on 1/9/09 7:12 PM, Bill Connell at bconn...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Doug Peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: >> >> When we were in Carlsbad last Sunday didn't someone mention Grant talking >> about "yet" another wheel size, 600 something-ish? > > Grant wrote in a Reader a couple of years back about creating a 603mm > BSD rim size designed mostly to allow 700c racing bikes to take a > fatter tire. The idea is that you gain some clearance, but for frames > that were designed for short reach brakes, you can still reach the > rims with longer caliper brakes. Often a 700c->650b conversion will > need to use very long-reach brakes, which get pretty flexy and low on > stopping power.
I knew there was a reason I scanned that... http://www.cyclofiend.com/rbw/archive01.html#603 - Jim -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes "Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." Mahatma Gandhi --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
