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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! -- underground experts exiled |
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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? -- underground experts exiled |
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On Friday, May 25, 2018 at 10:47:48 AM UTC-7, 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! Personally, I think the Surly Fog Cutter is neat. Sportier, with disc mounts and can handle big tires. http://www.somafab.com/archives/prod...tter-frame-set The LHT is popular, too, but any Surly frame is going to cost you $500 USD and will need to be built-up. https://www.universalcycles.com/shop...s.php?id=92139 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. -- Jay Beattie. |
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On 5/25/2018 1:58 PM, 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? I installed in line brake levers on the two bikes my wife and I just used for our grocery run. https://www.bikenashbar.com/cycling/...rs-ns-inl-base Very inexpensive and easy to install. Looks like Nashbar has a big sale on bikes in progress. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On 5/23/2018 1:25 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote:
sms writes: [1] https://www.fahrradmanufaktur.de/en/...andonneur-2017 Yes, the Fahrradmanufaktur is probably your best bet. Yep, I think it looks great, too expansive but I'll put in the extra effort to maybe get it to next summer. Or the summer after that... We have no Randonneur bicycles available in the U.S.. Really? Why not? You can buy a Randonneur frame in the U.S.: http://www.somafab.com/archives/prod...neur-frame-set A randonneur bicycle is not the same as a touring bicycle, though a touring bicycle may be close enough for you. $529.99 for a frame and fork is not bad. You should be able to build a complete bike for another $1000 or so. |
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On 5/25/2018 12:47 PM, 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! Wait until your size is listed he https://www.ebay.com/itm/Surly-Long-...AOSw3UZbB5p L -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On 5/25/2018 12:58 PM, 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? Life must be hard in Sweden what with no bike shops and no internet: http://www.tektro.com/products.php?p=209# -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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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?! -- underground experts exiled |
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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? -- underground experts exiled |
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On Thu, 24 May 2018 09:39:55 -0700, sms
wrote: On 5/23/2018 1:25 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote: sms writes: [1] https://www.fahrradmanufaktur.de/en/...andonneur-2017 Yes, the Fahrradmanufaktur is probably your best bet. Yep, I think it looks great, too expansive but I'll put in the extra effort to maybe get it to next summer. Or the summer after that... We have no Randonneur bicycles available in the U.S.. Really? Why not? No market for them. Sure we have randonneuses available in the US, albeit generally by custom order (just like the French- even there, there are have been few true randonneuses available as mass market bikes that you could buy off the showroom floor). I had one made by a local builder in 2015 and he had made others before mine. There are a few builders in the US that specialize in this sort of thing. If you're talking about "bikes with fenders and lights," there are options in many bike shops in the US. But "bike" in the US continues to mean mostly MTBs or TdF type bikes. |
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