This thread has been informative and interesting. I don't know how
definitive my experience is but here is what I thought when I made the
decision 12 years ago:
http://simplecycle-marc.blogspot.com/2010/12/elves-of-rivendell-are-delivering-for.html
On Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 5:00:47 PM UT
Brian: I understand and largely sympathize with your proposed 2-bike
stable, at least as to categories if not as to exact models: nice-handling
bike that can carry errand loads and is also multi-surface capable, and a
nice ss road bike, tho' for the last I'd have 2 or 3 wheels including
fixed/free
Hi all,
Got a pair of Albastache bars I pulled off of a Riv I am rebuilding. I
cleaned them up pretty good. They're in really nice shape with a few minor
scuffs and marks. These are 25.4 clamp diameter. and are heat treated.
Thinking 85$ shipped.
Here's a link to some
photos:
https://drive
Joe,I don’t but the saddle is as low as it will go. My inseam is 30 inch. My PBH is 82.5. The bike rode well for me in that position but overall the frame is a size too big (that’s why I’m selling it). With the saddle raised to its tallest point it’s 40 inches from the top of the pedal fully do
Checked some older postings and cyclofriend who recommended Boyds Roadser
Florida Orange Pearl but appears to be out of stock. Anyone tried Boyd's
Orange Pearl Enamel?
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Hello everyone, I hope this isn't painful for you all to see. I know it
must happen allot, but I have been hunting and haven't been to lucky. I now
turn to y'all in hope of finding a 62cm Qucikbeam or Simpleone. Thanks for
the read and any leads!
Keep the rubber side, and don't chase parked c
Just wanted to say thanks for the insights everyone. I posted a longer
reply a few days ago that still awaiting the moderator (I guess?) but I
just wanted to say thanks in the meantime...
Joe
On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 6:12:33 PM UTC-7 rcook...@gmail.com wrote:
> Joe,
>
> The final iter
I just rode the RG paved bike path 7 miles in a straight line south
downtown (13.5 miles total) to pick up my car, left at her mother's house
by my daughter. I decided to ride my only derailleur bike, the 2016
Chauncey Matthews "road bike for dirt."
This "Matthews 1" feels perfect fine for the rid
Scott, the Nitto M151 is a new favorite. Somewhat shallower with less reach
than Noodles, but still same basic effects for me.
I have the 31.8 version on my Gunnar Sport, and the 26.0 clamp size
(everything else the same) on my Rambouillet.
https://www.retro-gression.com/products/nitto-m151f-ssb-
Joe,From top of pedal to top of seat 34.5 inches.Jesse Sent from my iPhoneOn Dec 15, 2022, at 9:07 PM, Jesse Tate wrote:Joe,I’ll get the measurement tomorrow and get back to you.Jesse Sent from my iPhoneOn Dec 15, 2022, at 8:54 PM, Joe Bernard wrote:Hehe, the seller Jesse is the one who posted
Fixed gear riding keeps you on your toes especially around traffic. It's a
fantastic feeling having the bike instantly react with your fast twitch
muscles that keeps you really focused on the 'now.' I also think it makes
you a way better driver because it teaches you to scan your surroundings
e
Thanks. That might mean that the Legolas as just that extra little bit of
eagerness that I missed in my Ram (29 mm Paris Roubaix open tubulars, so
top quality tires); I daresay that's because my Riv Road customs have been
built for 559 bsd wheels which are quicker to turn because about 2 1/2"
short
Kim: If these are still available and if they have the GreaseGuard feature,
I'll take them. Will you accept $75 shipped to 87120>
Thanks, Patrick
On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 3:50 PM Kim Hetzel wrote:
> I have for sale one pair of Suntour XC PRO black pedals with toe clips and
> straps. The threads
I used a couple of front baskets (including Walt Newsboy) on grocery
beaters and I agree, they are the most convenient way of carrying bicycle
loads. Unfortunately, the bikes I attached them to weren't designed for
them, and I used the stock struts and attachment gear which was not really
stout eno
Ryan: it's perfectly safe to ride with a fixed cog screwed to a freewheel
hub; just don't use backpressure, or don't use it very hard. I rode
thousands of miles like this with no lockring.
