[Yak] Video Clips of SatRDay

Mon Dec 5 15:50:13 CST 2005

Hi. I think there is a problem with the Quicktime clips.  I have the latest
version of Quicktime, and it cannot play them.
Thanks, Rich

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>    1.  Fwd: Here today, gone to Maui (Richard Booth)
>    2.  *COOL!* New SatRDay folding/unfolding clips (Lynette Chiang)
>    3. Re:  Rohloff hub (John S. Allen)
>    4. Re:  Rohloff hub (Grant Bechler)
>    5.  RE: Rohloff Hub (Dean Wisleder)
>    6. Re:  Re: Can I carry this big camera on tour? (John S. Allen)
>    7.  how do i carry it (RAKAK at aol.com)
>    8. Re:  how do i carry it (John S. Allen)
>    9.  Costa rica by bicyle (Sornberger, MD, Kris)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 13:11:16 -0600
> From: Richard Booth <richardt.booth at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Yak] Fwd: Here today, gone to Maui
> To: yak at bikefriday.com, richardt.booth at gmail.com
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> From: Richard Booth <richardt.booth at gmail.com>
> Date: Nov 30, 2005 10:20 PM
> Subject: Here today, gone to Maui
> To: yak at bikefriday.com
>
> Hi All,
>
> Well, actually we arrived Friday morning.  Chestnut's brought her fancy
> Crusoe (TA cranks, Schmidt Nabendynamo, and Paul v-brakes and levers).
I'm
> took my more democratic ex Rich Powers Pocket Nomad.
>
> I've played with the PN a bit.  I decided to use cable splitters to put
the
> bars anywhere I want in the case.  The idea necessitated using a canti in
> front where no splitter is possible.  I confirmed I needed some kind of
> v-brake in back.  My final solution was to a mixed set of 287 and 287V
> levers.  My first attempt was using a Travel Agent in back with standard
> Shimano aero lever F&R.  Required a really heavy hand effort and it
unwound
> when I split the cable.  A real pain in the rear that was.  My second
> attempt was a rear Strange brake. I bought is used because the maker had
> gone out of business and Peter White had nor more in stock.  I don't know
if
> the Strange brake was beta version or what, but I never got it to work.
It
> never had enough spring tension to withdraw the arms and I had to set it
> really really close to get any kind pressure on the rim at all.  Another
> unsuccessful experiment.
>
> I'm also reasonably happy with this touring bike set up as a wide range
> double.  I'm using 54-40 chainwheels up front.  Dig the 70's drilling in
> that Stronglight big ring.  The cassette is a 9-speed 11-28, but with the
> 28T replaced with a 30 for kind of a Megarange effect.   According to the
> sheldonbrown.com/harris gearchart, I have a range of 32"-92" with a
bailout
> of about 25" with the 30t sprocket.  Might be nice to have a taller gear
for
> the sustained downhills but I sure don't need it very often.
>
> Yahoo pix at tiny url below.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/b9be8
>
> Wish you were here,
> Richard
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 12:48:45 -0800
> From: Lynette Chiang <lynchiang at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Yak] *COOL!* New SatRDay folding/unfolding clips
> To: Yak <yak at bikefriday.com>
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> Yaksters,
> I just put a couple of clips up under
> http://www.bikefriday.com/bf/newsatrday
> A gallery of packing/unpacking will follow soonest ... I am madly
> packing for my flight to HI tomorrow!
> Lynette
>
>
> Lynette Chiang http://www.galfromdownunder.com
> THE HANDSOMEST MAN IN CUBA : a bicycle escapade
> Silver Award (Travel Essays), ForewordMagazine.com Book of the Year 2004
> "The only time you'll put it down is when you finish it." -
> Australian Cyclist
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 16:38:16 -0500
> From: "John S. Allen" <jsallen at bikexprt.com>
> Subject: Re: [Yak] Rohloff hub
> To: "Grant Bechler" <gbechler at hotmail.com>, yak at bikefriday.com
> Cc: vze2br3j at verizon.net
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> At 21:41 12/3/2005, Grant Bechler wrote:
>
> >Go Rohloff, go Disk, go adjustable dropouts.
