I repacked MKS sylvan touring pedals, which eliminated a host of
noises, scrapes and annoyances I lived with too long on my saluki. I
highly recommend buying a pedal cap wrench with the sylvan pedals
(which are sensible and versatile platform pedals, and one of a
decreasing number of decent pedals
I told Jay and Keven we'd send photos along of the new Betty they both
worked with us on. Here's the little url (holler if I pasted it
wrong):
http://tinyurl.com/3vphhf6
Bike has got a cool color, lime gold metallic, just this side of
weird. We've decided we really like it. Bike came in late Feb
.
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> ~Mike
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> On Apr 11, 9:01 pm, cyclotourist wrote:
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> > Love 'em both! Great colors, and the front basket is perfect!
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> > On 4/11/11, MobileBill wrote:
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> > > I told Jay and Keven we'd send photos along of t
Bruce and Minh
It is an unusual color, but I'd have to take polite exception to
the talk of diaper green and slimey green.
This is sparkling tart golden apple green, or maybe a key lime
green with a lot of lemon thrown in.
I'm wondering if the slimey green talk maybe emerged from the
"s
As a daily commuter in the rainiest city in the U.S. _ yes, Mobile,
Ala., gets 67 inches of rain a year, almost twice as much rainfall as
Seattle airport _ I experiment a lot with riding in the rain. Wet
leather shoes and damp feet are among the most annoying issues. Have
been looking for sensibl
Jeremy
Anxiously awaiting delivery of my wife's Betty,and I have had a
similar question about Hetres. Never got an unambiguous answer, but
did discover that Renaissance apparently fitted a Betty with Hetres,
though there was some question about fender fit. I'm playing it by ear
_ ordered the Fa
Illuminating. Thanks for setting up the photos. Rear 3 looks mighty
tight at the bridge(?) connection, but that might be camera angle.
Rumor is that Riv will soon be stocking new cream colored SKS. Have
convinced my wife that these will appeal to her aesthetic as much as
the elven-hammered honjos.
Roadieryan truly grasps the complexity of this issue. As he predicted,
my wife lept over the discussion of eccentric hubs and chain
tensioning and is now fully focused on the details of the Eleven81
wicker basket, which she declares a stunning example of a bike basket.
Given that I'll be doing the
Bruce
Hadn't considered the possibility of a longer replacement bolt.
Suspect that info will come in handy. Thanks, and keep us posted on
how it holds up.
Mike and Steve:
My guess is that some anatomies benefit from Selle Anatomicas
more than others. In my experience the additional sadd
The questions: Could it be that cassettes and chain rings have become
remarkably less durable in the past XX years? Are lightweight high end
cassettes and chain rings more or less durable than lower end rings?
Or have the indents and carvings on the hyperglide systems made
components more vulnerble
Sep 28, 9:09 pm, Steve Palincsar wrote:
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> > > The questions: Could it be that cassettes and chain rings have become
> > > remarkably less durable in the past XX years? Are lightweight high end
> > >
My wife directed me this morning to praise for Mr. Hillborne in the
May Outside bike guide. An attached blurb made friction shifting sound
like the latest and greatest. May say something about the state of
cycling that the staff of that magazine seems to have such a soft spot
for Riv, unlike perhap
Sorry Jon, my jargon worlds collided. Though to stay on topic, the
scene reminded me in a quirky way of Grant's favorite posted trout
photo.
On Apr 25, 7:50 am, Jon Grant wrote:
> MobileBill wrote:
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> As a bonus, you get a great shot on the back page of some species of
> ne
In a fit of spousal munificence, I am postponing plans to buy a
Bombadil so that I can get my wife a Betty Foy. She's unlikely to turn
into a long-distance rider, but hope I'll have her along for a few
miles of store hopping and socializing (over flat ground). Your
comments on these matters are muc
you
> mentioned in my opinion.
