Elton Pope-Lance (of Harris Cyclery) has a Quickbeam with an S3X:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20909677@N05/sets/72157625727619871/
I don't have any experience with the hub myself, but I am planning to
get my SimpleOne set up that way when it arrives. I've been wondering
what the shifting experi
Perhaps it isn't fair to nitpick Grant Peterson on this, given that
I'm generally with him on the spirit of his message, but I seem to
have a disagreement with one detail or another of almost all of his
points in that post.
First -- The Idaho Vehicle Code does not permit cyclists to treat red
lig
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 5:07 PM, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> The chain is very heavy and the man had to cut it with a grinder -- he
> claimed that a bolt cutter will not get through it. Can anyone tell me
> how secure such chains *really* are? And how such locks stand up to
> thievery?
There are some
I'm a software engineer. It really drives me up the wall when someone
who's not an engineer asks for some implementation detail based on
some buzzwords that they don't understand. Even worse is having to
justify design decisions to people who don't have the background
knowledge to understand the
Interesting info & reviews, but still quite subjective. Regarding the
dynohub vibrations, it's important to keep in mind that he's not just
comparing different hubs in isolation. The hub interacts with the
rest of the wheel and the fork (and possibly even the rest of the
frame). Anecdotes like t
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 12:38 PM, William wrote:
> The appeal (to me) of the Herse format is that it allows you to go even
> smaller, like 44/28 or 42/26, or the 40/24 made popular in Riv circles by
> Keven.
44/28, yes, but not (yet, anyway?) 42/26 or 40/24 -- they're not
offering any big rings s
I'm about to embark on the adventure of putting together a bicycle for
the first time, and I find myself anticipating all manner of
difficulties arising from my lack of experience. I've got my
brand-new A Homer Hilsen and a large assortment of parts, doo-dads,
and associated accoutrements, and eve
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:38 PM, cyclotourist wrote:
> As for for brake levers, you should be able to unbolt the clamp part, slide
> it on, then bolt the lever bodies back onto the clamp. I don't know if that
> works for brifters though.
All the tidbits I've read on installing brake levers have ei
On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Jim Mather wrote:
> RBW chases/faces the BB and framesaves it before they send it out, so don't
> worry about those steps.
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Bill wrote:
>> the very first step is to have the bb shell faced & chased as well as
>> headtube faced.
On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Zack wrote:
> i could be wrong, but i don't think that Riv framesaves frames if you don't
> get a complete bike - i think i read that they don't do it because the
> framesaver leaks all over the bike packing stuff.
It's been a while since I ordered the frame, but
On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Ryan wrote:
> Rare as hen's teeth in Winnipeg, but I know that besides the 2 I own there
> is a fellow bike lover who has 3 or 4 (early pink all-rounder, a custom or 2
> and I believe an AHH)
I'm astonished to see someone else in Winnipeg reply to this question.
I've finally got a little time to spend putting my new A Homer Hilsen
together (thanks to everyone for your advice). So far, I've run into
two little problems:
First, the rear dropout spacing is not 135mm as advertised, but 132mm.
I have a rear wheel built with a 135mm hub, and if I use a lot of
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 7:00 AM, Matthew J wrote:
> Michael: Rivendell spaces its bikes 132.5 intentionally to allow owners to
> choose between 130 and 135 hubs as needs dictate. It takes a little oomph to
> get the 135 mounted for sure. Nothing wrong with doing so. Will not hurt
> the bike
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Peter Morgano wrote:
> Any decent bike shop will have tools to spread it that small amount and
> realign dropouts. Cost me 40 bucks in nyc which is top of the market.
Sure, any decent bike shop might. If only there were such a thing
anywhere near where I live...
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 11:41 AM, James Warren wrote:
> I would not file it. Maybe you should call Rivendell.
I will. Unfortunately, Keven seems to be out for the next week and a half.
> Is it possible that your frame was tweaked in transit somewhere? You should
> call them and not take my wor
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Leslie wrote:
> Don't file.Bending it out by less than 3mm (about 1.5mm per side) is not
> a problem; removing metal is.
>
> Look at how the rear triangle is made: a pair of chainstay tubes from the
> bottom bracket shell coming back, a pair of seatstay tube
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 8:57 PM, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> And in the US and in London.
>
> http://www.economist.com/node/21562252
>From the first article:
"Yet while the future looks bright, America will struggle to catch up
with northern Europe, where the proportion of local trips done by bike
ca
Thanks for the advice, guys, but you obviously didn't read my
description of the situation. It's not a complete bike; it's just a
frameset with nothing on it, except maybe the front wheel. There's no
chain, no derailleur, et cetera. Since I only have two hands, I can't
spread the dropouts and si
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Doug Magney wrote:
> Here is a link to Sheldon Brown's classic article on cold setting frame
> dropouts. http://sheldonbrown.com/frame-spacing.html
> I've done it as a novice and got excellent results.
Aha! I searched for the wrong terms when I went to Sheldon'
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Matthew J wrote:
> Agreed. A very annoying response. The O.P. asked for our advice. Looming
> through the posts above, just about all say to contact Riv., but also share
> experiences with the issue.
>
> If someone does not want to hear about other's experienc
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 9:58 AM, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> Is it the peculiar Dutch cycling infrastructure that causes more cycling in
> The Netherlands, or vice versa? Do Denmark and Germany have such
> infrastructure?
Neither Denmark nor Germany has nearly the same quality of cycling
infrastructur
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Philip Williamson
wrote:
> I won't try to put an unshod wheel into a bare frame if the dropouts need
> spreading. It's easy with a built bike, less so without.
What would make it easier with a fully-assembled bike? If anything, I
would expect it to be marginally
There are some invalid assumptions that are almost always made in
discussions of this subject that are worth pointing out. Regarding risk
compensation, for example, it's not just the cyclist who may change
behavior when wearing a helmet; others who see him may also behave
differently (I'm thin
I'm looking for a front rack for my AHH to support a handlebar bag.
Unfortunately, the VO rack that I've got has struts that are much too
short to reach the eyelets on the fork blades. It looks like a Mark's
Rack would reach, but that one doesn't seem to have any provision for
mounting a headlight
I recently held two AHH frames side by side. They had serial numbers
that differed by 2, and I believe both came from Toyo. They were very
similar in color, but not identical. One was ever-so-slightly darker
than the other, but I doubt I'd have been able to tell them apart at a
distance.
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One more reason for changing the name of the new bar: there's already
something out there called "Back-Up Barz". And I'd really hate to get
the two confused.
http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2011/09/calling-for-backup-raising-bar.html
http://www.backupbarz.com/
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