Personally, I would just buy the correct stem.
If you do want to modify the stem you already have, I would use a brake
cylinder hone, generally available at local auto parts stores, Open it up
as little as possible, leave as much metal as possible. You can also use a
stem spreader (or snap ring spr
) once on my green Bombadil with Bullmoose bars, but that is more the
exception than the rule. A Sam Hillborne or better yet an A Homer Hilsen
would make excellent road bikes if you cannot find a Rodeo. A Roadini would
also be an excellent choice if you do not need lugs on your frame.
Laing Conley
On
I am heading north that weekend, I guess I can leave a couple of days
earlier and be there. I assume that the Lakeshore Trail is basically flat
and suitable for a single speed Rivendell?
Laing
Delray Beach FL
On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 10:35 PM Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! <
jonasandle...@gmail.com> wr
Purple, 54.5 frame. Silver parts from the stash, maybe old Campagnolo Nuovo
Record or Tipo or Sansin HF hubs, NOS Stronglight/Spidel 93 crankset.
Maybe manual 2 speed - Double freewheel and double crank, 3 tooth
difference on each to keep the wheel in the same location. Fattest tires
that fit. VO K
mage: Fender install2.jpg]
>> With the cardboard out of the fender, a ruler can be used to find the
>> center, marked in red above. The ruler was also used for the blue marks for
>> the twin stay daruma holes. The black magic marker on the fender is used so
>> that I can se
My 1st Sam was 27.2, my second was 26.8. Pretty sure that the current
models are 26.8.
Laing Conley
On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 10:08 AM Ron Cramer
wrote:
> It is probably on the website and I missed it. What seatpost on the new
> Sam Hillborne: 26.8 or 27.2?
> Thanks
>
> --
>
Paul makes a Funky Monkey hanger in 22.2, but he doesn’t give them away,
not an inexpensive solution.
Laing
On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 6:32 PM Jacob Yosowitz wrote:
> Hello! I am trying to find a cable hanger that will clamp on to a 22.2
> nitto quill stem. I recently purchased a sam through the g
VO Klunker handlebars.
Laing
On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 8:27 PM Richard Rose wrote:
> Fantastic! What is the handlebar?
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 15, 2024, at 11:11 AM, Laing Conley wrote:
>
>
> I am trying to figure out whether to go with the purple MKS XC-III Bear
Grips, saddle and pedals are not included on the completes. All of the
“touch points” are left to the user.
Mine is supposed to be here on Thursday - long way to Florida.
Laing
Delray Beach FL
On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 4:50 PM ian m wrote:
> Get the bottle cages direct from the source at https:/
For more information on my conversion enter “Crustendell” in the search
bar. I did some previous write-ups. I think that I changed the front disc
caliper to a Paul after I did the write-ups.
Note that I am all torso - 6’ with an 83.5 PBH and 68 years old, so for an
electric city cargo bike, I want
with dial indicators and a tension gage.
Laing Conley
On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 11:43 AM Nick Payne wrote:
> My opinions, as an amateur wheelbuilder who must have built about 50 pairs
> of wheels over the past several decades:
>
>1. With modern spokes, 32h rims & hubs w
I am still using the same green Park nipple tool that I started out with 46
years ago.
Laing Conley
On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 1:20 PM Laing Conley wrote:
> I use Wheelsmith spokes when I can find them and Sapim when I cannot.
> Lately I have been getting them from Peter White. I prefer 36
patterns on the different sides of the wheel. Not to mention being 28 spoke
front, 40 spoke rear.
Laing Conley
On Thu, Sep 5, 2024 at 12:56 PM Peter White wrote:
> I first heard of this issue of some spoke patterns pulling the joint
> together, and other patterns pulling the joint apart in the
One more than I can afford.
Laing Conley
On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 5:43 PM Garth wrote:
> How many bikes does one need ?
>
> That reminds of a classic CBS radio episode called "How Much Land Does A
> Man Need ?"
> It's a about a rich man who has an insatiable appet
I have those tires on my Bombadil with Honjo H95 fenders. They will fit the
Clem also.