>
> The Rohloff hub and the adjustable dropouts I can understand. Why a
> disk brake --
>
> * heavier,
>
> * more complicated,
>
> * some, with a reputation for short pad life,
>
> * and with the risk of bending the disk when the bike is packed --
>
> on a Friday unless
>
> * it is a tandem and you need the heat-dissipation capacity, or
>
> * it is your off-road bike and rim brakes would be compromised by
> mud, in which case diskbrakes on both wheels would make sense as long
> as the front fork can stand the extra stress ?
>
> * The cyclist is very heavy and/or carries heavy baggage/pulls a trailer.
>
> Granted, smaller-diameter rims heat up more than larger rims, but
> heat dissipation has never proven a problem for me in 25 years on
> small wheels. The tandem is another matter -- I've flicked water from
> my water bottle at its drum brake after descending a long hill and
> watched them sizzle.
>
> John S. Allen
>
> jsallen *at* bikexprt.com (replace " *at* " with "@")
>
> http://www.bikexprt.com/
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 22:13:39 +0000
> From: "Grant Bechler" <gbechler at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Yak] Rohloff hub
> To: jsallen at bikexprt.com, yak at bikefriday.com
> Cc: vze2br3j at verizon.net
> Message-ID: <BAY103-F37EF260FDD29EDF25B68E2DF4E0 at phx.gbl>
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> John,
>
> Very good points on the disk brake option.    I recommend that if someone
is
> going to put a Rohloff on a Air Glide (For off road as you mentioned) or
the
> Saturday (Greater weight on rear wheel... more effective rear-wheel
> braking), it is a good idea to go ahead and have it configured for a Disk,
> or should it be wanted later, if rim brake are chosen.   I have heated up
a
> set of 406 wheels up to the point where I could feel the heat in the
spokes
> an inch away from the rim!  There are some mighty steep roads here on the
> North Coast of CA. as well as in the English Lake district.  My wife blew
a
> front tire due to heat by "riding the brakes" down Bootle Fell.
>
> One big plus on Disk, is good modulation.
>
> The big big minus is the packing.
>
> - Grant
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "John S. Allen" <jsallen at bikexprt.com>
> >To: "Grant Bechler" <gbechler at hotmail.com>,yak at bikefriday.com
> >CC: vze2br3j at verizon.net
> >Subject: Re: [Yak] Rohloff hub
> >Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 16:38:16 -0500
> >
> >At 21:41 12/3/2005, Grant Bechler wrote:
> >
> >>Go Rohloff, go Disk, go adjustable dropouts.
> >
> >The Rohloff hub and the adjustable dropouts I can understand. Why a disk
> >brake --
> >
> >* heavier,
> >
> >* more complicated,
> >
> >* some, with a reputation for short pad life,
> >
> >* and with the risk of bending the disk when the bike is packed --
> >
> >on a Friday unless
> >
> >* it is a tandem and you need the heat-dissipation capacity, or
> >
> >* it is your off-road bike and rim brakes would be compromised by mud, in
> >which case diskbrakes on both wheels would make sense as long as the fron
t
> >fork can stand the extra stress ?
> >
> >* The cyclist is very heavy and/or carries heavy baggage/pulls a trailer.
> >
> >Granted, smaller-diameter rims heat up more than larger rims, but heat
> >dissipation has never proven a problem for me in 25 years on small
wheels.
> >The tandem is another matter -- I've flicked water from my water bottle
at
> >its drum brake after descending a long hill and watched them sizzle.
> >
> >John S. Allen
> >
> >jsallen *at* bikexprt.com (replace " *at* " with "@")
> >
> >http://www.bikexprt.com/
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 17:43:22 -0600
> From: "Dean Wisleder" <deanwisleder at insightbb.com>
> Subject: [Yak] RE: Rohloff Hub
> To: <yak at bikefriday.com>
> Message-ID: <000d01c5f92c$8408be90$6400a8c0 at DEANSLAPTOP>
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>
> Will, thanks for setting me straight on the Rohloff dropouts.  Wish I had
> had the benefit of your expertise before I ordered my Air Glide.  I would
> have insisted on the adjustable dropouts and probably would have also
asked
> for the external shifter/cable boxes.  I don't see that there is any good
> reason to have a chain tensioner.
