The clearances on the Ram/Rom were about perfect for a road bike - 23mm if you like, 27/28mm as road default, but the ability to fit a 35 (or 37) in there if need be. This makes your road bike "expand- able" (not *that* kind of expanded) into a great trail bike or even cyclocross (if you don't have a Legolas in your closet). The Jack Browns I have on the bike now have taken me over all kinds of terrain, including singletrack, thanks to David's gutsy Redlands routes:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671...@n02/3683083953/ On Jul 8, 9:32 am, Jeremy Till <[email protected]> wrote: > Even if it's "dead" 1" threadless is pretty easy to do- most 1 1/8" > stems come with a shim for 1" and then all you need is spacers and a > headset, which i'm sure Riv could source easily (i think Ritchey makes > one?). Definitely easier than trying to make a threaded setup work > with a 1 1/8" headtube. > > I love this category of bikes- "common sense" road bikes. Excited to > see what GP comes up with! > > -Jeremy "Owner of Two 1" Threadless Bikes" Till > > On Jul 8, 8:25 am, CycloFiend <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > on 7/8/09 8:09 AM, Mike at [email protected] wrote: > > > > I hope with this new road bike that it'll be a traditional frame like > > > the Rambouillet or Romulus and not "expanded". I think the expanded > > > frame totally has a place but so do traditional frames. I wonder how > > > they'll do the threadless/threaded fork. Does that mean they'll have > > > two frames made, a threadless with 1 1/8" headtube and a threaded with > > > a 1" headtube? > > > I doubt they'll do two different frames. It would be simpler to simply be > > able to swap forks. I'd bet 1 1/8" as 1" t/less is pretty dead. > > > - J > > > -- > > Jim Edgar > > [email protected] > > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > > Send In Your Photos! - Here's how:http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines > > > "Nigel did some work for some of the other riders at Allied, onces who still > > rode metal. He hadn't liked it when Chevette had gone for a paper frame." > > -- William Gibson, "Virtual Light" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