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> On Jul 20, 11:52 am, MobileBill wrote:
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> > In a fit of spousal munificence, I am postponing plans to buy a
> > Bombadil so that I can get my wife a Betty Foy. She's unlikely to turn
> > into a long-distance rider, but hope I&#
Bruce
I'd look for you and David there, but am scheduled to do radio
thing that morning that I probably can't get out of. My wife will be
there for the ride, but unfortunately, I think my Mobile neigborhood's
population of three Rivs won't be represented. Hope you guys can make
it down or over.
Hey
I think I've heard all the tricks for removing, and will problably be
seeking an appropriately long pipe tomorrow, but I'd like your thoughts: Is
it likely that I could damage the frame of my Saluki or the bottom
bracket threads just by applying more leverage in an attempt to free the
se
;re turning it in the right direction? Standard
> (English) bottom brackets have left-hand threads on the drive side; your
> Saluki should unscrew by turning the drive side cup clockwise.
>
> --Eric N
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> On Jun 11, 2012, at 5:29 PM, MobileBill wrote:
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as (1) the cup was not
> cross-threaded and (2) I carefully secured the jaws of the clamping
> device (I run an old front QR through the axle with huge washers at
> either end).
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> Please God your mechanic hasn't cross threaded the cup.
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> On Mon, Jun 11
As many have noted on recent posts, 650B appears to be the wheel of choice
now for mountain biking.
So it feels odd to me that the companies that first demonstrated the
usefulness of 650B for mountain biking (Riv and Raw) don't now have a dog
in the hunt. Well, OK, the bomb is available as a cu
Yep.Just wanted to make sure. Maybe since it's just not me, there'll be
more thought given to it. Keven and Grant have both discouraged talk about
650B conversions with the Hunq, for all the reasons Bill Lindsay laid out,
and then some. Take a look at the 52, 54 or 56 Bomb compared to similar
m
Seems like a good time to note that in 19,500 miles I have worn out three
Schwalbe Marathons (not three sets, three tires -- the fourth tire is still
in service). And it's not that the tires weren't still riding fine, I just
got a little nervous when the undertread started peaking through. If I
I say this recognizing that I might be jumping to conclusions, but I seem
to have once again had problems with Synergy OC 650B rims. Since so many of
you have them, I'm asking you to help my analyze whether the problem is the
rim or something else.
Here's the issue: A really severe creaking
And am I correct in conjecturing that Velocity no longer offers Synergy OC
(see website)?
On Monday, June 9, 2014 9:21:06 PM UTC-5, MobileBill wrote:
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> I say this recognizing that I might be jumping to conclusions, but I seem
> to have once again had problems with Synergy OC 650B ri
Velocity
> have a good reputation for customer service, so it's worth following up.
>
> IanA.
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> On Monday, June 9, 2014 8:21:06 PM UTC-6, MobileBill wrote:
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>> I say this recognizing that I might be jumping to conclusions, but I seem
>> to ha
Thanks to all for comments and advice.
Jim, I did remove the qr and cleaned, but no change. I'll replace it
entirely and see if that makes a difference.
The hairline cracks are still small -- not yet as extended as the ones on
my first rim -- but they are clearly developing spreading an inch or
Spent many years thinking about it, but finally have set aside enough money
to consider a dedicated mountain bike/heavy load tourer. It would
supplement my Saluki, and actually get a lot of use in my work, which often
involves surveys in national forests and other areas with many miles of
poor
t;Bill Lindsay" >
> wrote:
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>> "I'm told the new Bombadil 52s have the rear tentacles."
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>> New Bombadil? Official model, or unofficial - official model? Like a
>> Legolas?
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>> On Saturday, July 12, 2014 12:28:52 PM UTC-7, Mob
A recent post on a derailer hanger for Simple One referred to this site:
http://sunxcd.net/chaintug/
Ignore, for now, the hanger, and check out the rest of the products. Read
the "About" section, and the company's mission. Did I miss a conversation
about this? Is this the new component manufact
See also the feature bike on their website ...
On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 8:02:23 AM UTC-5, MobileBill wrote:
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> A recent post on a derailer hanger for Simple One referred to this site:
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> http://sunxcd.net/chaintug/
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> Ignore, for now, the hanger, and check out the rest of
mpany (and whether Riv plans to pick them up again).
