t find the definitive answer in the archives, or a
> riv reader for that matter.
>
> The 1992 Bridgestone catalogue mentions using a double boiler, thus
> 212 Fahrenheit max.
>
> Riv Reader Vol 1 Issue 1 says Grant uses a 400 F bath, and says the
> flash point is 425 F.
Somewhere on the site we say it. It is Testors Model Paint, Russian
Interior BLue. Used for inside Russian submarines to keep the Reds
calm. You can google it and find sources a-plenty. It is the only
Rivcolor that is a testors color, and therefore easy to find perfect
touch-up for. A painter can e
Over the years it has been my non-policy to not require exclusivity on
any of the widgets we've designed or bought the tooling for. It may
change. The Nitto Stem was originally ours to a point. It was our
idea, and we co-developed it with Nitto, suggesting many of the final
details. Originally it
He WAS walking,,, and we don't know what he was THINKING,
I've got lots photos of old timers riding WSTB (did I make that up?)
35s.
But 23s or 35s, no matter. Racers were have always been sketchy ones
to copy!
G
On Feb 27, 5:37 pm, Eric Norris wrote:
> I was looking at my Tour de France calenda
Hey Please Do Better, and
before we OK'd the "improved" part, we hung it and an old one out in
the sun, zip-tied to a bike rack where it could get sunbaked badly.
Then we tried to mash both. The old cracked, the new didn't, and those
are the ones we got now.
Grant "thi
The newies look like the oldies, but they are in fact different
plastics. I won't go so far as to call them unbustable, but we hung
the on our natural weathering station for 2-3 months in the hot sun,
and then tried to smashem & couldn't.
The 3-piece rig shown in a Reader still works, and you can
t any discussion here will sway anybody.
Regretfully,
Grant "I own four helmets and wear them often but not always" Petersen
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Not Peter Jackson, but warm. There's another group who owns the rights
to Middle Earth names, acquired from somuddy who got them from Tolkien
in the late '60s. We were notified that we had to change, mildly
threatened if we didn't, and well, are you ready for a fun story
with names changed or
SKS has-&-we-are-getting a stubbier flap as aftermarket (doesn't come
with, but is available). But as the responders here said: Low good,
flexy means no problem. We picked the longer, since it still clears
the local speedbumps, on both 650B and 700C.
Lowest possible scenario is rigging the finder t
Well, the only thing that should've thrown anybody was the last line
or two...the rest...easy. Still, it was written at 3am.
The "take-home" content is "Normal Jean."
G
On Apr 6, 12:18 pm, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> An unusually incoherent post from Grant,
> he
It IS a handle. A customer wrote-sent a link to a bike with a built-in
lever-action lifter handleand it seemed neat but kind of hatchet
vs fly. When I go up stairs with a bike, I grab the downtube just
ahead of the crank, and tilt---works fine, one of many ways that do.
But the handle thing see
enceI do
not refer to myself as "a soul").
G
On Apr 13, 6:24 pm, pruckelshaus wrote:
> Extended headtube ring?
>
> On Apr 13, 6:13 pm, William wrote:
>
> > Grant posted a pdf with some photos
>
> >http://www.rivbike.com/assets/payloads/420/original_A
The Amos...I'm not sure when it'll come out. I hear, from Merry Sales,
that it'll be about a monthbut I know from experience that it
could be three. It won't hit with a big splash anyway---the last I
heard, MS was going to bring in only fifteen each of the 54, 59, and
63; and of those fifteen,
es are fun toys! But it's all just labels, I
guess, and as long as the playful element is there, I guess it doesn't
matter how you describe them.
B,
Grant "I sell expensive toys" Petersen
On May 6, 7:36 am, Bike Hermit wrote:
> u...did Grant really call bikes "
Yeah, but it's not the Official one...just a stopgap. There are a
couple other things that'll change for the Permanent Paper addition.
Edition. The math reference shifted me wrongly there. The tradition of
pre-paper issues is good, though, so things like this can be caught.
