[RBW] Re: Brake lever preference with Nitto Noodles

I love the TRP RRL levers on my Noodles. The shape of the hoods fit better than any brake lever I've tried (previous favorite: 10-speed era Campy Ergopower levers). They also co

[RBW] Re: Brake lever preference with Nitto Noodles

I love the TRP RRL levers on my Noodles. The shape of the hoods fit better than any brake lever I've tried (previous favorite: 10-speed era Campy Ergopower levers). They also co

Re: [RBW] Converting 650b Hilsen to Rene Herse 42/26 cranks

I made a very similar switch from a 46-36-26 Sugino to a 42-26 White Industries VBC, both with an 11-34 9 speed cassette. It's been a great move – I don't miss the few high gears I lost, I still have plenty of really low gears for loaded climbing, and shifting is a bit simpler. The bottom brack

[RBW] Re: The Psychic Derailleur

Ha! I bought my Sam there in the fall of 2019, last one he had, black although at the time I would have preferred orange. Chris was super helpful in shipping the frame to Canada. On Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:26:06 AM UTC-4 Joel S wrote: > I bought my Sam there last summer, last one he had, or

Re: [RBW] Re: The Psychic Derailleur

and you're both happy! > Doug > > On Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:09:13 PM UTC-4 Mark Allen wrote: > >> >> Ha! I bought my Sam there in the fall of 2019, last one he had, black >> although at the time I would have preferred orange. Chris was super helpful >> i

[RBW] Re: wheels (135mm spaced rear with freehub) for a Sam Hillborne

.com> can set you up with something great as well. Mark Allen Toronto On Saturday, June 18, 2022 at 4:49:56 PM UTC-4 lug...@gmail.com wrote: > I have an SH frame I built up but the wheels are crap. the only 135mm > spaced 700c rear I could find with fairly wide rim. > and then a mis

[RBW] Re: Building a Sam Hillborne

I built up my Sam with Noodle drop bar, fairly wide 2x10 gearing with friction bar end shifting, and big 44mm tires. It's handled any conditions I've come across in the Toronto / southern Ontario area so well that I barely touched my other bikes last year. City riding, country roads, dirt roads

Re: [RBW] Need 700x45C recommendations, please

I hate to be that person who recommends the thing you *just* said you don't want, but as a not-small person I've had impressively good luck on Rene Herse's 700x44 Snoqualmie Pass with the Endurance casing. The combo of the tougher casing and wider width (which allowed lower tire pressures) let m

[RBW] Re: School me on RH tires for my Sam

Adam, I've had Snoqualmies (in Extra Light, Standard and Endurance casings, even!) under VO zeppelin 52 fenders on my Sam Hillborne for a few years now. I think the only thing preventing me from completing my bingo card is that my Sam is the canti version, not the sidepull. On H+Son Archetype ri

Re: [RBW] SON Rear Light Brightness?

Sean, I've got that exact combination. I used the Edelux II headlight with a battery powered tail light for a few years after getting the SONdelux dynamo because I was a little lazy and didn't want to deal with the wiring. Last year I found a good deal on the fender-mounted Son tail light and s

[RBW] Re: Paul Netro-Retro Cantilevers & Straddle Cable Height: where is your happy place?

Thanks for sharing this John, it made things click for me much better than my prior lifelong method of randomly adjusting straddle cable lengths and yoke positions until it felt not horrible. Mark On Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 3:02:18 PM UTC-4 John Phillips wrote: > There is also this article

[RBW] Re: How large of a tire will a Sam Hillborne actually fit

For anyone interested in the max size with fenders, the 44mm Rene Herse Snoqualmie Pass under Velo Orange 52mm Zeppelin fenders fit my 2018 Hillborne perfectly, but I don't think I could go any larger for either component. Mark On Sunday, November 8, 2020 at 10:03:19 AM UTC-5 Nathan F wrote:

Re: [RBW] How large of a tire will a Sam Hillborne actually fit

nders and Barlow Pass 38 is > excellent though. > > On Nov 8, 2020, at 7:55 AM, Mark Allen wrote: > > For anyone interested in the max size with fenders, the 44mm Rene > Herse Snoqualmie Pass under Velo Orange 52mm Zeppelin fenders fit my 2018 > Hillborne perfectly, but I

Re: [RBW] How large of a tire will a Sam Hillborne actually fit

; cable is ever so close to the tire tread. I also ran the same setup on >>> Velocity Quills and it was a little bit better in both the brake bridge and >>> brake cable clearance of the Mini Motos. I've also ran the GravelKing 1.9's >>> (non-slick) on both the