Jeff
Thanks for your interest. The Bomba is spoken for, but we should talk about the
Homer. I will be back in town in two weeks
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Having used both Shimano brifters and their BE indexed shifters I found I
much prefer the BEs. Although I should add that my experience with the
brifters - a couple of years of commuting was 10 years ago. I found the
rear brifters worked well, while the front, with a triple, needed constant
r
Deacon, hopefully not sand with goat heads in it. I keep a clean rag in my
bike bag, but so far this year my only mechanical failures have been a
loose & misaligned kickstand and a loose rack bolt. I probably shouldn't
say any of that out loud.
I recently retreated all of our saddles and ende
My saluki has a longer TT & shorter stem than my ram. As a result it has
no TCO, while the ram has a touch at the fender. They handle much the same
at hi speed but the saluki feels a bit more stable below 10mph.
The article shows a 150 mm stem. I don't think I have ever seen one of
those in
You simply want something to wipe your hands with , the color of your
shorts is irrelevant really as shorts are not intended to be "rags" .
Would it be an inconvenience to carry a cloth/rag, disposable wipes ,
disposable nitrile gloves and such ?
While I understand a desire to be li
Patrick,
I carry a lightweight set of gloves which work well for road/trail side repairs
of flats or chains.
Hope you get some rain and not just humidity from monsoon season!
Erl
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I take great hyperbolic umbrage at this. Grin. All clothing is a
prepubescent rag. Or part of the medical kit as a bandage or tourniquet.
With abandon,
Patrick
On Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 6:17:39 AM UTC-6, Garth wrote:
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> shorts are not intended to be "rags"
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it will always be about reach, and the tips mostly apply to one riding
position. However, it is completely true that your rolling efficiency and
handling are affected by weight distribution and leverage.
On Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 6:16:15 AM UTC-5, Leslie wrote:
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> Just came across this i
Does anyone have a new set that they'd be willing to sell or otherwise come
across them somewhere? It looks like Hudz used to make them but the
currently available color platte doesn't include brown:
http://odigrips.com/store/hudz-campagnolo-ergo-v2-enhancement-brake-hoods
Thanks in advance.
I have used Shimano Rapid Fire on my hardtail since the early 2000s. Only
XT and XTR. Both are great. Although, as with any indexing system, the
front der adjustment can be tricky. You often have to life with a little
chain rub against the inside of the cage.
Personally, I stay away from the
currently very happy with indexed thumbies. While trigger shifters work
find they gon't give you visual feedback about your engaged gear.
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Some triggers have a gauge with a red indicator for your current gear. XT
and XTR definitely have this.
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Tom:
Thanks again for hospitality and tour of the backroads of Newaygo County.
Sorry that we couldn't meet up for another ride---definitely next year.
Let me know if you get out here and I'll return the favor.
On Friday, July 3, 2015 at 11:16:01 AM UTC-4, Call Me Jay wrote:
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> Is it worth
Hi Steve, I've had MTB trigger shifters mounted on A-bars, and they
work fine. IIRC they were the integrated kind attached to brake
levers. A little clunky looking, but function worked well.
You didn't mention the option, but I prefer thumb shifters to either
trigger or bar end.
As for bar end, I
http://boulderbicycle.bike/Hoods/
On Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 8:34:14 AM UTC-6, Call Me Jay wrote:
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> Does anyone have a new set that they'd be willing to sell or otherwise
> come across them somewhere? It looks like Hudz used to make them but the
> currently available color platte doesn't i
Visually, the website picture of the rear hub seems identical to the hubs
sold at last year's garage sale (except for the whimsical
can't-spell-stuff-good new logo). The front is a different design.
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I'm going to see if I can't cut down a rag to get it under 3 grams.
Sure, a rag is another brilliant idea, but black shorts (I used to wear
lycra shorts) were so convenient. Black socks serve the purpose but
yesterday I wanted nothing between me and my Sidis.
Gloves: too much hassle and pulling t
This is good news because I have a Sam and have been told it's not up to
the task of fully loaded touring. And it probably isn't capable of
carrying 100 lbs but I wouldn't want to carry much more than 50lbs anyway.
Would you mind sharing which Tubus racks you have and how they are attached
be
You might want to scour Ebay/Craigslist for a cheap right-or-left trigger first
to see how it feels. I've used them to good effect on semi-swept-back bars, but
Albas come back at an almost 90-degree angle. The index finger trigger should
be fine (Shimano Rapidfire), but the thumb position might
I've only ridden a BF, but I can answer the bus/office question: get the
Brompton. Bike Fridays are primarily bicycles which ride nice, and can be
folded/broken-down for travel; it's not particularly compact, and you wouldn't
want to do it in a hurry as the bus is showing up. Brompton folds fast
I converted my Babyshoe Pass EL's on Pacenti SL23 rims to tubeless
yesterday. So my 58cm 650B Homer is running SMOOTH. Everything is great so
far, I'll followup with a long term report after some more miles. Some
preliminary observations:
>From what I had read, I was expecting a battle; but sea
Here's a Rivideo showing a full build bike packing video. Very helpful for
anyone shipping a bike.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQw64fkmWjM
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I have a 62cm Simpleone which I'm thinking of moving in order to make space
in the basement for an alfine/belt drive commuter. Currently set up with a
fairly generic flip flop wheelset, FSA metropolis crank. Nicer touches
include a Clement XPlor 700x40 tires, Paul seatpost and Paul cantis, Som
Are these the same hubs that Velocity sells on their road wheelsets?