Thanks. The $10 never di
Carbon fiber matrix
offers
large performance improvement in all kinds of structures. So carbon
fiber
matrix has potential for maintaining the strength and stiffness
required
with much less mass than most metals including the three common bike
frame
materials. However, careful design and fabrication
Man, this was great. Not to horn in on it by saying, "it really
captured it," but it really did. Of course/whatever I've been to Nitto
many times, and lots of other factories, too. Nitto alone seems
antiseptic and unrushed. Nothing's out of place, nobody seems harried
or bummed or "can't wait till
As a matter of interest, we are doing them as well. Not to sqorsh
Mike's deal, and I bring it up now...instead of "now we got 'em." Old
customer has been pushing it for a year, send me his, I sent it off.
It's a good design for slobs (as I am, as I noted when they were first
marketed hereISH as the
Vince here calls it "Hyper-Speed"
On Jun 17, 5:28 pm, Ray Shine wrote:
> HS = Hub Shift?!?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >
> >From: Pondero
> >To: RBW Owners Bunch
> >Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 4:55 PM
> >Subject: [RBW] HS
>
> >Let the speculation begin...
>
> >http://www.riv
nupe...the HS won't be no "gramps gets Botox & goes disco" bike
On Jun 19, 6:44 am, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> Oh, please don't let Rivendell get too weird. What's next, lugged
> pennyfars? (Personally, though, I'd prefer a pennyfar to a Pedersen.
> Speaking of weird ... glass houses ...mmbl mmbl ...
but I predict Grant's got a few surprises in store for us. (Doug P.)
now I gotta think of surprises? Oh man.pressure.
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Three of the so-far-eight gamblers have PBH of 95+, with a 99 already
in there. So...although ifwhen a production model happens, we'll limit
it to 3-4 sizes, on the gambler's run, it looks like they'll be made
to fit, anyway. But there is a detail that makes them fit a slighly
wider range fine. Sti
roducts
on this free-for-all conversational/informational forum. But I can't
for the life of me understand the attraction to the older bags when
the newer bags are so groovy. The name? Baggins Bags? OK--hard to beat
that one!
Over and out and calm as a placid pool now.
Grant "HS des
t
>> too esoteric to actually be useful knives. IMHO at least.
>>
>> Gabe
>>
>> On Wednesday, August 14, 2013 11:12:35 AM UTC-7, William wrote:
>>>
>>> I found it pretty funny that both Opinel knives and artisan soaps are
>>> now on the
All good advice, I'd say. Also, way to go, Eric, for the crowbar fix.
On this one, if it's not even eyeballable, measure the difference, and
consider a file.
G
On Thursday, September 26, 2013 4:16:25 PM UTC-7, cbone97 wrote:
>
> I'm preparing to build up the Sam H. I bought used here now that my
The Mark's Rack --- well, here's my take on it. Consider the source, but at
the least-
It is not too heavy when you consider that it's supposed to carry a load,
AND when you consider Nitto's structural conservatism. The similar looking
M12 is built with much lighter tubing, but its primary use
Over the years (but not in the last ten years) we've gotten back half a
dozen Brookses that didn't fit Nittos, and it was never the Nitto, they
were always off by low single-digit millimeters, and always fell into place
with a little forcing at the beginning. Although I speak their language
bet
e "stick the lug to the rare earth magnet" game.
>
> I picked up the new catalog and a few odds and ends, including the new
> Swedish green long sleeve wooly which has become my new favorite. Great
> seeing Grant again.
>
> -br
>
>
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ng to do with it.
We may come out with our own boodjay bike in a year, but --- that's just a
rumor at this point.
On Friday, February 14, 2014 7:40:06 PM UTC-8, eflayer wrote:
>
> http://newalbioncycles.com/
>
> Makes me wonder if, or the degree to which, Grant Peterson may be
&
Yep, the "oversized" description doesn't work anymore these days, when most
bike frames have tube proportions that make them look drawn by a toddler
with a fistful of dull fat crayon. That's why the headsets have
disappeared, too. (I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that..don't
get me w
I LOVE the NeedL BlastR!
