Recent content by dirttorpedo

Would love one in Canada

I've seen some sites use a print on demand service - would that work for retrobike? https://www.shopify.com/blog/print-on-demand-companies The Path Less Pedaled seems to use a similar service...

Halston Inversion fork! That takes me back. My riding buddy had one of those on a Trek 970 - was essentially an expensive heavy rigid fork.

my head is assploding!

nutted axles!

I've suggested to my wife that we should tour the whole Rhine bike path from Switzerland to the Netherlands. She might actually go for it - due to the length of the ride it might have to wait for retirement.

If the bear is hungry, being in a tent or bivy isn't going to dissuade him/her either.

I really like the idea of hammock camping (saw some kayakers doing it a few years back), but it limits you to areas with good trees at a reasonable spacing which is not always easy to find here (I have one of those cheap costco hammocks for car camping, and it can be a challenge finding a good...

My wife and I did two credit card tours last summer and really enjoyed them (air BnB accommodation or family). This year I was thinking something similar, but we would loop south into the US and back. Since the election we've decided with the current political climate that we'll stay on this...

I didn't see Ultras in the store until the late 80's and those were spec'ed with that beautiful XT 730 groupset. I'm really surprised they used a roller cam on the bottom - the only production bike I recall seeing them on was a late 80's Lava Dome I test rode. I didn't appreciate that roller cam...

That's an XT U-brake - wasn't that specc'ed on the bike and top end in the Shimano U-brake world?

So how did it go?

So I made those adjustments and it shifts perfectly now. Thanks for the suggestions / observations / support

I have a Surly Troll with rear facing drop outs and that is much more significant of a challenge to remove the wheel with fenders/mud guards than any forward facing dropout bike I've owned. All of the advice has been given on that topic, so I have nothing of particular value to add there.

"World Class" triggers me