and it is still going
strong. Other then that i
I'm with Alex: go. It was a nice event in Seattle, a great way to support a
local business (in our case Kathleen and Freerange Cycles), and a pleasure
to hear Grant speak. His talk was, as you'd expect, low key, open, and
appropriately opinionated, but sort of delivered at perfect pitch. Grant
I'm loving this debate. I have both canti and V-brakes.
I love the way the cantis look, and I'm marginally satisfied with
their performance (although I suspect I just haven't figured out the
optimal setup)
I love the way the V-brakes stop (and I have never had an issue with
setup; works great fir
I'm so bummed I couldn't make it to see Grant last night, had to be at
work and all. How did the ride go? Hope he enjoyed seeing that part
of Seattle.
On May 12, 6:31 am, Frank wrote:
> I'm with Alex: go. It was a nice event in Seattle, a great way to support a
> local business (in our case Kat
The ride worked out well. Grant had to leave for the airport by 7:30, so
we had to cut out the out and back to Golden Gardens, but the ride to the
locks, and back along both sides of the canal was really pleasant. We
didn't have much foot traffic to contend with when crossing the locks, and
even
>
> I know you've seen these a million times.
>
Could well be that I have, but being a bit unobservant I guess I am
still mostly clueless.
Looks like a straddle or yoke wire substitute with a fixed length
cable on one side and a rod on the other.
Though I don't see the clamp mechanism I suppose yo
> Having said that, I have ridden others' bikes with cantis that WERE
> simply the bee's knees; I just haven't figured out how to achieve that
> result.
If you have friends with cantis that are good but yours aren't I would
be very interested in a careful cataloguing of the differences between
a s
I am in the boonies of western Colorado so will not get to see the
GGBT (great Grant book tour).
But I am enjoying the book. Being a Riv member since 1995 I have heard
most (all?) of it before. But still what a great viewpoint of a simple fun
semi-exercise. He describes all the negative things
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Montclair BobbyB
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> I'm loving this debate. I have both canti and V-brakes.
>
> I love the way the cantis look, and I'm marginally satisfied with
> their performance (although I suspect I just haven't figured out the
> optimal setup)
I'd recommend getting y
OK, I finally got around to riding today... and no good news to share. I
put on the heavy-duty old-skool Mavic QR that I have. All steel so that's
not a concern. Shifted exactly the same as the previous two XT skewers.
Bummed to say the least. Next step is take it to my LBS for a dropout
alignment
Hi, all. Last Christmas I requested and received as a gift the above-
mentioned sack. I really like it.
But the stiffener in the bottom -- which may be coroplast or foamcore
-- just can't take even modest weight and sags in the middle. So I
bought and shaped my own piece of foamcore, and after
I have a SaddleSack Small I've only used a little. I have had all of the other
SaddlSacks, though, and have never had this problem. I have worried about this
problem, though, for the Small in particular (as it has no underlying rack
support when I use it) and for the others when I carry them off
Others may be "loving" this thread, but I'm finding it a bit mystifying.
First, I've owned a lot of different brakes in the past 35 years and with
two exceptions they all provided both good stoping and good modulation. I
don't know why I would want to switch to V brakes to get better stopping
I love Canal Plastics!
That aside, another thing you might try is laminating 2 pieces of coroplast
together with spray adhesive. That will increase the strength considerably
without adding much weight, though it will take up a bit more room.
Pete in CT
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Any protips for cleaning rims?
i have seen people talk about using super light grade sandpaper,
simplegreen, rubbing alcohol, soap and water, etc.
what do you guys do to clean up your rims?
I currently have some dirty rims, and i can hear the dirt on the front
wheel when i am braking, so i am
Worst case, you can always use a chaintug. Something like this:
http://surlybikes.com/parts/tuggnut
I always end up using these with track ends, although I've never needed
them on my Crosscheck
Eric Daume
Dublin, OH
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 4:33 PM, cyclotourist wrote:
> OK, I finally got aroun
I don't know what sort of bike Cyclotourist has, but if by
"horizontal" dropouts he means the usual forward-facing road dropouts,
these won't work -- they are designed for "track ends."