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Stem & Bar are Sold. I still have the TRP Brake Levers available for sale!
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> Thanks,
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> Keith
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Thanks, Joe. I hear that the better Dahons fold almost as small as as the
Bromptons. The one I have in mind is a singlespeed. Can anyone comment on
how the Dahons ride?
Brompton would be choice #1, but $$ are a factor, too.
On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Joe Bernard wrote:
> I've only ridden
I'll take the levers for sure.
Fair winds,
Captain Conway Bennett
> On Jul 18, 2015, at 2:07 PM, Keith Muller wrote:
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> Stem & Bar are Sold. I still have the TRP Brake Levers available for sale!
>>
>> Thanks,
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>> Keith
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If you tie a bandana onto your frame you'll never be without a rag and you can
have mild protection from over rotating bars and poles to which you lock up.
-J
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We're getting way off topic here so I'll answer this one, then get off the
internets and go for a ride. I owned a Dahon Speed Uno, steel singlespeed,
coaster brake only. It's light and folds fast/compact. I only sold it 'cause I
live in such a hilly area. It's a good starter folder for not much
Y'know, on my errand bikes -- the currently captive Riv #3, hopefully being
powdercoated right now after many and varied brazed-on additions, and,
formerly, the Ram -- I had a 4" section of pipe insulation more or less
permanently attached to the bottom of the seat tube, under the bottle cage,
to b
Thanks for the write up! Your instructions are great. I will be interested
to know if you end up with less flats in the long term test. If it works
then I might give it a try.
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Doug: thanks for posting this; very very useful information. I hope (God
willing) to replace the 559X1.35 Kojaks on the '03 Curt-built Rivendell
with the (God willing) forthcoming Compass 559 X 32 extralights, and run
them tubeless on Sun/Ringle EQ 21 rims using Orange Seal or Stan's and a
Stan's r
Wifey says "smells like we're camping".
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Congratulations! I was a wreck when I ordered mine, which arrived here in
West Virginia in early June. I also considered the Clementine but decided
to go for my dream bike and not skimp.
I've only got about 20 miles on her and she is now sitting in my shed as
I've injured myself and am in o
Long time Rambouillet rider on a bit of a custom build I did myself: 9 speed
ultegra components on a ritchey cross wheel. Typically I'm riding 32 vittoria
randoneurs but I'm currently gearing up for a 350mi tour over hardpack gravel
and looking at my tire options. I want to put cyclocross with K
Anybody want to trade? My Soma Portola 53cm (26.0) for your (preferably HT
Aluminum) Albas?
I waited so long for this bar to come back into stock at Soma and thought I
would love it but I just can't get it right.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/76468912@N07/19596039295/in/dateposted-ff/
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You'll need a 4.5 mm spacer before the cassette. You could tell because any
freehub that will accept a 9 speed will have a bit extra room with a 7
speed.
Any local bike shop should carry it, good luck!
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I've heard great things about both the single and double tubers. That being
said the double tube version makes me smile just a bit more.
On Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 2:53:11 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote:
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> Curious: what does the second top tube on a 56 cm frame do?
>
> I briefly owned a 56
Hi,
I am new to this group and am thinking of buying and selling some Riv bikes
in the near future. I have a questions:
How do you deal with the transaction securely? Do you just "trust" that the
person will ship the bike after you pay him/her? At least Ebay has
procedures in place.
This work
I have a blue 56cm double tube Sam Hillborne frame/fork with brakes I am
looking to sell. I will post pics.
-Shelby
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Bill: First, welcome. Second: I've bought many, many items from list
members and have never been disappointed. This list, and the iBoblist too,
are notable for their civility and for the smooth transactions amongst
members.
That said, you can always ask for payment via a medium like Paypal, which
Bill,
This is an open group accessible to (almost) anyone, so of course you must
be careful, there is no official help from the group if something goes bad
so your best defense is to be on alert.
In general most of the buying and selling is between established members so
it's pretty safe.
While Frankensteining things has it's place, I'd suggest a good solid rack
front and back is a great way to go. I use Nitto's big back rack and mini
front rack and love them. Especially since dirt roads are remote roads and
weight on racks on jouncy roads is hard on them.
