Re: [RBW] Re: Using Your Rivendell Vs. Being Precious: A Spectrum

I first saw an Atlantis here in San Francisco some 14 years ago shortly after moving here. For one reason or another, I always found something else to spend my money on while admiring Rivendells from afar. Now that I have my Atlantis, I ride only this and use it for mtb trails, park trails, com

Re: [RBW] Kickstand plates, what's up with that?

I agree Joe - a bike with a single-leg kickstand isn't super stable and will only tolerate so much weight before it topples, which acts like a sort of pressure release mechanism that keeps the mounting plate from getting too stressed. A bike with a double-leg kickstand is very stable, allowing you

Re: [RBW] Kickstand plates, what's up with that?

I was disturbed that that turn in the conversation. A kickstand plate isn’t something I’d thought one could wreck, but you know, Marc broke his kickstand plate on his Hunq; he mentioned it on our ride last week. Huh. Also, I snapped my kickstand on my way to the Philly Bike Expo. It was the str

Re: [RBW] Re: Using Your Rivendell Vs. Being Precious: A Spectrum

https://www.rivbike.com/products/pletscher-kickstand-hardware?variant=23336090241 This is the chainstay sandwicher that Rivendell sells, it takes pressure off the welds and puts it on the chainstays themselves. The only bad thing is that the over tightening of these will squish tubes, but that ca

[RBW] Re: Kickstand plates, what's up with that?

https://www.rivbike.com/products/pletscher-kickstand-hardware?variant=23336090241 Save the plate! Add some weight! -Kai On Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 1:12:04 AM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: > I thought I'd bring this over here instead of continuing to hammer Leah's > 'Using Your Rivendell' thread.

Re: [RBW] Re: Using Your Rivendell Vs. Being Precious: A Spectrum

If your Clem is a newer one it should be fine. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 5, 2022, at 11:37 PM, Kim Hetzel wrote: > >  > Hi Jay, > Today, I just installed a double-legged kickstand on my Clem "L". If I do > not carry a heavy loads on the back end of my bike, like you did, I should be > f

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstand plates, what's up with that?

I read the product description which warns of over tightening and ruining the frame. And then I thought of my new phone handlebar mount that affixes to the bar like a vice and wondered if I’m ruining my Billie Bars! I find myself having to tighten it a smidge now and then, and I wonder if it’s beca

Re: [RBW] Re: Using Your Rivendell Vs. Being Precious: A Spectrum

Everything is okay Leah. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discus

Re: [RBW] Re: Using Your Rivendell Vs. Being Precious: A Spectrum

Thank you for your kind words, Jim. I’m glad you enjoy my silly posts because I enjoy writing them. 😊I am enjoying everyone’s responses and have had a lot to think about after reading them. It’s so true that one cannot just replace a Rivendell. The availability is one factor, the discontinuation of

[RBW] Re: Tires, tubes and Cliffhangers

I have bikes with a variety of wheel sizes and mostly stock up on 27.5 tubes as they work with 26-29" wheels. I try not to stray too much from the tube's recommended tire width though. That said if the smaller 26" tube is preventing the tire beads from fitting into the center of the rim while m

Re: [RBW] Powder coated Clem H!

Thank you Matthew! I definitely had to pay a bit more that just any old coated but the detail he was able to add was worth it to me. I really had no idea that was possible! He did some extra spots that weren’t done before but wasn’t able to do the top of the fork crown. Ashton Palmer, he’s in P

Re: [RBW] Re: Using Your Rivendell Vs. Being Precious: A Spectrum

I've always had a problem buying brand new "nice" things, or maybe better said I struggle to use brand new "nice" things as much as I want to use them for fear of causing damage. I blame it on having an impoverished childhood. Even though that has not been the case for the last 20 years since I

Re: [RBW] Re: Using Your Rivendell Vs. Being Precious: A Spectrum

While getting a new Rivendell bicycle is a long wait, the demand for bicycles has dropped a ton since the pandemic. The worst case scenario is that you take the geometry (save a copy of the geometry chart) and get a custom builder to build you one. It won't have the fancy lugs, decals or headset, b

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstand plates, what's up with that?