I am very puzzled by your (Cyclotourist -- what's your real name?)
slipping problem: I've had no problems with e
I'm one more who wants to know. The rims on the Ken Rogers are ancient
Weinmanns and the aluminum is dull and somewhat spot-stained -- not
dirty as in dust or mud or road grime.
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Zack wrote:
> Any protips for cleaning rims?
>
> i have seen people talk about using s
Oh, forgot to add: to clean brake pads, medium sandpaper.
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 4:22 PM, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> I'm one more who wants to know. The rims on the Ken Rogers are ancient
> Weinmanns and the aluminum is dull and somewhat spot-stained -- not
> dirty as in dust or mud or road grime.
>
On Sat, 2012-05-12 at 15:11 -0700, Zack wrote:
>
> I currently have some dirty rims, and i can hear the dirt on the front
> wheel when i am braking, so i am pretty sure i need to clean the pads
> and the rim up, wondering what is best method to do it!
Betcha that's not dirt on the rims you're he
On May 12, 3:19 pm, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
>
> (Cyclotourist -- what's your real name?)
Reading the email, it looks like Cyclotourist's name is "David" but
you can't really believe anything you read on the Internets...
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On May 12, 3:35 pm, Mike wrote:
> On May 12, 3:19 pm, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
>
> > (Cyclotourist -- what's your real name?)
>
> Reading the email, it looks like Cyclotourist's name is "David" but
> you can't really believe anything you read on the Internets...
That should say "Reading the post". S
Steve may be right, but the other possibility is tar and gravel, especially
if you have ridden through some road construction sites. Mineral spirits
will work, of course, but I have found an old stand bye, Bon Ami, which is
a mix of limestone, feldspar, coconut, corn, soda ash, and baking soda,
It has horizontal, not rear-facing track ends. I don't know if those tugs
will work, but maybe. It says in bold that they're for rear-facing drop
outs...
The name is David, or at least that is what I tell people on the internet.
You can see my signature line if you scroll down (included a marvelou
I'm in. Unless someone else from the Peninsula is going and I can
hitch a ride, I'll ride over to Fremont and take the roundabout BART
route to Walnut Creek. I too will plan to leave Walnut Creek before
5:30, so I'll meet everyone there. See ya!
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Manuel Acosta
wro
Hmm. With it still acting up, am going to join the chorus of the dropouts
not being aligned. But even then, can't see why it would slip so bad. I
was able to ride a Surly Cross Check with the XT quick release without
slipping. Both as a multi geared and single speed.
Only other thing I c
brake pads are pretty much brand new, so i am guessing is not embedded
metal, but i'll check and sand the pads to be sure. maybe i should have
roughed them up with some sandpaper before i used em?
so that's one vote for bon ami - any other cleansers?
On Saturday, May 12, 2012 6:11:14 PM UTC-
Was just at my local sporting goods store, checking out their bicycle
stuff, and checked one of these helmets out. I was amazed by how light and
comfortable it was. I mean, floored. I think I may get one.
I have a nutcase and a pro-tec helmet, and both of them are like twice as
heavy.
They
All true points I believe. I actually really dig the silver and gold on
the web but the cheapo in me just cringes at paying full retail and have to
wait on some back pay before I could justify it anyway. Maybe a call to Riv
HQ is in order to put a deposit down though, would love to say I was the
f
They do look nice, but more of a fall / winter helmet. Doesn't look like
something I would wear on a 90 degree day.
Kelly
On Saturday, May 12, 2012 8:03:35 PM UTC-5, Zack wrote:
>
> Was just at my local sporting goods store, checking out their bicycle
> stuff, and checked one of these helmets
David!!