Brian's name for it, by the way.
It's going to be fun, Liesl.
On Thursday, February 27, 2014 12:28:59 PM UTC-8, Liesl wrote:
>
> Hi Friends, the beginning is near; looks like Joe Bell will send the
> custom frame to Riv around March 21. Zownds!
>
> Here's the build I've
Tires: My apparent infatuation with stout tires comes from the way I ride
now --- to work, downtown, and in the hills and on trails solo and with a
few friends, often enough with a load. I'm not meticulous with maintenance.
I've had about 500 flats in my life, and I don't like them anymore, and
At some point in our evolution/aging we started putting kixtand plates on
all-but-the-Roadeo. You got one PKP, is all. The AHH generally clears a
listed 40 (L40) with a fender, and for years I rode LISTED 47s (L47). It's
a rare tire that measures up to its listing, and rim width affect it a
lit
Not entirely related or unrelated, but just on the topic of RAAM and
reasons to "learn" from it: google "Shermer neck solutions" and then hit
IMAGES. Those will recalibrate anybody's assessment of riding
position...and even riding purpose,and role modelism. Anyway, these images
may be good for
I contacted the inventor a couple of months ago wanting to buy a
sample..and he said he was in the mid of selling the company, couldn't do
anything. It made the cynic in me (not always dominant, but sometimes)
think he invented this for the purpose of selling it, and maybe there's a
dark side.
On some Rambous we screwed them on, but noticed a small percentage had a
big of rubbing on the steer tube from the screws (well, pop-rivets), and we
had to go through 50 frames and check each and disassemble and punch out
the rubberguy to avoid any long-term catastrophe...so no mas on that. I
u
Yep, like Michael said.
The inside diameter of the steer tube (the thing the stem goes into)
decreases near the bottom, and so...just slide that sucker down until it
stops, and don't force it beyond that. If it's not low enough, get a stem
with a shorter quill. If you're after low-bars, might a
When you adjust the back velcro snugly, the business end of the Splat
assumes a curvature that stiffens it in the same way you can stiffen a
sheet of paper by making a channel strong enough to roll some marbles
down, or scoop dang sand. The fabric is the Stiff Scottish Stuff (3S)
that starts with m
Anylocal who wants to spread a frame can use our tool for it. We won't
do it for you, you do it yourself and break your own frame (highly
unlikely, but this is your deal). It's a Hozan tool made only for
this job. One bike shop in 600 has one. It hooks onto the rear
dropouts and spreads 'em with a
Red is a difficult color to bar-tape. It's not impossible, but a dark
slimey green works well with a lot more bar tape colors than does red.
That's the only reason. Our psychic punishment for this--and the
cantinix---is that when people come by and look at the prototypes,
they often RAVE about the
I hope the inventor of the zip-tie didn't die broke.
Beth
THIS---forget about the pro-Riv context or any associations---THIS
quote belongs in a coffee table book. I wish I'd said it, but I'm glad
to know the person who did. There's only one complicated word in it
("inventor"), but it was necessar
This is rather long, sorry.
I've owned a buncha Ritcheys.
• lugged road frame from '76
• custom fillet frame from '81
• custom tandem fillet from '81
• non-custom road from '89
• custom mtn bike from '87
And my then girlfriend/now wife had a road frame, too.
The first year of Rivendell, I had to
It doesn't make sense in NYC which is why it's the Idaho Stop. When
traffic is thick, the drivers are mean, and you're expected to stop,
you better stop. The key to the success of the Idaho Stop is that
Idaho Drivers are kept on their toes, and there's just less traffic
there. I rode a big ol' grou
There are some bluish strands of wool, so I'd say at least some of the
wool is from Swaledales that are kin to the one show below. Made in
England, same guys making them, and I'll get the skinny on the rest of
the wool. It is "far from merino." Some kind of wirey, wolf-proof
sheep, I'm sure.