Laing
From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com On
Behalf Of David Carner
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2019 10:15 AM
To: RBW Owners Bunch
Subject: [RBW] Wide fenders for Clem
Has anyone fendered a 2019 C
Too narrow for 60mm tires.
Laing Conley
From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com On
Behalf Of M G
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 4:47 PM
To: RBW Owners Bunch
Subject: [RBW] Re: Roadini fendering at 32mm?
On Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 4:44:02 PM UTC-4, M G wrote:
The planet bike metal 65mm
I was talking about the stays. The L bracket attaches to the fender with the
thick hardware facing out, thin button head or rivet head inside the fender.
The daruma is rotated 90 degrees on the stay and goes through the L bracket
instead of the fender – the daruma never touches the fender. The d
I will take some this weekend.
Laing
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Behalf Of Paul G
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019 12:11 PM
To: RBW Owners Bunch
Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Roadini fendering at 32mm?
Fascinating. A picture of this setup would be great if you have one, Laing.
Paul
On F
I have an 83 PBH and I have no trouble on my 60cm Betty. Very, very little seat
post shows. Gets the handlebars up high (Fillet Brazed BoscoMoose). A great
town bike.
Laing
-Original Message-
From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com On
Behalf Of Karl
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2019 3:48 P
Maybe this is sacrilege, but can lugs be 3D printed at this point?
Laing
From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com On
Behalf Of M Talley
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2019 1:17 PM
To: RBW Owners Bunch
Subject: [RBW] Re: "Sadly, Long Shen is closing" Another loss to lugged steel
frame production
Plasti dip makes removable spray coating that you can use to ugly it up and
then peel off at a later date.
Laing Conley
-Original Message-
From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com On
Behalf Of Eric Karnes
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2019 3:04 PM
To: RBW Owners Bunch
Subject: [RBW
Seat post size is the inner diameter of top of the seat tube (usually single
butted - thin part at the top) - change the tube = change the seat post. When
the Sam got 0.2 thicker tubes (same outer diameter = same lugs), the seat post
got smaller -> 27.2 minus 2 x 0.2 = 26.8.
Laing Con
Green Gus – 54. Now I need to unlace the 48 spoke 700c Chukker rims from my 48
spoke 9 sp Phil/SON hubs and lace the polished 48 spoke 650b Cliffhangers on
(special ordered these a while ago in anticipation). Let the parts
reconfigurations begin!
Laing
Delray Beach FL
From: rbw-owners-bunch
Three different torque requirements (strengths).
Laing Conley
On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 9:10 PM Bernard Duhon
wrote:
> I'm fresh from the garage.
> Someone More mechanically inclined than I. Please explain to me why I have
> three different sized Allen heads on my
Being a horizontal drop-out, I thought the MMM was ideal for an internal
gear hub. I have been playing around with an S-A 3 speed and a Shimano
Nexus 8-speed on mine.
Laing Conley
On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 3:22 AM R. Alexis wrote:
> I wonder if you could do a 7 speed cassette and move the spa
The only solution to selling excess Rivendells is a larger garage. The only
Rivendells that I have managed to sell were bare Rivendell frames which is
why I not only have too many bikes, I have way, way too many extra
components and wheels and tires.
Laing
Delray Beach FL
On Sat, Feb 8, 2025 at 1
It all depends on your body proportions. I am 6’ tall with the legs of
someone who is 5’8” and the body of someone who is 6’4”. My Rivendell
Custom has a top tube about 8 cm longer than the seat tube if I remember
correctly. I don’t fit anything that Crust makes, which is unfortunate
because I kin
Sounds like you are assuming that bottom brackets are symmetrical, side to
side. They are not necessarily symmetrical. Some sizes are, some sizes are
not, and not all brands are the same, size for size. The only real way to
figure out what your chain line is, is to measure it.
I addition, the type
I like it. Now I don’t feel so guilty about putting purple GravelKing tires
on my RoadUno.
Laing
On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! <
jonasandle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for being such great sports, friends. This will be a divisive
> Charlie, I know, but you seem to be
Never touch the stuff. Don’t drink beer either. Both are just horrible and
bitter to me. Read once years ago that some people have extra bitter
sensors on their tongue. I guess it is another part of the human experience
that has just passed me by.