>
>
>
> Dean Wisleder
>
>
>
>
>
> The dropouts are BOTH horizontal and vertical !
>
>
>
> Take a look at the schematic on the RohloffUSA website:
>
>
>
> http://www.rohloffusa.com/pdf/OA03E.pdf - This is the non-disc brake
version
> with both the upper and lower parts of the dropout
>
>
>
> Will Hallam
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 18:03:52 -0500
> From: "John S. Allen" <jsallen at bikexprt.com>
> Subject: Re: [Yak] Re: Can I carry this big camera on tour?
> To: "miles2go" <9gturns at xmission.com>, <yak at bikefriday.com>
> Cc: schu58vp at sympatico.ca
> Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.0.20051204180255.05cc7380 at pop.spamcop.net>
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> Now check this out -- cycling with a view camera!
>
> http://pope-lance.com/morph_w_camera.htm
>
> John S. Allen
> 7 University Park
> Waltham, MA  02453-1523  USA
> 781 891-9307
> jsallen at bikexprt.com
> http://www.bikexprt.com
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 00:20:18 EST
> From: RAKAK at aol.com
> Subject: [Yak] how do i carry it
> To: yak at bikefriday.com
> Message-ID: <222.49feb8b.30c52812 at aol.com>
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>
> ok folks, here is the situation. As a police officer I am always armed. I
> have to carry my off duty weapon(Glock 19 semi auto) and my badge and id
and a
> portable radio. Also a pair of handcuffs and a spare magazine. I have a
NWT and
> a PT.
> I would like a bag that mounts to the handle bars. The glock measures 6.9
in
> long 5 in high and 1.18 in wide and weighs 24 oz.
> In uniform I acn carry openly and I do because I am in uniform. Off duty
well
> i want to conceal the firearm. A fanny pack  is somewhat un off balance.
> any ideas?   Ken Kulesz ,Igor the bike cop.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 08:51:37 -0500
> From: "John S. Allen" <jsallen at bikexprt.com>
> Subject: Re: [Yak] how do i carry it
> To: RAKAK at aol.com, yak at bikefriday.com
> Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.0.20051205084649.05c22e40 at pop.spamcop.net>
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>
> At 00:20 12/5/2005, RAKAK at aol.com wrote:
> >ok folks, here is the situation. As a police officer I am always armed. I
> >have to carry my off duty weapon(Glock 19 semi auto) and my badge
> >and id and a
> >portable radio. Also a pair of handcuffs and a spare magazine. I
> >have a NWT and
> >a PT.
> >I would like a bag that mounts to the handle bars. The glock measures 6.9
in
> >long 5 in high and 1.18 in wide and weighs 24 oz.
> >In uniform I acn carry openly and I do because I am in uniform. Off duty
well
> >i want to conceal the firearm. A fanny pack  is somewhat un off balance.
> >any ideas?   Ken Kulesz ,Igor the bike cop.
>
> Arkel is as I recall the leader in handlebar bags.
> http://www.arkel-od.com/panniers/hb_bag/overview.asp?fl=0&site=eu
>
> A nasty rude driver could have quite a surprise when encountering you!
>
> John S. Allen
>
> jsallen *at* bikexprt.com (replace " *at* " with "@")
>
> http://www.bikexprt.com/
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 12:56:23 -0500
> From: "Sornberger, MD, Kris" <ksornberger at emh.org>
> Subject: [Yak] Costa rica by bicyle
> To: <yak at bikefriday.com>
> Message-ID:
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>
> I was wondering if anyone out there has done Costa Rica by bike Friday?  I
> am looking for suggested routes, info etc.
>
> Kris sornberger
>
>
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