My brother, Peter, who has a huge amount of experience wrenching on
all sorts of bikes old and new, says that in his experience, with
slick chrome dropouts, older Campy up through C-Record, or Suntour QRs
with pronounced serrations have worked for him every time; and he's
far bigger than I
I shot some not very good photos. Grant spoke at Powells and said he was
deviating from his standard spiel. It was good - funny in a dry way,
opinionated, natch. Talked a lot about un-racing, and how he spent a lot of
years riding a lot of miles, most of them thinking mostly about getting to
the en
Actually, I bought one early in April and have been wearing it since
on daily commutes.
A thin cotton cycling cap fits nicely underneath (I prefer that to the
demi-brim the helmet comes with).
It's a much lower-profile helmet than most BMX-y "bucket" shaped
helmets, a much better-looking too.
In sh
Hey, that's me! :-)
And what you mention is basically what many people have said, so I just
can't figure it out. I mean, it really should just dig in and clamp. I'm
cranking it down so hard on the QR I can barely undo it with my hands and
need to use a screwdriver as a lever. Trust me, it's tight.
I think a new Atlantis would solve your dilemma think of the big fat
tires you could run .. even Nanos. Vertical drop outs, check, no more
problems, check. Plus you could get out of your blue bike rut.
Little devil on your shoulder ( mike)
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I was thinking the exact same thing Alex, after the talk and ride Friday
night. Certainly Grant has had a huge influence on my own thinking about
bicycles, and that's wafted its way into my thinking about architecture as
well.
Rob in Seattle
On Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:00:25 AM UTC-7, Alex Mo
That's an option. I've wanted Nano-clearance for a wile now... :-) But
aren't Atlantii blue?
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Michael_S wrote:
> I think a new Atlantis would solve your dilemma think of the big fat
> tires you could run .. even Nanos. Vertical drop outs, check, no more
Looks like it was a GREAT time up there! Any ride that ends at VC has to be
a good one!
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Michael Mann wrote:
> I shot some not very good photos. Grant spoke at Powells and said he was
> deviating from his standard spiel. It was good - funny in a dry way,
> opinion
I dunno, it seems like helmets just are not cool but you can keep cool in
them in the summer hopefully, haha. I have always worn one but never felt
like any of them were cool looking. Its just something I strap on before I
ride, I know Grant is somewhat controversial on this issue but I have worn
Yes we drove the 270 mile RT to Portland and managed to miss the talk
(but did get a signed book, yaaay!) Also missed the ride due to a slow
bike assembly three blocks away from the starting point, doh! Then to
top it off, couldn't find the Velo Cult store until 'G dog' almost
left but he was kind
Have you tried a different wheel?
On May 12, 8:37 pm, cyclotourist wrote:
> That's an option. I've wanted Nano-clearance for a wile now... :-) But
> aren't Atlantii blue?
>
> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Michael_S wrote:
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> > I think a new Atlantis would solve your dilemma...
Looks like fun. Did Grant have a travel bike with him for the ride to Velo
Cult or did he borrow one?
On Saturday, May 12, 2012 7:26:49 PM UTC-7, velomann wrote:
>
> I shot some not very good photos. Grant spoke at Powells and said he was
> deviating from his standard spiel. It was good - funny
That's actually my plan for tomorrow. If it holds, then something's wrong
w/ the wheel. If it slips, the bike (or possibly the second wheel as
well!). I'll report back as I know you all are on the edge of your seats in
anticipation!
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 10:09 PM, rob markwardt wrote:
> Have yo
Hey Charlie... was good to meet you.
I caught Grant's spiel but by the time I rousted the wife and 2 kids out of
Powell's children's section then got mobilized on the bikes we too missed
the ride to Velo Cult. We set off towards VC on our own but it was too nice
a day to not stop at the founta
Hey there! Anyone out there looking for a set of Silver sidepull
brakes?
I'm looking for a Nitto S83 seatpost for my Atlantis...care to trade?
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