After about 5 years of riding a more or less stock ram I converted mine to a more dedicated go fast, not necessarily a racing bike but one designed to at least produce the feeling of speed. I swapped out the Sugino triple for a White VBC with 44/30 rings and an 11/28 9speed cassette, this allowed me to use the much faster Ultegra RD 6700. I replaced the bar ends with DTs. This has given me the best and fastest shifting bike I have ever owned. Good range and closely spaced gears. I Had a pair of 23 mm continentals, complements of my son, but soon swapped them for the light weight compass 29 mm tires. I took off the front rack but kept the fenders. I had a very nice light weight silver American Flyer seat post and got a good price on a surplus Terry Ti saddle in White. I soon went back to my Selle Anatomica. I thought about removing the hammered honjos but decided against it. I love the way this bike rides. I have a saluki with racks, fenders, and 650 x 38 Pari Moto tires for when I want to ride dirt roads or carry more than a rain jacket. I'll have to look for pictures but I think you get the idea. I think it's about 22 lbs, not too much for a 62cm frame. Oh yea, white hubs and light weight 32 spoke mavic rims.
Michael On Saturday, May 10, 2014 5:01:53 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Has anyone hot rodded his-er-her Ram? Can I see photos? > > This is just idle curiosity, but I sometimes daydream of stripping the Ram > of Fly, SP dynohub, lights, installing a light wheelset, and seeing what > happens. > > OTOH, there is this (entry for May 9): > > http://bikeretrogrouch.blogspot.com/ > > This morning I removed the Phil 115 mm bb pursuant to trading it with > stockist extraordinaire Ryan Watson, sometime of this list, for a ditto > 103, this in turn pursuant to installing the very nice 7410 cranks I scored > for $65 on the boblist. Not that there is any practical reason to switch to > a 53/39 DA crank from the already nice 44/30 TA, except that one must > maintain the integrity of the grouppo. > > (I'll switch the "spacer-13-14-15-16-17-18-20-23-spacer" cassette to a > 16-17-18-19-20-21-23-26, which will give me about the same range and even > smaller jumps.) > > Patrick "group integrity, aka vanity, trumps practicality" Moore > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis > > ************************************* > > "In yourself right now is all the place you've got." > Flannery O'Connor > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