But you can put Loctite on the threads too. Before I learned that red
Loctite requires heat to break the bond
I prefer fixed over ss for road riding, even though I am now down to a
single fixed gear bike. While I do love my AM (close-sh ratio: 72" 65" 56")
IGH -- I ride it like a ss with 3 ranges -- I do miss doing my mostly
flatland recreational grocery rides -- 11 to 20 loaded miles -- on a fixed
gear, a
Not to crowed Joe's questions, but this answers many of my questions about
fatbikes too; and I didn't know that there are 3.25 and 3.5 650B tires. So
thanks Keith for this detail. I've already found that no Riv can take full
3"/76 mm 700C tires, alas.
On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 7:06 PM iamkeith wro
The Bay Area isn't Northern California says the guy from Humboldt County.
We have way less traffic and better air. 😉
On Thu, Dec 15, 2022, 9:54 PM Luke Hendrickson
wrote:
> Dude living in San Francisco here: it’s pretty great 💅🏻
>
> On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 2:26:54 PM UTC-8 George Schic
Thanks all. What great insight! I can’t believe that Bearclaw… a titanium
drop-bar fat bike! I did recently learn about the Salsa Blackborow, but
that really seems fully into cargo bike territory, with chainstays and
wheelbase over 100mm longer than the Rivs. I know they designed it to be
more
Really wonderful photos. I'm very pleased that Athens is so rideable. I
haven't been there for almost 50 years since we visited an aunt on home
leave; we stayed mostly in Decatur which always struck me as a horrible
place to ride.
Curious: Is that your photography? It seems professional grade to m
Those 2 Orange Rams make me nostalgic for my blue one from some 10 years
ago; yes a very nice bike for aimless afternoon rides and with just enough
room for 32s and fenders. I rode mine with 1.35" Kojaks; it would have been
transformed with extralight RH tires. Actually, it *was* transformed with
P
Bob: Do you know how low a Q you can get on the Prospector, Scapegoat,
Chimera and Bull Thistle, particularly with a single speed drivetrain (if
any accept a ss drivetrain)? I've stayed away from Pugsleys etc because of
the Q but if one can be built as a ss with a Q of no more than 160 I'd be
very
Beautiful!
"Wicked Pissah” … I grew up in Cohasset … I know what that means.
Ted Durant
Milwaukee, WI USA
> On Dec 17, 2022, at 7:38 AM, Russell Duncan wrote:
>
>
>
> Fall colors of a different sort: native grassland, Flint Hills, Kansas.
> Sorry, no actual Riv bike to show. I don’t own one
Patrick,
I do not, sorry to say. Would like to have those data myself. Anyone here
have a Prospector, a caliper, and a few minutes to take measurements?
--
Bob
On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 1:17:49 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote:
> Bob: Do you know how low a Q you can get on the Prospector, S
If you have a Safeway, you're in Northern California.
If you've got a Vons, you're in SoCal.
Philip
Sonoma County, Calif (born in SF)
On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 12:17:22 PM UTC-8 freefo...@gmail.com
wrote:
> The Bay Area isn't Northern California says the guy from Humboldt County.
> W
For the record I'm not the OP, which is why Keith deleted the post you're
replying to. Fortunately his info was helpful anyway, but Joe B. who
started a fatbike thread on internet-bob is not Joe D. who started this
one!
On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 12:16:48 PM UTC-8 Patrick Moore wrote:
>
I thought the way you knew Northern from Southern California was if people
named freeways with “The”:
“This is the 101” = you’re in Southern California
“This is 101” = you’re in Northern California
“That was Highway 101” = you’re listening to a classic rock station
On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 2:0
The differentiation for me when I moved north in 1988 is there's spaces
between towns in Northern California. If you grew up in LA/Orange Counties
you understood towns as different signs on the same vast concrete
landscape.
