What you moved to Montpellier? I'm from there! Go ride around the Salagou lake, it's an amazing landscape.
And keep in mind that the only real MTB for real tall people is the DirtySixer. I build them (6'6" here)! :-) On Sunday, September 21, 2014 7:46:35 AM UTC-7, Tom Harrop wrote: > > Hi all, > > I finally got around to taking some photos of my 64 cm Bomba mountain bike > build. I bought the frame second hand from list member and fellow tall > person z-man a few months ago. With an international move, finding an > apartment and starting a new job it took me about three months to build it > up, and after that I'm afraid I didn't stop to take photos until after I > had been for a few rides, so it's not exactly pristine! > > https://flic.kr/s/aHsk3Y4Pdz > > It's a pretty standard Riv-ish build with a couple of things that people > might find interesting: > > - 36h SP dynamo front and LX rear with the widest silver, rim-brake > compatible 622 rims I could find (Ryde Big Bull > <http://www.ryde.nl/en/products?product=49>). > - Claris rear derailer in the short cage version. With a 12–32 > cassette and 35 and 25 tooth 'Silver' rings it easily wraps enough chain > in > the silly small ring–large sprocket combination. > - I reused the CR720 cantilever brakes that I originally bought for my > other Bombadil, which has fenders and racks. Braking was always > unsatisfactory on that build so I switched to V-brakes, but without these > impediments on the MTB build I was able to get the straddle cable much > lower, and the brakes had a pretty nice amount of MA. However, I was not > happy with the extreme amount of slop the brakes had on the canti posts so > I took them off and replaced them with Shimano CX70s, which are more > adjustable, a bit more powerful and fit better on the posts. If anyone > wants the CR720s sans straddle cables and pads for the cost of postage > from > France, let me know. > - Clément XC LXV tyres. They roll really nicely although I haven't got > the pressure dialled in yet. About 50 mm wide on these rims. > - I mounted the headlight on the fork shoulder because the cable stop > for the cantis was occupying the normal spot. The mount does hit the > downtube but only when the handlebars are turned more than 90°. I'll see > whether this becomes annoying or not. > > I've been for a couple of rides in the dusty, stony surrounds of > Montpellier so far and I love the way this bike rides. > > Thanks for reading! > > Tom > -- 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.