Laing
Delray Beach FL
On Sun, Feb 2, 2025 at 4:18
Like Mike said, first thing to check is the derailleur hanger alignment.
Laing Conley
Delray Beach FL
On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM JohnS wrote:
> FWIW, I once installed a RD cable incorrectly such that a strand of the
> cable did not exit the cable housing to the RD. The loose cable
”.
Note that Rivendell riders are famous for not adhering to Velominati rules.
Laing Conley
Delray Beach FL
On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM Andrew Scherer
wrote:
> I use both saddles and a C17 or two. Six foot three and around 190+. I
> like the Flyers for rougher surfaces like trails,
was powder coated by Trek, and the coating survived the bending
>>> more or less intact. Now I have no excuse for not completing the build. 8
>>> speed Nexus IGH and integrated shifter/brake lever. The front rack includes
>>> tubes for routing the wires to and from the
of the “Y” head badge.
Laing Conley
On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM Bill Lindsay wrote:
> It is going to be a new bike with lots of new custom-designed componentry,
> such that the entire build can be executed with a single WHY-WRENCH!
> <https://www.rivbike.com/products/hobson-zing
Some Rivs have a 29.8 seat post - the large Clem for instance.
Laing
On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM Evan Timms wrote:
> Hi all. New to the group, and new to the 26.8 o.d. seat-post size. Also
> newly realizing that the seat post diameters of most rivs aren’t compatible
> with [maybe] any suspe
In the words of Tom Petty - “The waiting is the hardest part.”
I am looking forward to seeing this build.
Laing
Delray Beach FL
On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM Doug H. wrote:
> It surely will not look like the "cookie cutter" road bikes in your group
> or pretty much in any group of road cyc
Way back when, sometimes the chainstay bridge fender attachment was just a
clip. Kind of like the outer half of a p-clamp, but made out of spring
steel. I probably have one around somewhere if anyone wants to see a
picture.
Laing
Delray Beach FL
On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM Kevin Lindsey
wrot
I use the small EVT mirror on my helmet and the small Rene Herse mirror on
the end of the handlebars on my Custom.
I only use the small diameter tubing SS Nitto or VO cages for water
bottles. The fat aluminum or carbon fiber cages just look wrong to me,
especially on a steel frame. I guess that is
The 750 Wavie is for sale and in stock at Rivendell right now. I have two
of them.
Laing
On Sat, Mar 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM larson@gmail.com <
larson.phot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am sorry that I missed that this is available. My apologies-good luck
> finding one!
> Randy in WI
>
> On Saturday,
I have been doing the coiled wire thing since the 70s when I used the Sanyo
BB generator. Back then I drilled a hole in the BB lug and ran a single
wire though the frame and exited through the screw hole for the Paramount
head badge. I ran the other wire through the left chain chainstay and out
the
Use an automotive brake cylinder hone to slightly enlarge the seat tube. I
always hone the seat tubes to remove brazing residue anyway. Brazing
residue is what scratches up your seat post.
Make sure that it is not just a crimped seat tube lug first.
Laing
Delray Beach FL
On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at
1. Get a good soldering station. I finally bit the bullet a few years ago
and got a Hakko FX-888 with a controller and soldering iron holder.
2. Always clean and tin your tip every time you use it.
3. Install a new tip when the soldering iron stops working well. That 20
(or 40) year old tip is garb
Selling a Bombadil to get a TIG frame just seems wrong, kind of like
selling a classic Porsche to get a Hyundai. What about selling all the
components off of the Bombadil and retaining the frame, if it is mostly a
financial consideration. I had to google what a Moonshiner is, and my first
reaction
Handlebar shims are the worst. Unfortunately I like the Nitto lugged stems
which are 26.0 and all of the handlebars that I have (except for the Frank
Jones Sr) are 25.4. Add in that the Nitto shims are two piece and larger in
width than the stem. So I have to trim the shims which makes them even
ha
casing or 650B x 50 Big Bens) instead of knobbies.
Laing
Who drank the “Compass” Kool Aid before it became Rene Herse Kool Aid, but
never tried the tubeless stuff.
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access the computer for a couple days.
Laing
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