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Classifieds / Re: FS: Ultimate Touring Bike*

« on: September 25, 2021, 09:34:16 am »

Yes, I'm about to hang it up for the winter, in Topsham, ME

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Classifieds / Re: FS: Ultimate Touring Bike*

« on: March 08, 2021, 09:13:31 am »

Picacho? Yes indeed.

Attached below is PDF of Rodriguez' original geometry.

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Classifieds / FS: Ultimate Touring Bike*

« on: March 06, 2021, 11:37:31 am »

For taller rider. This bike was built for me by Rodriguez Cycles of Seattle, and is in pristine condition. It will carry you as far as you want to go with as much (or little) as you want to load on, without flexing or complaint. Designed with extra tall head tube for a more upright riding position, Jones H-bar, SRAM 27-speed drive train, Big Squeeze brakes, Brooks B-17 saddle, Tubus front (low-rider) and rear racks, front & rear fenders, two-leg kickstand, and Cane Creek Thudbuster seatpost. Note: mine is the travel version with S&S couplers and will pack into an airline-approved suitcase.
Price $1,900.
Contact tdbethea@sbcglobal.net    
All original Rodriguez delivery specs, and detailed component pics available on request.
Can deliver within 500 miles of Tucson

*see https://www.rodbikes.com/catalog/utb/utb-main.html for new bike specs and pricing

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Gear Talk / Re: Recommended Long-Sleeve Touring Shirts?

« on: July 08, 2013, 10:02:51 am »

I'm in the same boat, except they've only been hacking on me for 3 years.

Not all long sleeve shirts offer SPF protection. Read all the fine print. UA (Under Armor) offers a long sleeve T with SPF in a fabric optimized for warm weather (but of  course, no pockets). I use them in temperatures over 90 degrees and high humidity. They work reasonably well. The sleeves are a little long, which is good because that lets them cover me down to the gloves. I'm not exactly sure what the differences are between UA's "Warm Weather", "Normal", and "Cold Weather" fabrics.

I never found anything that covers my legs, but so far my legs haven't had any problems.

Thanks for your UA suggestion. Actually, I just came across an item that works well for covering lower legs: Pearl Izumi's "Sun Knees," similar to leg warmers, but in white and very light and stretchy (and cool), they tuck under hem of standard length spandex bike shorts and carry down over top of your socks and actually stay in place. They retail for $30. but can be found on-line for $25 or less. I had been wearing baggy knickers over Louis Garneau undershorts with pad, which together never were as satisfactory as conventional bike shorts.

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Gear Talk / Recommended Long-Sleeve Touring Shirts?

« on: July 07, 2013, 12:55:35 pm »

As an older touring cyclist, whose dermatologist has been carving one or two squamous patches off my hide annually for the past ten years, I need to minimize overall sun exposure, which can be a chore over long rides in hot weather. L.L. Bean used to offer a loose-fitting, long-sleeve, bright-colored poly shirt with full collar (like a button-down collar with no buttons) that was a pretty good hot weather solution. But that shirt had no back pockets and is no longer offered. I'm curious if any ACA riders have come across a summer-weight, long-sleeve, poly shirt that features both a full collar and the two or three elasticized back pockets so often found on short-sleeve shirts? Thanks.

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Classifieds / Front Rack and Fork Combination

« on: March 14, 2011, 06:10:21 pm »

Selling Bruce Gordon high front rack (see: http://www.bgcycles.com/racks.html) and Vicious front fork.

The fork was delivered on a new large-frame Seven Vacanza touring bike in April, 2008, only the geniuses at my road bike specialty shop circumcised the steer tube length down to 11 1/4" to achieve road bike geometry. Fork was swapped out soon after, but not before I had it black powder-coated and fitted to the front rack at Bruce Gordon's shop (high front rack chosen to keep the drop-outs clear for mounting bike on standard roof rack fork blocks). Steer tube still should offer ample elevation for riders with standard head tube geometry.

Retail on Vicious fork is approx $400; Gordon front rack is $175 new; both are in near-new condition.

Inviting offers on either or both.

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General Discussion / Touring Wired, Wireless, Etc.

« on: December 03, 2008, 12:57:24 pm »

I plan to do the Southern Tier next spring and would like to download mileage, speed, heart-rate data from my bike computer every couple of days, and am thinking of picking up a new/used mini-laptop (2 lbs) for this purpose. Obviously, it would be nice to have e-mail and internet access at same time. If any forum members have lit on particularly efficient or useful methods of downloading data while on tour, I'd appreciate learning about your solutions. For example, is it possible to run and save data to a program like Polar Precision Performance off a flash drive?