The Stoner Bike has landed

[Jaq]

Spectacular. Thanks for posting that. I think I have a new goal.

[kingpin75s]

Top and down tubes look just like on my Eriksen RCR.

Great ride! Really powers over the top of the rough stuff nicely.

Beautiful bike! Enjoy!

[velotel]

Originally Posted by matttuck

gorgeous, and hilarious.

What is the seat tube angle?

71,9

[velotel]

Originally Posted by Climb01742

Lovely bike and build, with just the right red accents. You deserve the new bike for all the pleasure you give us, as we read your reports and ogle your photos.

Thanks for those words, very kind of you, much appreciated

[wombatspeed]

Always appreciate an Eriksen since he is semi local, has built bikes for many friends. And not to mention the roller coaster joy ride that is drafting Kent and Katie on their tandem at 28mph during a MTB race ;-)

About your brakes: I had the same TRPs on my Landshark cross bike (which is mostly a stoner bike, for the kind of 'stone' roads we have in Wyoming...) but in the end decided to replace the rear with a canti. All the power you need for the rear, and for reasons you describe, the canti just gives more modulation on the 'gravel' and makes it easier to maintain control of the rear wheel/skid. That brake combo works very well for me on dirt rides and CX racing. If you end up not getting friendly with the TRP in the rear, perhaps give this 'mullet' brake arrangement a try.

BTW, this is running Campy shifters as well.

[velotel]

Originally Posted by eBAUMANN

bike looks awesome, congrats!



You kinda have to re-tune the way you brake, much much lighter on the lever, the curve is much steeper with mini-v's but its nice to have the power they offer when you are coming to a stop sign at the bottom of a steep hill, for example.

I dont have a lot of time on TRP's but I do on Paul Mini Moto's and a lot of it also comes down to the spring tension you set when they are installed. You can set barely any tension at all (super light feel in the lever) or you can add more tension to make it a bit harder to pull too much cable too quickly, which I have found to be helpful if you are used to really squeezing on the lever.

Bottom line - give em some time and try out some different settings, a lot of people ditch mini-v's too fast IMO. personally, i would never go back to canti's over mini-v's, no way jose.

Maybe they're just settling in or maybe me just getting used to them but the performance is already improved, a lot. Considered the Paul's but between them being about twice the price plus my dislike of their aesthetic look (designed by an engineer whose objective is efficiency, period), went with the TRP's.

[velotel]

Originally Posted by 572cv

Looks like a great ride. You deserve to experience the new KE take on what that means, and we are looking forward to reading about where that ride takes you! Very cool.

On a side note, I shifted to Paul Minimoto's on my old cross bike and have found the modulation and strength of "stop" to be just terrific. This style of brake seems to me to be very sensitive to having the right cable length. Once dialed though, it is hard to beat.

I'm going to have to seriously think about calling up and saying "I just want what you did for Hank..."

All I can say is that you'd love it. I'm already starting to feel back about my orange Eriksen because I have this super strong suspicion that it's going to be doing a lot of dust collecting. The thing is with the fat Eriksen is that I can go all the same places that I went with the orange Eriksen, but with more comfort and security, plus further, as in onto even more rough roads. And if you were to get one, bring it over and I'll take you on some roads that will have you shaking your head in wonder. Like the one I showed you off the Arpettaz.

[velotel]

Originally Posted by kingpin75s

Top and down tubes look just like on my Eriksen RCR.

Great ride! Really powers over the top of the rough stuff nicely.

Beautiful bike! Enjoy!

As a matter of fact I noticed on the drawing I was looking at to see what the head tube angle is that it's called an RCR. No idea what the letters stand for.

[cadence90]

Originally Posted by Climb01742

Lovely bike and build, with just the right red accents. You deserve the new bike for all the pleasure you give us, as we read your reports and ogle your photos.

I'll "replies + 1" this sentiment!

Originally Posted by velotel

As a matter of fact I noticed on the drawing I was looking at to see what the head tube angle is that it's called an RCR. No idea what the letters stand for.

Me neither, but my vote is for Really Cool Ride(r).

velotel, what bottles are those? I like them with the ti.

[choke]

That's a really nice bike Hank...it should do the trick. Congrats.

Originally Posted by cadence90

velotel, what bottles are those? I like them with the ti.

They're the old style Vecchio's bottles.

[cadence90]

Originally Posted by choke

That's a really nice bike Hank...it should do the trick. Congrats.

They're the old style Vecchio's bottles.

Thank you.
I really like them; I think that they're very elegant, and that they look great on ti, plus the nice history link is another plus.

No longer available I guess, unless there's a spudstash somewhere?

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by cadence90

Thank you.
I really like them; I think that they're very elegant, and that they look great on ti, plus the nice history link is another plus.

No longer available I guess, unless there's a spudstash somewhere?

Nope, new owner, new design..I liked the old design, along with old jersey, more betta also but...

[cadence90]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

Nope, new owner, new design..

Dang.
I live old stuff better.

[cadence90]

Originally Posted by velotel

As a matter of fact I noticed on the drawing...that it's called an RCR. No idea what the letters stand for.

Originally Posted by cadence90

Me neither, but my vote is for Really Cool Ride(r). :

@velotel: I was just watching a video interview of Brad from Eriksen.

It turns out "RCR" stands for Routt County Road, apparently one of Kent's favorites.

[54ny77]

ahh, vicarious living through certain forum members. bravo, as usual!

p.s., your book sits comfortably on coffee table by the fireplace, looks perfectly situated. just like that eriksen.