Looking for advice re selling

[Ken Robb]

There is a lot of info on the type of bike you may want on the Rivendell website. It seems that you might be a candidate for a 650b bike.

[witcombusa]

Originally Posted by rarefiedgirl

benito-san-san,
I know the details of what I want, more than what 'it' is, specifically.
I'll winnow down the list of elements I'm looking for; or, at the very least, prioritize them.
And then, shall look forward to the ideas of others, re what fits the bill.
Cheers,

Are you familiar with Vecchio's on Pearl? They are my very favorite shop in the area and Peter and Jim can make any cycling dream come true (unless it involves a plastic bike). Drop in if you've never been there and talk with Peter.

http://www.vecchios.com/


Welcome

[Bruce K]

I wi be getting my "Vecchio's fix" next Saturday before Sunday's Road 2 Victory

BK

[rarefiedgirl]

Thank you Ken, Witcomb, & Bruce.

Ken,
I am indeed looking at Rivendell! Numerous great options, there.
Grant's new book is also rather wonderful, strikingly so re my current bike quest.
[Am hanging up my race bikes and don't want even a lick of carbon.
Am over 6', so probably a 700c... ]

Witcomb,
Yes, thank you. They have worked on several of my bikes over the years...
I should go chat w/ Peter re this next bike...

Cheers,

[Ken Robb]

since you are nearly my size if you are in San Diego before you buy your bike you can try My 62cm Rambouillet, 63cm Allrounder or Leslie's 59cm Romulus. I'd also let you ride my 60cm Hampsten Strada Bianca but then you might might decide you "need" they to make you one too.

[witcombusa]

Originally Posted by rarefiedgirl

Hi Louis,
The collection...
Ha!
Am actually trying to change my mindset and go from having a bunch of bikes, to having one bike, as yet unspecified. I have to believe that it is possible to have one bike for: city, general tooling about, and bona fide touring.
'Touring', for me, defined as:
• 7 to 90 days
• not carrying tent or sleeping bag
• locally, regionally, or far, far away
• probably most oft referred to as 'credit card touring', despite the unfortuante nomenclature. [What is the opposite of misnomer?]
So, if you, Louis, could have only one bike, what would it be, and why?
Cheers,

Are you considering a coupled or break-away suitcase bike for your needs? Are the lovely dirt roads all around you a design criteria? How wide of an effective gear range do you need? Titanium? Tires in the 700 x 28mm range or more like 32-35mm? Will you use a front bag or low riders/rear panniers when needed?

Since you want to be carbon free.....this project is much more interesting to me!

[rarefiedgirl]

Hi Ken,
How kind!!!
How far are you from Encinitas?

[rarefiedgirl]

Witcomb ~

Would *love* a bike w/ S&S couplers. A Ritchey Breakaway not as much,
perhaps simply because the Ritchey in steel does not speak to me; in ti... maybe...

If I stumble upon a big bag o cash, titanium would indeed be a lovely ticket.
She dreams of Sevens...

Cases, yes. But if I arrive in Denmark, but plan to perhaps depart
from Portugal (or further south or east), I do not want to be schlepping that case.
Substantial cardboard boxes (that I can part with) may be part of the plan.

Gear range: broad, wide!
[For the first time ever, I'm uttering these words: I want a triple. Crazy, right?
And she utters this aloud in Boulder!]

I'm more of a road girl that an unpaved/gravel/fire/dirt girl.
But, if I end up touring in nether or at least less-urban lands, I'd better be prepared for all.

700x32-35-37. But, after only ever having ridden 700x23, I may have to work up to this.
Isn't it like riding on marshmallows? : )

A changeable mix, depending on the jaunt, of:
• h'bar bag
• front rack w/ basket (à la Riv)
• rear rack w/ panniers (two sets: 1. for local errands, and 2. for actual travel)

Carbon-free at last, carbon-free at last, thank higher powers almighty, I'll be carbon-free at last.
[Not that there's anything wrong with it for others; but, for me, I simply don't want it, anymore.]

Cheers,

[witcombusa]

Triple is a good option or you can do like I have on my travel bike. I run a 46-34 crankset with a 13-34 nine speed cassette.(If you still crave big inches from your race days you could do a 50-34)

I am going to temp you into exploring many of the great dirt roads and old narrow gauge railbeds that are the reason I come out to bike in CO (in the non skiing months). If you show even the slighest interest I can give you some loops to go explore...I will convert you

Bigger tires are not marshmallows...at least not in a bad way. They still roll fast, descend and brake wonderfully and are SO much more comfortable and flat resistant to boot. Perhaps starting at around 32mm will get you on the right track

[rarefiedgirl]

Wit ~
Gorgeous.
Albeit marginally foreboding.

[Ken Robb]

Originally Posted by rarefiedgirl

Hi Ken,
How kind!!!
How far are you from Encinitas?

10 miles down I-5 to La Jolla Village Dr.

[Ken Robb]

re: traveling bikes-you can try my bikefriday New World Tourist. When you travel with one of them you carry your clothes, etc in a soft bag and the bike packed in its own Samsonite hard suit case with the wheels that convert the suitcase to a trailer. When you get where you're going you assemble the bike, put the wheels and trailer hitch on the suitcase, hook it to the built-in hitch on the bike, put your soft bag of clothes into the case/trailer and ride off. The trailer/suitcase rides wide side down so you hardly know it's there unless you cut a corner too tight.

Lots of good info on bikefriday site.