G
On
Same sweater maker--but our contact guy is new. The other guy died in
a car accident last summer. The vest pattern is identical as it was
before---he has the patterns. It wasn't a good fit on Miesha, but rest
assured there will be no extended shoulders on the vest. We may open
the armholes some. Th
Lots of responses! From my point of view, one of the values of the
blogstuff is that it doesn't have to be thoroughly thought-out. I can
get a bug and turn it into a monster, or just vent, or whatever. So,
even though I know what I mean and intend to say basically, it doesn't
always come off perfe
It's the Cheviot, a hardy breed that lives in the hilly border area
btw England and Scotland...originally, at least, and lots are still
there.
There is a Cheviot Society,and even an American Cheviot Sheep Society
http://www.cheviotsheep.org/index.html
You can find all kinds of Cheviot images on t
UPS charges us $8.08 for under-a-pound boxes to major metropolitan
areas in California. If you live in a van down by the river, it costs
(us) more. A typical box weight here is 5 pounds. To the midwest, it
costs (us) about $11. Alaska and Hawaii cost more, for sure.
I wish we could get around UPS
The response has been -- well, indescribable, at least in its warming
effects here and on my daughter. She really wants her bike back, of
couse--and now that we're out of the Glorius and have no more plans
for them immediately--well, that's a blessing, because it's not
something I can afford right
Jay here rides almost entirely with a load up front (on
Platrackprototype with big basket and ShopSack prototype with lots in
it), no problem. On campouts, three to four campers will have heavy
loads up there, sometimes 60 percent front, 40 rear; and sometimes the
other way around. I have no prefe
On Oct 28, 8:07 pm, Mojo wrote:
> I distinctly remember Grant sending out an email a few years back
> saying the sharp edges of seatposts like the A/C would void the
> warranty of broken Brooks rails. At least that is how I remember it.
> Me, being the reckless daredevil adrenalin
. Was that just an error?
>
> > > On Aug 2, 1:44 pm, Pondero wrote:
>
> > > > Excellent! Now scan it and show the rest of us. It's critique time.
>
> > > > Seriously, your approach sounds exactly like what I would do, and I'd
> > > > lo
Top Tube Length
When you draw enough frames (and one may be "enough') you'll see that
the forwardmost point of a fixed-length top tube depends on the drop
(barely) and the seat tube angle (heavily), and that alone---with
nothing else added to the discussion---illustrates that a 57cm tt on
one bike
We stock ten 650B tires, which -- does anybody stock more? As many?
At least four bike models have 650B wheels. We stopped making biggies
in 650, because the head tubes get long, but even up to the 62 Saluki,
that was still OK. Right now we have ten 58cm AHH frames for 650B
wheels---something I or
That is some great phraseology, jandrews! Thanks. Expect me to recycle
it sometimes, maybe many times in the next quarter-score. As should we
all!
G
On Aug 16, 9:19 pm, jandrews_nyc wrote:
> It's retro-fetishizing, period-correct buffoonery. I want to get one
> too.
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You received this messa
insulting you for being an inept mechanic and having to struggle with
it and cursing yourself for buying and Riv for selling such a thing.
No insult intended. For the record, I failed, Spencer succeeded, but
even he, who volunteers at a bike soup kitchen in the city and has
tons of experience with
I THINK we still have our worst-selling item of all time, in both
sizes. No? If by some miracle and pure time we've sold out, we'll
reorder another 4-year supply. It won't cost much. I LIKE the pennant.
It looks good, nice colors. Where to actually put it seems to be the
problem. I've got an idea f
e do it
anyway), but this time, yikes, it's really nice to read, and thank
you.
Grant "I new I should have said " 'oncho' " Petersen
On Sep 9, 8:05 pm, Mike wrote:
> This looks great. I wonder if it's more expensive.
