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On Fri, 25 May 2018 14:08:11 +0200, Emanuel Berg
wrote: Frank Krygowski writes: A friend of mine has a Bianchi Volpe and likes it very much. Disclaimer: She's not an expert cyclist. Good! Because it is just a bike. Perhaps she is good at something else instead. On the Fuji bike, can one get a rack for the front/front sides (2 or 3 bags), as well, and a pair of them vertical/horizontal extentions (?) to the brake levers so one can get to them (the brakes) from other hand positions? Tires only 32 tho. That's too thin IMO. Ah but like any solution it is dependent on the problem that requires solving. I remember one year that the province of Phuket, Thailand received a whole bunch of money to improve their roads, That year one could ride with 19mm "sew ups" with no problems at all, while only a couple of years sooner or later you would have been cursing the roads works department if you tried to run tires that hard. I would comment that I habitially ran 19 mm tires for several years in Indonesia by sticking to the "new roads" that had just been built. -- Cheers, John B. |
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On 5/25/2018 10:47 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote:
Ralph Barone writes: Sounds like he wants my bike. Surly Long Haul Trucker. Front and rear racks and fenders. Dynamo hub and lights. Cross levers so you can brake while upright. Long wheelbase so your shoes don't clip your panniers. CroMo frame. 36 spoke wheels. Mountain gearing for long hills while carrying 50 lbs of baggage. 3 water bottle mounts on the frame. That's exactly right! I want Ralph's bike! http://www.bisikletgezgini.com/archives/7688 |
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On Friday, May 25, 2018 at 4:49:10 PM UTC-7, sms wrote:
On 5/25/2018 10:47 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote: Ralph Barone writes: Sounds like he wants my bike. Surly Long Haul Trucker. Front and rear racks and fenders. Dynamo hub and lights. Cross levers so you can brake while upright. Long wheelbase so your shoes don't clip your panniers. CroMo frame. 36 spoke wheels. Mountain gearing for long hills while carrying 50 lbs of baggage. 3 water bottle mounts on the frame. That's exactly right! I want Ralph's bike! http://www.bisikletgezgini.com/archives/7688 Shockingly, the vaunted Koga signature World Traveler is made out of 6061 like my old Cannondale T1000. That was a great touring bike, although it wouldn't fit giant tires -- but I never wanted giant tires. That article draws interesting distinctions between true touring bikes and randonettes, which, according to Tim, should be the proper designation. Who knew that I needed a touring bike that could carry 45-50 kgs -- just in case I hit a deer and need to take it with me. I rode across the US with less than 45 pounds, and that included a complete set of tools that I would no longer need (cut-down headset wrenches, BB tools, etc.) -- Jay Beattie. |
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On 5/25/2018 4:24 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote:
jbeattie writes: Touring bikes are common as fleas. Even the Trek 520 fits the bill. https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/b...olorCode=black Up to 44C without mudguards. You would have to add CX levers and a dyno light. Great only too expensive, especially compared to the Fuji and in particular the amount of money in my wallet. Why do they do randonneurs with 32 tires anyway?! I'm betting most of us here run tires narrower than 32. I use 32s only for loaded touring (which I haven't done for a while). I'm not disputing that wider tires can be better. But I don't think the buying public is ready for 32mm to be standard. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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sms wrote:
On 5/25/2018 10:47 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote: Ralph Barone writes: Sounds like he wants my bike. Surly Long Haul Trucker. Front and rear racks and fenders. Dynamo hub and lights. Cross levers so you can brake while upright. Long wheelbase so your shoes don't clip your panniers. CroMo frame. 36 spoke wheels. Mountain gearing for long hills while carrying 50 lbs of baggage. 3 water bottle mounts on the frame. That's exactly right! I want Ralph's bike! http://www.bisikletgezgini.com/archives/7688 All I can say in response is that I haven't broken mine yet. |
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Emanuel Berg wrote:
Ralph Barone writes: Sounds like he wants my bike. Surly Long Haul Trucker. Front and rear racks and fenders. Dynamo hub and lights. Cross levers so you can brake while upright. Long wheelbase so your shoes don't clip your panniers. CroMo frame. 36 spoke wheels. Mountain gearing for long hills while carrying 50 lbs of baggage. 3 water bottle mounts on the frame. That's exactly right! I want Ralph's bike! Just so you know, my bike isn't stock. The cross levers, dynamo hub, fenders and racks are add-ons (but there were places to connect them to). I also replaced the bar end shifters with STI levers. |
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Emanuel Berg wrote:
Ralph Barone writes: Cross levers so you can brake while upright. OK, so they are called cross levers. Very practical indeed! The "Fuji Touring Road Bike 2018" comes with "Shimano T4010 linear pull" with "Tektro RL520" braker levers. Are there cross levers readily available for that (the Tektros) or are you supposed to hack that yourself somehow? They are easily installed. Pull the brake cable out of the housing, cut the housing at the right place, bolt the lever on the handlebar, and reinstall the cable. Piece of cake. |
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Emanuel Berg wrote:
Ralph Barone writes: Long wheelbase [...] What is considered long in this case? My road bike has it somewhere 41.5 inch, and my military standard bike at 47 inches! But 41-42" should do it, right? 1056 mm for my 56 cm frame with 26" wheels, so 41.5". I wouldn't mind it being a bit longer, as my heels will clip my rear panniers if they've slid around on the rack a bit. |
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jbeattie writes:
On Friday, May 25, 2018 at 4:49:10 PM UTC-7, sms wrote: On 5/25/2018 10:47 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote: Ralph Barone writes: Sounds like he wants my bike. Surly Long Haul Trucker. Front and rear racks and fenders. Dynamo hub and lights. Cross levers so you can brake while upright. Long wheelbase so your shoes don't clip your panniers. CroMo frame. 36 spoke wheels. Mountain gearing for long hills while carrying 50 lbs of baggage. 3 water bottle mounts on the frame. That's exactly right! I want Ralph's bike! http://www.bisikletgezgini.com/archives/7688 Shockingly, the vaunted Koga signature World Traveler is made out of 6061 like my old Cannondale T1000. That was a great touring bike, although it wouldn't fit giant tires -- but I never wanted giant tires. That article draws interesting distinctions between true touring bikes and randonettes, which, according to Tim, should be the Randonneuse. "Randonette" sounds like something Harvey Weinstein would think up, a heteronormative ****lord sort of word. -- |
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Frank Krygowski writes:
I'm not disputing that wider tires can be better. But I don't think the buying public is ready for 32mm to be standard. Not in the road bike world that is. Here anything thinner than 40 is considered "thin" by the coaster brake riding public. Altho they are unaware of the 32 and 40 designations, of course. -- underground experts exiled |
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