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@@mariomen81 Thank you for watching my video. The saddle bag is a Ron’s Bikes Acorns and Squirrels waxed fanny in a small batch fabric. Good eye 🌹✨

I love the Juan Martins handlebar. I haven’t heard anything yet about the new Ti version. I’m very curious. Thank you for watching my video.

Thank you for the stoke! I was having a lot of fun messing around with cockpit configurations. Have fun out there and when the time is right, you will know. Sometimes Rivs find us.

Thank you. It is always a lot of fun making these videos. I really appreciate the encouragement. Have a great day.

Thank you for the kind words. It is such a sick build to ride 💗

@@criddler_9738 what stem is that? I’ve been thinking about changing mine out to get some more height. Is that a 1”?

@@SawOne729 it is a 1” Velo Orange open face 2 bolt. The stem is 110 and pretty tall. Very similar to the nitto open face. I found one with a 31.8 clamp diameter for these bars.

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Thank you for all the kind words. I love riding my Clem for years now it was my daily commuter and all-rounder. I have ridden this 650b setup on all kinds of tires. It is a fun ride, such a long wheelbase, it just glides. Everyone should own a clem💗

The iteration of the Susie in the video was a bit finicky with the Deerhead shifters swinging through all the gears and maintaining tension, I first thought it was the rear mech. I swapped out the controls on the cockpit and game changer was the ratchet shifters. The earlier XT mech was amazing! I was definitely testing some concepts out with this build up. I really appreciate your question.

NITTO X CRUST JUAN MARTIN BAR 26.0. Such a fun handlebar! You can really lean into them, so wide. I have them in both sizes. They also come in black in both sizes when instock. crustbikes.com/collections/handlebars/products/juan-martin-bar

Thanks! This was a really fun iteration of a “Neo-retro rando” a classy cockpit setup for being on the bike all day. Easy on the eyes. Some folks have opinions that there is too much black. In my defense when you ride from sun up to sun down, having a dark or neutral color tone cockpit is easier on eyes when riding in the sun. Sure, some sunglasses could fix the glare. I have swapped some stuff around. Keep your eyes out for another upload.

Thank you for the kind words. I switched a few things around since I built the $usie up. Hard to express how much fun this bike is to ride and experiment. I might unlock a final form someday. In the meantime every ride is always so much fun and a joy to look forward to the next ride.

Thank you for the keen eye and kind words 💗

I was having similar issues before I switched over to the Suntour. If you have it setup friction, try to release all the tension and depending if your rear mech has a clutch it should come down the limiter/ LH on the mech. If the mech is just tugging everything to the smallest gear to the point you have to hold the shifter. That is such a bummer on rides, it is a huge drag. Try giving the cable a generous tug with your hand to stretch it out if it is new cables. If you have already done most of what I have said already? The screw that holds the shifter to the mounting pod could be replaced or run existing and loctite added if you wanted to. I would just be more focused on the shifting and making sure the rear mech when shifted into gear is allowing clean chain travel, hopefully there is enough chain to allow desired gear ratio and chainline is running smooth and travels through rear mech in all 9 speeds clean. Doing all of this in a bike stand is ideal but not limited to. Once the chainline runs smooth the shifts and any ghost shifting is sorta a part of friction shifting in general, much like a manual car, weird shifts happen during a ride, but having to hold a finger on your shifting cable to achieve engagement or all the gears dumping to the smallest gear can be solved with a rapid rise derailleur (rear mech) the shifts fall up, more prone to spin out but the best for off road trail riding.

Thank you for the kind words. Su$ie’s drivetrain is a wild mix of old 1990’s Shimano Deore XT rear mech, Suntour unbranded front mech similar body to a “Cyclone” with the hollowtech BB Riv Silver double crankset with 167 crank arms the chainrings are 33/22. The rear cassette is a sram 10 speed 11-36. Such a fun rig to roll 💗

Hi, thank you for watching. I’m around 5’ 11” with inseam of 31” I have recently recovered from a knee injury and even though my inseam, it can be wild swinging your leg over the saddle at times. I instantly feel like I have a inseam of 28” when the rear bag is stuffed. I can step through between the saddle and the stem pretty easily no matter the crank positioning and stand over the top tube with a few fingers worth wearing bedrocks. When I was growing up I usually ended up on a bike that was way too bike for me. I have had a few fits done throughout the years. The towel racks really make a huge difference with the fit when riding bigger sized frames. The hoods come back towards you pretty far, with a shorter stem it would pretty much put me over the steering axis and combine that will the low trail and 26” it is a great tour/ all arounder all day. I’m converting my canti LB to towel racks and shorter stem this coming spring. Stay tuned. I’ll make a Riv inspired video of my pbh soon. There are still some numbers and math I can go over in a video.

Thank you for the kind words. It is a really fun bike. When I first saw the frameset it reminded me of a FREK or a dreamed up Clockwork bikes creation. The over sized downtube is nice for loaded off road downtube friction shifting. I have had other bikes flex when loaded with downtube shifters and you will get a surprise shift sometimes.

Thank you for the kind words. Honestly, I’m not exactly sure. I would guess around 25-40.lbs depending on the ride. The Lightning Bolt frameset is spec for a rider 100kg (220lbs) A friend of mine uses panniers and a Ron’s Bikes Large Fab’s chest and he is a smaller rider also, so he tried to get as close to max weight for the LB I think.