>
> http://www.rivbike.com/assets/
And FYI, I had a Christina Hendrick-less version of the Bombadil pdf
ready to go if there was any... offense, or umbrage, or something else
taken.
Grant " I have read that Christina Hendricks is a good role model for
young women who might otherwise feel too fat -- and thus the
reference;
The Silver/Tiagra lever combo has been working well. It's hard to
diagnose the problem online, of course, but there's nothing inherent
'bout the 'bo that ought to make anything funky. There are differences
in feel & flex among brakes, but the differences are by faaa
most noticeable when you
Colt and cutaway saddles in general
The flaps that get cut off are part of the saddle's structure. Without
the flaps, the saddle sags sooner. The Swallow deals with it by
riveting the two sides together underneath, but I've never seen a well-
ridden Swallow (mostly they go on Show Bikes, not Go Bi
The cheapest-roomiest-easiest-fastest to set up tent I've used---when
you throw all those thing into a pot & stir--is the Eureka Spitfire 2.
It is HUGE and LIGHT (under 3.8 lbs, I think). A 6-5er can make tent
angels in it. There's no vestibule, but tons of room for gear. It has
mesh for star-loo
The Q/R is a fantastic invention and a wonderful device that, like a
fork or a knife or even a spoon (or even a cotton ball, or aspirin, or
water), can be misused, resulting in death or worse. It's a *&^*&%$##@
dilemma for --- well, I can't really say "all bike makers" because
most put them on & fo
OK now, this makes no sense, is not...I don't know...fair or
responsible or professional...in other words, it's fun. I haven't
followed this thread from the start, but here's the deal:
First twenty current paid-up member or ex member who emails me with
the source of the thread-post thing name (Goo
This may go into the filed of failed fun experiments. Yes, Ian Dixon
was the poster who came up with it, but that's not the answer. Ian
knows the answer--where HE got it from.
So do Briola, Bright, Beebe, Chan, and Jew (his last name, by the
way), Spindel..
The answer is the source of Ian's pos
In a test ‘tween pals
Homer outdrew Paladin
Don’t worry—squirt guns!
Elvis sick tonite?
Mad throng wants refunds? Relax—
“Hips” Hilsen’ll wow ‘em.
Bottom of the ninth
Down by one, Koufax pitching
No sweat; Hilsen’s up.
Tot sick but doc gone?
And medicine cabinet bare?
Ring A-double H!
The headl
ee liners are great.
>
> In a world of words,
> where like minds spit sparse bike yoiks,
> g and j, you win!
>
> Marty
>
> On Oct 9, 9:48 pm, grant wrote:
>
> > In a test ‘tween pals
> > Homer outdrew Paladin
> > Don’t worry—squirt guns!
>
> > Elv
ood.
> Bagginses out, Sackvilles in.
>
> On the other hand, the Atlantis has been in production for a decade,
> unchanged even in color (as far as I know).
>
> Do you think it's just for fun? Is there's a magic notebook of awesome
> bike names that G
There's a flap-tongue, like there is on the S-M-L Saddlesacks, so
there's good coverage. And padded, slim-fitting laptop cases are 10
cents per 12 at office supply shops and wherever cheap computer
supplies are purveyed. Dusty dirt shant stand a chance..
G
On Jun 9, 6:36 pm, Rene Sterental wrote:
Grant sez:
There's Rivendale and its lower-brow cousin, Riverdale (Archie's High
School). The worst, and it's more annoying than truly bad, is when we
get bills from $50,000- a year vendors addressed to Riverdale. You
tell them once or twice, but if nothing changes you just
Shedborn.
Teensy but good, I think. I don't know the lay of the land there, but
how big can England BE?
