Topica Email List Directory

Welcome Guest!

SS MTB

	Previous Message	All Messages	Next Message

RE: Jon Wyatt's Il Pompino	Jon Wyatt
	Oct 24, 2005 00:04 PDT

Hi Ron,

Yeah, it definately feels a bit chopperish at times but I find that helps a
lot when descending, it all fits into place then. I bang my knees on the
bars when I'm out of the saddle climbing but all this might be down to me
having long legs and a relatively short body. I've really got used to the
riding position very quickly to be honest, it was a case of 'where have you
been all my life?'. I've already done 185 miles on it and I've loved every
one of them.

Riding fixed is excellent too, except when I'm on the road and someone pulls
out in front of me, still get that 'ooh stop pedalling, ARRGH no don't!'
experience.

jon.

Better than having your body rubbed vigorously with a cheese grater.
http://www.samuri.co.uk.

From: Obi-Ron <ro-@realbicycles.com>
Reply-To: oneg-@topica.com
To: oneg-@topica.com
Subject: RE: OneGear: Jon Wyatt's Il Pompino
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:47:46 +0000

Hey Jon,
Nice set up! I am running an Il Pompino for a cross bike at here in
Northern California. I call it my frankenbike since it has a 700c Rock
Shock and Easton Monkey Lite risers with a 42 x 18 gearing. It looks
more like a 29er Mt. Bike than a cross.

Question:
Have you noticed any thing odd about the geometry? The seat tube seems
to be set back quite a bit. I had to really jam my seat forward to get
over the bottom bracket.

Any thoughts?

Ron in California

Jon Wyatt wrote:

blimey, Is that a reply to a question posed about 2 years ago? ;-)

seeing as this list has popped back into life I'm going to post some
pictures of my new bike, although most of the brits will have already
seen
it.

http://www.samuri.co.uk/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=pompino

jon.

Better than having your body rubbed vigorously with a cheese grater.
http://www.samuri.co.uk.

From: Gummi Bear <rockhop-@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: oneg-@topica.com
To: oneg-@topica.com
Subject: RE: OneGear: Get out of your car fatso.
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:55:15 -0700 (PDT)

Not necessarily; if there is no destination, or the road that is
crossing
to has not yet been
improved. So long as the crosswalks are ADA compliant, future
improvements
will allow them to not
create new sidewalks on the unimproved area until it is developed.

FWIW - I live in the largest city in North America without a public
transportation system.
Getting around here is a bear on a bike. You have to be a very
aggressive
mentality when you
throw your leg over the bike and hit the streets.

--- Obi-Ron <ro-@realbicycles.com> wrote:

If they put in a crosswalk with out building pedestrian facilities

they

are in violation of the ADA.

Ron

Vince Camiolo (Silver Cat Studios) wrote:

--=====================_3159663==_.ALT
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed

is it true then that in many american towns it is becoming

increasingly

common for roads to be built without sidewalks and it is becoming
technically impossible to get around the place without having a

car?

You're exactly right. It boggles my mind. They just constructed a

new

road
in my town, while widening an existing road. Not only did they

neglect

to
build a sidewalk on the new road, but they eliminated the sidewalk

and

even
the shoulder on the existing road. Worse yet, they put a crosswalk

the
traffic light, with nowhere to cross to!

one of the major reasons sited in britain for reliance on cars is

that

the
public transport system is so appalling crap, (and it is, mind

numbingly

bad whilst our French cousins across the water have a public

transport

system you could eat your dinner off), is that also the case in

the

states?

It varies from city to city. Some public trans is considerably

better

than
others, but there is one common denominator in all cities: not

enough

funding. The funding that goes to automobile-oriented

transportation,

versus mass trans and alternative trans is astronomically

lopsided.

My girlfriend was just in Denmark where she visited a

transportation

museum. When they plan road construction, they take 3 factors into
account,
all given the same importance: bicycle lane, pedestrian lane,
automobile.

I just have a hard time comprehending priorities. Is it that much

expensive to figure in a bike lane when constructing a road?

bikes eh? aren;t they great?

They are. If only there was somewhere to ride them without the

fear of

being run down by a monstrosity of an SUV.

-vince-

-----------------------------------------------
-vince camiolo-
Silver.Cat.Studios
aim. SilverCatStudios
------------------------------------------------
Signs.banners.stickers.decals.etc
------------------------------------------------
www.theSilverCat.com
ph. 215.917.8303
-------------------------------------------------
--=====================_3159663==_.ALT
Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"

<html>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>is it true then that in many
american towns it is becoming increasingly common for roads to be

built

without sidewalks and it is becoming technically impossible to get
around
the place without having a car?</blockquote> 
You're exactly right. It boggles my mind. They just constructed a

new

road in my town, while widening an existing road. Not only did

they

neglect to build a sidewalk on the new road, but they eliminated

the

sidewalk and even the shoulder on the existing road. Worse yet,

they

put

a crosswalk at the traffic light, with nowhere to cross

to!

<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>one of the major reasons

sited

britain for reliance on cars is that the public transport system

is so

appalling crap, (and it is, mind numbingly bad whilst our French

cousins

across the water have a public transport system you could eat your
dinner
off), is that also the case in the states?</blockquote> 
It varies from city to city. Some public trans is considerably

better

than others, but there is one common denominator in all cities:

not

enough funding. The funding that goes to automobile-oriented
transportation, versus mass trans and alternative trans is
astronomically
lopsided. 
My girlfriend was just in Denmark where she visited a

transportation

museum. When they plan road construction, they take 3 factors into
account, all given the same importance: bicycle lane, pedestrian

lane,

automobile. 
I just have a hard time comprehending priorities. Is it that much

expensive to figure in a bike lane when constructing a

road?

<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>bikes eh? aren;t they

great?

</blockquote> 
They are. If only there was somewhere to ride them without the

fear of

being run down by a monstrosity of an SUV. 
-vince- 
<x-sigsep></x-sigsep>
----------------------------------------------- 
-vince camiolo- 
Silver.Cat.Studios 
aim. SilverCatStudios 
------------------------------------------------ 
Signs.banners.stickers.decals.etc 
------------------------------------------------ 
<a href="http://www.thesilvercat.com/"
eudora="autourl">www.theSilverCat.com</a> 
 ph.
215.917.8303

-------------------------------------------------</html>

--=====================_3159663==_.ALT--

- Jason -
'76 Bronco
* Trail Rated *


	Previous Message	All Messages	Next Message

Concerned about privacy? Topica is TrustE certified.
See our Privacy Policy.