@@criddler_9738 awesome thanks so much 4 the info and real world testing 😀

Thank you for watching and the kind words. Su$ie is fun as ever. My newest video is about the suntour thumbies I recently installed. Huge game changer for this build.

Thank you for watching ⚙️🎶🎵🎶🎵🎵

I put a Shimano 122 spindle length bb in there last year. I don’t mind a wider Q factor with these towelracks bars on a larger frame. I don’t notice any discomfort and have no complaints, only personal preference.

Thank you for watching. The wheelset is Crust Bikes 650b/27.5 rim brake with sp dynamo hub, the rims and rear hub are produced for Crust Bikes. The rear hub is similar to Shimano and old sunxcd style hub body. crustbikes.com/collections/wheels/products/crust-randonneur-rim-brake-wheelsets The forks for the Lightning Bolt Canti are proprietary for the Lightning Bolt Canti rim brake model. I believe each Crust Bikes models of framesets are designed around a specific fork and bottom bracket style. On the website there is a 650B conversion fork for 1” quill stem style similar to the Lightning Bolt Canti fork it just doesn’t seem to clear as big of tires as the Lightning Bolt Canti can with or without fenders.

I was really into building up a lot of older/ vintage bikes with my grandfather when I was younger, he had a collection after a few years that tallied upwards of a 1,000 complete bikes. We had a lot of fun. We ended up donating a lot of those bikes. I have chosen to build up a lot more Crust and Rivendell bikes recently after a shoulder surgery. I really like what Crust Bikes is doing within the cycling industry, it is really cool and fun. I have followed Matt for awhile now. When I was coming up I would always skateboard with bmx riders(S&M early 2000’s) some of the bmx dudes knew Matt and were connected to FTW/Spooky cycles through a friend’s family owned/ rider owned shop in high school and they knew UltraRomance aka Ron’s Bikes and spoke very highly of him. I was just a skateboarder hanging out with MTB/ downhill riders, BMX riders and even some freestyle trials, it was really fun learning the different disciplines. Those early 2000’s were very divisive, disc brakes and suspension vs traditional rim brake rigid MTB, very much still a conversation now a days. I still skateboard a lot and I still hang around all styles of riders learning what I can where I can. I like supporting brands where I can when I can. I’m not against rebuilding 80’s bikes or any era really if the find is right. For now most of my quiver is 2017-2023 production frames with a full spectrum of era components. Thank you for watching

I appreciate the kind words. Thank you for watching

Dura-ace front mech and Sugino crankset 172.5 (with logos buffed) mighty comp or an xd series, it is setup double with space for a triple ring, there is a chainguard on the outer ring. Sorry for my tardy response. I was on vacation.

I love the way my Lightning Bolt rides, it doesn’t feel like dead tubes. Pretty springy and snappy ride feel. I hope your build makes you smile as much as mine does. Thank you for watching #staystokedifpossible

Thank you for watching. It is a great bike and really fun to ride. The Crust Bikes site specified a size Large is 58 depending if you measure Top Tube or Seat Tube Check out the link for the complete measurements. crustbikes.com/products/lightning-bolt-canti?variant=39796233273434

Ah sorry, misunderstandig. I mean your size. The sizes of the bike are known. I am wounderig because the seatpost is realy short. Thank you!

@@user-et4gs7tt2t I’m about 5’11” barefoot with an inseam of 32” the reason my seat post is low because I built this bike to fit me like a “French Fit” the crank arms on this build currently are 172.5. If I were to put 165 length crank arms I would raise the saddle to accommodate more. In the past I have hurt my knees before by over extending my legs on long rides by raising the saddle too high on builds with similar fits. I can raise the saddle up for filming purposes for aesthetic reasons, there are people on TH-cam and Instagram that do move the saddle height for visual aesthetics purposes and lower it for when the riders is on the bike. I just filmed this video in the middle of a ride. I have another video of this build with different components, I swapped out the seat post for a Nitto 65. There are more videos coming soon from my quiver… stay tuned.

Thank you for watching and also for the kind words 😇

@@criddler_9738 It is my pleasure.

M I STILL WIRH YOU

Thank you for watching. I have some more components to add before spring. Check back for more updates on this build 🌴⚡️🌴⚡️

I really appreciate the kind words. Thank you for watching

Ronnie Wheeler is the man. Of all insults you could have used. Why a homosexual one? 🤔

I didn’t mean it be sexual; on your knees in whatever service to your god

I love it! crustbikes.com/collections/bags/products/berthoud-sans-decaleur-handlebar-bag?variant=39533988151386 I bought both sizes. Easy to switch around if you have a couple of bikes.

Good eye. The current setup shifts index. I wanted to see what compatibilities were possible. Everything works 2x9 great. Soon I will be switching up the cockpit to run friction down tube shifting with this 2x9 drivetrain. More videos coming soon.

@@criddler_9738 wow, I am getting a custom bike built and I have also opted for friction DT shifters with a 9 speed. :) looking forward to new videos, subscribed!

Thank you. Both racks are older version of now known NITTO M18. More videos coming soon.

24.oz (709 ml) www.HydroFlask.com great insulated bottle that fits most cages. Tons of different lid options as well.

@@criddler_9738 thanks man, great build

@@knife1406 Thank you for the kind words. I still have a lot of adjustments to do before spring. I recently got a bag of tires to try out. More videos coming soon.