G
On Jun 19, 3:49 am, Bob wrote:
> We are moving to the UK for several years (North Yorkshire area of
> England). Anything as cool as Rivendell in the area? This might be a
> good excuse to bu
Well, I recanted the "revelation" and attributed that unfortunate use
of the word to ... some subconscious connection with the word
"revolution" in the title of the book referenced. "Observation" is
more like it, and all you need to get or not get out of it is that
there is (as is well-recognized)
Renovelo (rhymes with little red HENovelo) silence is because we
forgot to make a head tube decal for it, so that's going to take
another 2wks, and the painter has a few ready to go. We have at least
a dozen, maybe more, including the formerly ultrafancy custom, several
roof-racked and now repaired
Camera and strap specs:
Camera: Zeiss Ikon.
Camera fiends may also be interested to know that I own and shoot
Cosina-Voigtlander Bessa L, Bessa R, and Leica M4-P. The lens on the
camers is Voigtlander 40/1.4. The straps is homemade from two pieces
of 3/4-inch webbing. The one around my neck is no
On Jul 6, 9:12 am, Mitch Browne wrote:
> Riv needs to add about 1 - 1/2 inch more velcro to seat straps and
> lower the seat post strap about an inch or so.
We switched makers and modified the design...first one worked pretty
well, I thought---we actually use the bags ourselves for weeks befor
The Funkadelik Riv was a 52cm prototype made before we had our lugs. A
pre-prototype, if there is such a thing. Or, a pre-pre...
I got the invoice. It says (52cm prototype) and is dated 10-30-95.
I am impressed that so many of you knew so many details & history!
(not that I'm worth impressing, ju
We were having supply problems with Baggins, and found another
supplier. The new bags were different enough (different fabric,
buckles, style) to warrant a new (Sackville) name.
G
On Aug 1, 5:55 pm, Bridgestone wrote:
> I've got a Baggins Big Loafer on the back of my bike, and was waiting
> to p
The TROUBLE with Tribbles and online discussions is that (this is an
observation, not a knock)--that when somebody suggests something, herm
doesn't know whether or not something like this is already on the
list, and then if it happens.it looks like a copy. Shimano used to
never even accept ide
It was taken at sunrise on an S24O about a month ago. THanks for
liking it.
For photography types:
Voigtlander Bessa R, Voigtlander 35/2.5 lens, Kodak Portra 400NC flm,
camera hand-held while I was on by back, on "B" for 45 seconds. It was
one of about ten I took, guessing at the shutter speed, fr
Those were taken during the 1976 Olympics in--well, was it Montreal?
Right off the television set, which you can still see in some of
them. Olympus OM-1 50/1.4, Kodak print film of some kind. I found the
prints the other day looking for something else in the files, and took
digitalpix of them. Th
rlooked. There are lots of forks in the road
that present two or three or four good options, but the bike has room
for only one.
Hey--the headbadge sample should be here in about 2 weeks. It's made
in Rhode Island, and is coming along pretty nicely!
Best,
Grant
--~--~-~--~~--
THere are always alternatives—and many good ones. We aren't out to
smother anybody, and it's unlikely to happen, and wouldn't be good
news if it did. But what is "Roadeo"--a compromised-for-the-mass
market "house brand"? Ouch. A lot of stuff goes into the bike. I
understand that with a certain am
El Kickstand is marked with bb heights.
If you measure BB height on a non-tilted bike, you can cut at the
mark. Cut at an angle, just as the mark is.
Here, we use kickstand feet, which add length, and so...if you measure
bb at 270mm and plan for the foot, cut 270 minus 10 to 12mm = 258 to
260. The
Hey Manny,
Send me a link or something to ... your source of info. My schedule
mentions something at the Park, but doesn't say any more---no time, no
agenda or anything. I'll be where I gotta when I hafta...no
problem...but tell me what you know. PM is fine.
