Re: [RBW] Re: The way I design a build, and the first chapter

Gram counting is primarily an intellectual exercise is it not? For sure, light wheels are sublime if you can get away with it. I gave up on sew-ups long ago but I’ll never forget my first ride on those I built for a Torpado race bike I owned while living on Nantucket. Transformative, oh my! I’m not

Re: [RBW] Craigslist, etc 2024

"Gallop" Cool frame but I'd like to know what's under those huge stickers. On Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at 10:40:45 PM UTC-8 Edward S wrote: > Not my post - Rivendell Charlie Gallop Prototype Frame, Bay Area - $1100 > > > https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bik/d/berkeley-rivendell-charlie-gal

Re: [RBW] Re: The way I design a build, and the first chapter

Fun thread. Reminds me of "It's All About The Bike" by Robert Penn. I'm also a spreadsheet jockey (I recently said to a retired-actuary-biking friend, "If it can't be done in a spreadsheet, it's not worth doing."), and I have a column for component weights, but I haven't used that column in a l

Re: [RBW] Craigslist, etc 2024

Hiya Joe/all, This was my Charlie. And still is, as I got cold feet and decided to hold onto it. Didn't formally post to the list as I really didn't wanna juggle shipping offers. Only got a handful of miles in the saddle before tearing it down for a still stalled out rebuild, but can confirm it

[RBW] Re: Decayed Americana: newlyweds on folding bikes explore border NY State

Thanks for posting this.. Skim-read the first one, and it seems great. Can't wait to find time to read the rest. It obviously deals with a lot of political and citizenship questioning that many of us are dealing with right now, but I've long been passionate about the americana / love-of-small-

[RBW] Re: Decayed Americana: newlyweds on folding bikes explore border NY State

Patrick I've always appreciated your contributions to this group. Please keep politics and anything to do wth Bari Weiss as far away from this place at possible. ModeratorJim, delete if needed. On Saturday, November 30, 2024 at 6:16:49 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > A bitter-sweet nostalgia f

[RBW] Need Help with Nitto Smallux measurement

Hey gang, I want to raise and extend the cockpit a bit on one of my bikes. Currently, there is a Specialized (Nitto Pearl) 60 mm stem, and from the insertion line to the top of the stem bolt is appx 80 mm, give or take a mm. The Smallux over at the Riv site looks like it might fit the bill. The

Re: [RBW] Decayed Americana: newlyweds on folding bikes explore border NY State

Golly, I have not be in a Perkins forever. I’m from western PA, which had its peak in 1967. It has been down hill ever since. > On Nov 30, 2024, at 5:16 PM, Patrick Moore wrote: > > A bitter-sweet nostalgia for a genuine America. Newly married couple explore > contemporary America on folding b

Re: [RBW] Craigslist, etc 2024

Looks like the post is gone now, that was my old silver 54 swoop tube Gallop right? I was the one who stickered it up for commuting but it was mint underneath. I don't think the fella who bought it from me rode it much (at all?). Kinda miss that bike, it was a perfect commuter, but just too o

Re: [RBW] Re: The way I design a build, and the first chapter

On Saturday, November 30, 2024 at 10:34:03 AM UTC-6 John Dewey wrote: Gram counting is primarily an intellectual exercise is it not? I don't think so. In some sense it's purely a physical exercise, removing mass from the bike. Or, as Bill has noted, it can be a financial exercise, calculating

[RBW] Re: Charlie Gallop pre-installed bottom bracket

On Saturday, 30 November 2024 at 2:01:48 am UTC+11 Joe Bernard wrote: I've never been able to accurately measure a spindle with a tape measure while it's in the frame. If you don't have a vernier caliper to do the job, then you can get a pretty accurate measurement with a tape measure by meas

Re: [RBW] Grant’s Mountain, Black Friday Edition

Yes indeed! Mostly new to me—I was very pleased with the extensive bike path network. –Eric NOn Nov 30, 2024, at 7:53 AM, John Dewey wrote:That photo was taken on the roads up near Black Point. Great riding out there. JockOn Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 7:43 AM 'Eric Norris' via RBW Owners Bunch