I did break the kickstand plate on my Hunq the first year I had it. I'm not sure what exactly caused it, but I was using a Pletscher two legged kickstand on several overnight and week long tours. The bike was heavily loaded and I had never trimmed the length of the kickstand legs. I suspect

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstand plates, what's up with that?

I'm curious as to how much load you folks are putting on the kickstand? When I bought my triplet/quad Co-Motion Periscope Trident, the shop talked me into letting them install a kickstand. My son was 3.5 years old at the time. After about 3 years of use the kickstand bent and I ditched it and h

[RBW] Re: Using Your Rivendell Vs. Being Precious: A Spectrum

I am a bit of both. I have a lot of bikes and Rivs. When I was younger and only had one bike, it was a full Campagnolo, Reynolds 531 Schwinn Paramount P-15 (still have it). I didn't always own shoes back then, but I had my Paramount, I rode it everywhere, to school (college), work, 120 miles bac

[RBW] Re: Using Your Rivendell Vs. Being Precious: A Spectrum

No spare bike in a box for me. My second bike is fully built up so that if my Sam does come up lame or missing, I have something else immediately. If I don’t get the Sam back, I can say “I once had a Rivendell, and it was a marvelous ride”. I have an ’82 Team Fuji road bike that I got in ’86

[RBW] FS: Reyn Spooner, MUSA shorts, gloves, wool, cashmere

Hi everyone. I have a few things for sale and a few things for free today. Prices below do not include actual shipping to you. All prices are net to me, PayPal Friends & Family or Venmo. Pictures are here. <

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstand plates, what's up with that?

The plate came off my Bomba this year. I am far from the first owner, but I only used it with a two-legged stand, and never with more than a light load on the bike Signed Ilene EricF Vancouver -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstand plates, what's up with that?

It is certainly not just Riv bikes. My second bike is a Soma Saga Disc, which has the same geometry as my Sam but with a slightly lower top tube. They even warn about the problem (first and last paragraphs): https://www.somafab.com/archives/product/saga-disc-frame-set-2 I use Kai's solution on th

[RBW] Re: Kickstand plates, what's up with that?

Now y'all got me thinking. My cargo bike is a first shipment Clementine. I had been using a double kickstand with a sandwich plate, but when I filed the hole in the plate off-center to let the double kickstand offset to clear the 2.15 tire better, I went back to the allen bolt. So now I got the

[RBW] Re: Using Your Rivendell Vs. Being Precious: A Spectrum

On Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 5:15:18 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Where are you on the spectrum? What words of wisdom might you have? What > strategies do you employ? Do you want to change? Or are you > unapologetically staying put on the matter? It might be fun to hear > per

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstand plates, what's up with that?

Seconding Jim's thoughts about your phone mount. I see a turn-by-hand screw and plastic clamp, you'll break the clamp before crushing the bar if you ever screwed it down that hard. A little blue Loctite on the threads of that screw should keep it tight. On Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 4:33:20

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstand plates, what's up with that?

I thank-you Joe Bernard for diverting Leah's 'Using Your Rivendell' thread into a separate thread about "Kickstand plates, what's up with that ?" Upon you doing this, your timing is perfect. Like I mentioned previously, I just installed my new Pletscher two legged kickstand and the new rubber s

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstand plates, what's up with that?

[ I thank-you Joe Bernard for diverting Leah's 'Using Your Rivendell' thread into a separate thread about "Kickstand plates, what's up with that ?" ] I'm always here to help! 🙋‍♂️ Or annoy people, depending on your POV! 😂 I'm definitely going to keep my one-legger and try not to snap anything.

[RBW] Re: Using Your Rivendell Vs. Being Precious: A Spectrum

Great thread. I would love to ride my Riv every day but I have the following problem: I live in Rochester, NY and during the winter that means riding in a salty gray slush. So I have what I used to think of as a "beater," a Rivified 80s mountain bike (Peugeot US Express) that I ride to the gr

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstand plates, what's up with that?

Man that's alotta typos. * how to park my bike without scraping it on poles and walls. On Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 2:25:28 PM UTC-8 Joe Bernard wrote: > [ I thank-you Joe Bernard for diverting Leah's 'Using Your Rivendell' > thread into a separate thread about "Kickstand plates, what's up wi

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstand plates, what's up with that?