On Jun 5, 9:34 pm, Manuel Acosta wrote
The feet are the best part! Block out the feet and the image loses its
balance. Older bike posters had naked women holding handlebars and flying
through the cosmos---I can only imagine the Realist Uproar over that. But
Rene, you can't be sure that the bike wasn't suspended above the ground,
sta
wrote:
>
> I just got mine today and i think i'm in the camp with Rene, i think this
> is going to grow on me. the color and style was not what i expected
> (having no DLG context), not bad, just different
>
> And i have a framed print of the cycles gladiator poster that grant i
I am generally relieved that the book hasn't been panned more and worse. An
old friend didn't like it on Amazon, and that hurt me deeply, but I'm
trying to get over that, and that hurt has been more than all balmed-up by
the generally positive response here and other places.
I'm always describe
Dropout-style is up to Keven and Brian--as are many-most-maybe all of the
other stuff. Fixie fanatics will feel perturbed if it has verticals, and
yet the arguments for verticals are good, too---. I will look things over,
and have coached K and B minorly in frame design stuff--how to determine
For a customer. He'll get a bike and wants the shop to do final bit of
reassembly. I'd like to be able to send him to a shop that can deal with,
for example, a new Hunqapillar with Bosco bars and a threaded headset and
not treat it like a fresh dinosaur.
It's possible I'll get zero to fifteen r
ind one--thanks all for your help!
G
On Wednesday, July 11, 2012 4:02:42 PM UTC-7, Tony Lockhart wrote:
>
> +1 on Topanga Creek Cycles. They're super down to earth and they have a
> good shop.
>
> On Wednesday, July 11, 2012 12:33:25 PM UTC-7, Brad Gantt wrote:
>>
>>
I'll be interested to see the reactions. The bikeswell, it was a long
time ago, but the deal was Not Much Overlap with our current linesa
different KIND of bike, and even kind of an experiment. I ride one every
day, have for a while now---the proto for many months, and the actual (we
ge
't
promise. If you send a postcard, I'll respond with a postcard.
Is this all too much? Probably. Sorry again.
If nothing happens now, I think the bike will happen again later, but it
may be an extra year or two.
I know there are lots of options out there. I'm not trying to m
Are we that bad? Ha! again--*-
>
> A QB by any other name (and 10 years refinement) is still as sweet.
>
> Philip
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It's too neat, too symmetrical...makes Grant feel inferior. Good job, Eric!
On Saturday, December 21, 2013 1:19:56 PM UTC-8, Eric Norris wrote:
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> I MacGyvered this fix for a broken fender bracket during today's ride. I
> think Grant would approve.
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My Foy-riding 25-year old told me she chased a bus for eight blocks in
minus ten weather before catching it for a ride the rest of the way.
On Wednesday, January 1, 2014 8:38:33 AM UTC-8, Bill Fulford wrote:
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> Kennebunk Maine, 19 degrees, felt like 4. Baby it's cold out there. Rode
> the Hunqa
The early mountain bikes had 32mm rims for the 50mm or so tires they had.
The tire and rim with were proportional. Mtn bike tire rims got skinnier
when Keith Bontrager (this is not a knock, he has been a hero) cut down
Mavic road rims (MA-2, 20.5mm) to mtn bike 26 size, and big rim makers and
Too many guys wanted the mixte but not the Betty, so we renamed the Betty,
and then for the fun of it, lengthened the chainstays on the two larger
models (part of the "longer chainstays are better" craze around here
lately). The diaga-stay angle varies with the frame size because of the
trick
on a bike like this.
On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 9:53:28 AM UTC-8, Bill Lindsay wrote:
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> You mentioned the longer chainstays in the blug, Grant. You didn't
> mention that only the two larger sizes were getting the longer stays prior
> to this post, but people noticed the dif
Not out of luck if you bought it from us.
Nitto cages are...strong enough for most uses. I've seen two break over the
years, which is remarkable considering the thin metal and all. We don't
stock the Nitto cages anymore (except now and then), because they're so
expensive, and the King cages are
We have fresh new ones. Used it cool too, but many of the things listed as
WTB are readily available here, and if they cost more than $150 the ship is
free, and then it actually helps good ol' Riv's cash flow, keep us here,
employed, helps the bag maker (12 people, small shop, with its own cash
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