[SDCBC] Fwd: Re: Re: FW: Expedition style bikes for SoAmerica tour?

[Jim Baross]

Rami sent the following...

>Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:47:47 -0800
>From: "rami rosenbaum" <ramirosenbaum at gmail.com>
>To: "Jim Baross" <JimBaross at cox.net>, neil0502 at yahoo.com
>Subject: Re: Re: [SDCBC] FW: Expedition style bikes for SoAmerica tour?
>
>hi guys,
>thanks, I appreciate your time and interest.
>I checked out Koga - too pricy and Aluminum.
>I also had some Emails with Sheldon B. - told me I'm gonna have a 
>hard time, his best bet was an old steel mountain bike.
>I was looking for stuff for the trip here in SF, was sent to a small 
>bike shop, not a lot at all, but a shy Rivendell Atlantis was hiding 
>in the back, used, but not really, just a bit small for its previous 
>owner, waiting for me to spot it.
>So, as I said, an act of god? time will tell...
>thanks,
>Gal & Rami
><http://latinamericabicycletrip.blogspot.com/>http://latinamericabicycletrip.blogspot.com/
>
>
>On Dec 30, 2007 2:26 PM, Jim Baross 
><<mailto:JimBaross at cox.net>JimBaross at cox.net> wrote:
>From: Tom Lettington <<mailto:tlettington at san.rr.com>tlettington at san.rr.com>
>
>A Rivendell Atlantis would do this job very well. Rivendell is in
>Walnut Creek so a visit there while in San Francisco would be appropriate.
>
>And, another bike source idea though both of the likely candidates
>are aluminum.
>
> >From: Neil Brooks <<mailto:neil0502 at yahoo.com>neil0502 at yahoo.com>
> >
> >This sounds like the kind of thing for which I'd recommend 
> contacting Sheldon
> >Brown, at Harris Cyclery.
> >
> >I know of a brand called Koga-Miyata that could fit the need.
> >
> >   <http://www.koga.com/us/segment.asp>http://www.koga.com/us/segment.asp
> >
> >Sheldon -- battling a weird sort of MS -- can be reached through 
> his website:
> >
> >   <http://www.sheldonbrown.com/>http://www.sheldonbrown.com/
> >
> >or through the store:
> >
> >   <http://harriscyclery.com/>http://harriscyclery.com/
> >
> >Just one way at the problem.....
> > >
> > > From: Bicyclist [mailto: bikes.alot at cox.net]
> > > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 12:58 PM
> > > To: <mailto:sdcbc at bikesandiego.org>sdcbc at bikesandiego.org
> > > Subject: Expedition style bikes for SoAmerica tour?
> > >
> > > I had the pleasure of providing an overnight stay for a couple of bike
> > > tourists, Gal & Rami, from Israel. They are in process of outfitting
> > > themselves for a bike trip through Latin America after their 
> year-long Asia
> > > cycle tour. 
> See 
> <http://www.silkroadbicycletrip.blogspot.com/>http://www.silkroadbicycletrip.blogspot.com/ 
> and/or
> > > 
> <http://ourbicycletrip.blogspot.com/>http://ourbicycletrip.blogspot.com/ 
> for a description and photos of their
> > > trips... worth a visit.
> > >
> > > Anyway, there are having trouble finding a local supplier - or 
> any - bikes
> > > of suitable/strong construction for loaded touring... 26" wheels, steel
> > > frame, steel racks, pulling Bob's. Bikes and equipment that 
> won't break and
> > > if they do, can be fixed with third-world technology. There is a
> > category of
> > > touring bikes called Expedition Bikes that seem to be available 
> in Europe,
> > > but not here.  :-(  They have tried REI and Adam's Ave bike shops and are
> > > now in San Francisco looking while visiting friends... back 
> here around Jan
> > > 2 - 3.... then beginning their ride south.
> > >
> > > So, anyone have leads on new or used touring bikes like those they are
> > > seeking? He is 6' - probably 56cm frame. She is quite small, 5'?,
> > and likely
> > > would use a woman/small-frame bike and/or one with sloping top bar.
> > >
> > > And, maybe some of you would like to ride out with them when they
> > go. I plan
> > > to.
> > >
>
>
>
>
>
>
>--
>Gal & Rami
><http://ourbicycletrip.blogspot.com/>http://ourbicycletrip.blogspot.com/

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