My wife and I each had Rivendells (me an AHH, my wife Betty Foy). Both frame models each came with kickstand plates (yay!). We spec'd both bikes with Greenfield *single *leg sidestands. To our knowledge, the kickstand plates remained sturdy and attached. But, both bikes were *not *loaded wi

Re: [RBW] Sharing Your Fall Foliage Fotos 2022

Lovely, Peter On Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 1:21:35 PM UTC-5 jmlmu...@gmail.com wrote: > Wow amazing Peter! I've tried (and failed) on numerous occasions to keep > one of those alive. I got tired of killing them. > > All these beautiful shots inspired me to go find a "fall" photo in Los > An

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstand plates, what's up with that?

Maybe this is the wrong question to ask, but is it too tall an order to expect a kickstand plate that doesn’t shear off under normal circumstances? I mean, I figure if anyone is going to design a proper kickstand plate to fit a variety of stands and applications for use, it would be Rivendell, no?O

[RBW] Re: Garage Sale: Random bike stuff/clothing F/S

PM'ed on the pants. On Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 7:06:20 PM UTC-5 robert.har...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello -- > > Lots of cleaning going on and want to get rid of a ton of bike stuff > as move apartments. Lots of goodies here and if you want closer up > photos or more, just let me know. Happy to

Re: [RBW] Sharing Your Fall Foliage Fotos 2022

Thank-you, Peter. It is a beautiful picture of contrast. Nice to see the whole front of your home from visiting your website in purchasing products from you in the past. Kim Hetzel Yelm, WA. On Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 3:00:01 PM UTC-8 eric...@gmail.com wrote: > Lovely, Peter > > On Sunda

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstand plates, what's up with that?

Whew, thanks, guys! Super relieved. You have no idea. On Nov 6, 2022, at 2:10 PM, Joe Bernard wrote:Seconding Jim's thoughts about your phone mount. I see a turn-by-hand screw and plastic clamp, you'll break the clamp before crushing the bar if you ever screwed it down that hard. A little blue Lo

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstand plates, what's up with that?

You're welcome! Although I now realize my follow-up was completely redundant, i didn't notice Jim had mentioned the plastic clamp, too, I just repeated what he said. Lame! 🤪 On Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 5:39:43 PM UTC-8 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Whew, thanks, guys! Super relieved. Yo

[RBW] Re: Using Your Rivendell Vs. Being Precious: A Spectrum

Since this is the my first time owning a Rivendell bicycle; a Clem Jr. "L", I have grown to appreciate it more and more when I ride it. Purchased it mid-September of this year. I am relieved and happy at the same time to be able love this bike, after years from retiring my road bike (2012); a 19

Re: [RBW] Re: Kickstand plates, what's up with that?

The Bombadil, despite being such a burly bike itself, has a most dainty kickstand plate - so much so that I've removed the kickstand from that bike just to avoid bending it and potentially damaging the chainstays in the process. Grant recognized the shortcoming and thickened the plate in subseq

[RBW] Re: FS Silver 2 bar end shifters

Three thumbs up for the Silver 2 shifters as bar-end shifters. If you are hesitant to run them as bar end shifters, they are very adaptable. The right side/rear shifter does loosen a bit on rides, but the shape is fine. If ya'll are accustomed to friction shifting, piece 'o cake. Just a few mil

[RBW] Re: Garage Sale: Random bike stuff/clothing F/S

PM’d on the sweatshirt. On Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 4:21:11 PM UTC-8 Dave S wrote: > PM'ed on the pants. > > On Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 7:06:20 PM UTC-5 robert.har...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Hello -- >> >> Lots of cleaning going on and want to get rid of a ton of bike stuff >> as move ap

[RBW] WTB: Paul Funky Monkey or Rene Herse front brake cable hanger

Looking for either of these front cable hangers: - *Funky Monkey* - I’m looking for 1" / 25.4, silver or polished - *Rene Herse -* I’m looking for the slotted steerer version with the barrel adjuster Please reach out if you can help me out with either of the options above. Thanks! --