On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 8:02:23 AM UTC-5, MobileBill wrote:
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> A recent post on a derailer hanger for Simple One referred to this site:
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> http://sunxcd.net/chaintug/
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> Ignore, for now, the hanger, and check out the res
So the local magazine is looking for a pretty bike to photograph in
transit, for a story on the growing popularity of bike commuting (yes,
even in ol’ Mobile, Alabama). Someone at the local bike shop,
interestingly enough, points them to the Saluki. So we head out on our
first 9-mile leg to the of
I don't know, but I can say with great confidence that I have the
fastest Saluki of any color in Mobile.
On Dec 17, 3:15 am, Ablejack wrote:
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> On Dec 14, 8:56 pm, MobileBill wrote:
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Man, who'd have thought I'd be talking about this on a Riv site, but
then, maybe it makes sense after all ...
Firehouse Moustache Wax (see the appropriately tacky internet page) is
a superior product for sweating bikers on their Rivendells (and my
lovely Saluki has carried the burden of many other
Man, who'd have thought I'd be talking about this on a Riv site, but
then, maybe it makes sense after all ...
Firehouse Moustache Wax (see the appropriately tacky internet page) is
a superior product for sweating bikers on their Rivendells (and my
lovely Saluki has carried the burden of many other
Man, who'd have thought I'd be talking about this on a Riv site, but
then, maybe it makes sense after all ...
Firehouse Moustache Wax (see the appropriately tacky internet page) is
a superior product for sweating bikers on their Rivendells (and my
lovely Saluki has carried the burden of many other
Sorry for the multiple post. Seems to be some gremlin in the system
tonight.
On Jan 24, 8:41 pm, MobileBill wrote:
> Man, who'd have thought I'd be talking about this on a Riv site, but
> then, maybe it makes sense after all ...
> Firehouse Moustache Wax (see the appropria
You may know already, and forgive me if you do, but for the longest, I
didn't know: Schwalbe tubes have the bonus feature of a removable
stem. I spent many months trying to find punctures in my Schwalbe
tubes until I finally recognized that the problem was a slow leak from
a loose valve stem (which
After chewing up one alum alloy chainring _ the middle 36-tooth one _ I
decided to go with Surly steel, and there are no downsides and maybe some
real advantages. It's got 5 thousand miles on it and looks shiny as the day
it was born. Of course, no noticeable wear. No shifting pins and ramps and
I've been commuting on Marathon 650Bs on my Saluki over about 13,500
miles of mostly miserable and trashy roads. I've had two flats in that
time. The first occurred at mile 500 or thereabouts, the result of a
strange spike of glass, the likes of which I've never seen before. The
second occurred on
I'll pass along this piece of advice: For those who put high mileage on
triples, you might find your middle chainring showing excessive wear rather
too frequently. After wearing out two chainrings, I bought the stainless
steel chain ring from Surly and couldn't be happier. No ramps, no pins, and
Thanks to all!
On Sunday, October 28, 2012 8:01:26 PM UTC-5, MobileBill wrote:
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> I'll pass along this piece of advice: For those who put high mileage on
> triples, you might find your middle chainring showing excessive wear rather
> too frequently. After wearing out two cha
I don't mean to get into a bragging war with the folks in Seattle, but
Mobile is literally the rainiest city in the U.S. at 67 inches per
year (Seattle gets a drizzly 38 inches or so). And we regularly get
two and three inch in a couple of hour kind of deluges (Grant now has
some inklng of this). D
Re the original question: I bought a Betty for my wife, who re-learned
the joys of riding on it, only to abandon the Betty in pursuit of the
infamous "faster" bike. This has allowed me to use the Betty for my
daily commuting and shopping trips, and there are occasions when I
prefer to hop on the Be
Three surprising things Rivendell led me to (besides my Saluki and my
wife's Betty Foy):
1. It sounds silly to say too much about such a small thing, but as
I listened to it jingle on the way home this evening, it struck me
that the dollar bell Rivendell sells is as close to perfect as any one
d
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