On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 2:13:42 PM UTC-8 Matthew Williams wro
Southern California: Distance expressed in time (Anaheim is 45 minutes from here)Northern California: Distance expressed in miles (Folsom is 12 miles away)And yes, up here the cities have actual edges, where you’re out in the country on the way to the next city.--Eric N, Who Moved From SoCal to Nor
Philip just may have something there.
https://local.safeway.com/safeway/ca.html
Curtis
"Who occasionally shops at Safeway"
On Tue, Dec 20, 2022, 2:01 PM Philip Williamson
wrote:
> If you have a Safeway, you're in Northern California.
> If you've got a Vons, you're in SoCal.
>
> Philip
> Sonoma
This is hilarious. I'll pile on with my brother's story. He got rejected by
UC Berkeley and accepted by UCLA. Not to be deterred, he wrote an appeal
letter that stated: "Don't let me go to UCLA. After 4 years there I won't
know what a tree looks like." UC Berkeley reversed its denial and enrolled
h
The San Francisco Randonneurs are notorious for using Safeways as controls on their brevets. If you know the layout for a typical Safeway, you can save a lot of time hunting for your favorite rest stop snacks when you’re riding with SFR.--Eric NOn Dec 20, 2022, at 2:59 PM, Piaw Na wrote:This is h
On an entirely unrelated note, I mentioned on Twitter last week that I
finally noticed the name, Safeway..why is it called that?? I'm informed
that back in the olden times before FDA it was a promise of safe food. So
there ya go.
On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 3:03:35 PM UTC-8 campyo...@me.c
I’ve owned a number of fat bikes. One I thought was the most Riv-esque was
the Ritchey Commando. I don’t think they make them anymore. But you may be
able to find a used one. They rode fantastic. Chainstays were relatively
long.
Regarding chainstays, it was just fine in snow. Mike C’s point of
When a Mason-Dixon line needs to be established in CA, it'll be called the
Safeway-Vons line.
Quiz: for any major north-south freeway or highway, what are the two cities
that straddle the Safeway-Vons line?
Related question: King City: which store do they have?
Related Cliff Claven Trivia: when
Mike has a lot of opinions. He builds excellent wheels. What he is looking
for is not necessarily what a Rivendell rider might be looking for in a
bike. He is an aggressive rider. If you are serious about a long chainstay
fat bike, it might be worth checking out Mahall Bikeworks. It is custom so
1-2) King City (on 101) and Fresno (on Hwy 99) appear to be the
southernmost outposts of Safeway on major highways. It looks like Vons
picks up in Bakersfield (99) and Goleta, outside Santa Barbara (101).
Interstate 5 is on the dry west side of the San Joaquin Valley, so it
doesn't really have
Btw, I ordered the newest edition of the Roger Musson's book and there are
a lot of additions since the one found on github.com. Just fyi!
On Saturday, December 17, 2022 at 4:57:42 PM UTC-8 Slin wrote:
> I'm still on the lookout for the Missing Link book though!
>
> On Saturday, December 17, 202
Suntour XC PRO pedals, toe clips and straps -SOLD !
On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 12:16:48 PM UTC-8 Patrick Moore wrote:
> Kim: If these are still available and if they have the GreaseGuard
> feature, I'll take them. Will you accept $75 shipped to 87120>
>
> Thanks, Patrick
>
> On Tue, De
All sold, thanks!
On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 6:55:43 PM UTC-5 Eric Marth wrote:
> Hi all — I have a few Suntour caps left and ready to ship. The price is
> $30 shipped CON-US. Please contact me directly to purchase.
>
> They're on charcoal gray caps with white embroidery, cloth strap in
I got one! Now I just need to put something Suntour on one of my bikes,
they both have SRAM drivetrains, what have I become?? 😲
On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 7:35:13 PM UTC-8 eric...@gmail.com wrote:
> All sold, thanks!
>
> On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 6:55:43 PM UTC-5 Eric Marth wrote:
I just measured my Prospector with Rohloff and measured a Q of 185 mm. I could likely shave a few mm off with with a different crank.Robert TilleySan Diego, CASent from my iPhoneOn Dec 20, 2022, at 1:33 PM, Bob wrote:Patrick,I do not, sorry to say. Would like to have those data myself. Anyone her
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