With abandon,
Patrick
John: I don't know the vintage of your Ram, but the 58 cm blue Ram I owned
had clearance for 35 mm Kojaks with a lot of empty air around all sides. I
am confident I could have installed fenders over those 35s. (Note: I never
measured the true width of those Kojaks, but FWIW, they were mounted on
ol
Hi Bill -
A lot of us on this list have "known" one another since the days of usenet.
I can think of at least a dozen people who I'd just send something to and
know I'd get a check back from them.
By the same token, this is also a publicly searchable group, and there is a
possibility that
Bill,
What the others have said, plus.I have bought and sold a fair amount of
stuff both here and as a BOB. When I sold a Riv frameset I had the money
(four digits worth) in hand before I shipped. On the other stuff I just
ship and wait for payment. I have had zero problems. YMMV.
Chris
Re
Keep in mind we buy and wear wool pirate shirts and skivvies. Grin.
Ditto to my Patrick twin and Minh. It doesn't take long to suss out whose a
regular, and at least on the web interface you can click the additional
options for a post and see all posts made by a member so you get to know
them a
I've bought and sold dozens of things here, including expensive frames.
Never had a bad transaction; never even occurred to me it was possible. Of
course that time could come someday, but I would be very surprised.
Joe Bernard
Vallejo, CA.
On Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 1:50:23 PM UTC-7, Chris i
So,
I'm somewhat new, and I've probably bought enough stuff off the list to build a
couple bikes. I've also hooked up a friend with a complete bike/large purchase.
99% of the transactions were smooth. Had one bad one, from a pretty consistent
contributing member (who has since disappeared). 100
On Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 2:00:08 PM UTC-7, drew wrote:
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> So,
> I'm somewhat new, and I've probably bought enough stuff off the list to
> build a couple bikes. I've also hooked up a friend with a complete
> bike/large purchase. 99% of the transactions were smooth. Had one bad one,
> from
Thanks to everyone who gave me feed back on how various bike racks worked
with Rivs, fenders, racks, and wide bars. In the end we bought the 1UpUSA
rack and offer this initial review
Bottom line - Rack is an A, customer service is gentlemen's C.
First the rack. It is as solid and almost as ea
I'd add that this is a very honest and trusting group. I've sold items
before I had time to upload photos of actual items, and folks trusted my
description and bought without photos. On my end, I try and be as
descriptive and honest as I can when selling.
And I've trusted folks as well and bough
I rode my blue Ram today over a course that included a fair bit of coarse
pavement. I put a HOW made wheelset on that uses Velocity Aeroheat rims on Paul
hubs. It's really a cyclocross set up, but works great. The rims are a bit
wider than standard road rims and 1 1/2" tires work very well on th
Hopefully you did not injure yourself on the bike, and also hope that healing
is happening.
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All Items are Sold!
Thanks,
Keith
On Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 3:08:57 PM UTC-4, Conway Bennett wrote:
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> I'll take the levers for sure.
>
> Fair winds,
>
> Captain Conway Bennett
>
> On Jul 18, 2015, at 2:07 PM, Keith Muller > wrote:
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>
> Stem & Bar are Sold. I still have the TRP Brake Lev
I live in Boston and I've got a 62cm if you want to try it out.
On Sunday, July 12, 2015 at 10:46:09 AM UTC-4, Daniel Jackson wrote:
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> Anybody out there in northern VT with a 58 or 62 Hunq that would let me
> give her a test ride?
>
> I'm btw sizes and would like to make sure the larger Hunq
You will be very happy.
The Cheviut is the most special (in a good way) bike I have pedaled in 34
years. A fantastic road' trail bike.
Clayton Scott
SF, CA
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Funny you should ask! I just yesterday received a box from Rivendell with
a set of Albatross bars, to put on a mountain bike that I haven't been able
to make peace with fit-wise, and which happens to have trigger shifters.
I just swapped the bars on this afternoon and went for a ride. Some
p
Hi John,
I have a Redwood (less fancy Ram) - it fit 700x35c Paselas (36mm actual if
I recall correctly). I think you might be able to squeeze in the SPEED Ride
tire, though making no promises. The CROSS ride would definitely not fit as
the knobs would make the tire taller than a road tread.
I'd
Thanks Jeff. I love that Sam color. Irish green is what I call it..
What about the rear? Did it attach straight up ?
On Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 10:09:50 AM UTC-7, Jeff wrote:
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> Tubus Cargo in the rear, and Tara up front. I had experimented with a
> couple different Old Man Mountain racks
It's a vicious circle: We just buy, sell, and re-purchase each other's
stuff here!
On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 4:25 PM, David Banzer wrote:
> I'd add that this is a very honest and trusting group. I've sold items
> before I had time to upload photos of actual items, and folks trusted my
> descripti
Said it before... Love this list!
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> On Sunday, July 12, 2015 at 10:46:09 AM UTC-4, Daniel Jackson wrote:
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>> Anybody out there in northern VT with a 58 or
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