Hey Jim, How did you get the fender line to look that good on that bike? How did you space it rearward near the bottom bracket? Also what do you do for wheel removal? Do you have to deflate the tire?
Joe > Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:59:00 -0800 > Subject: [RBW] Re: fenders and short reach brakes > From: cloud...@aol.com > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > The extended headtube was a "standard" feature of the Rivendell Road > Standard as early as 1996. Here's a quote from the Summer 1996 > Rivendell Bicycle Works catalog: "The standard Rivendell frame has a > head tube 15mm taller than the top of the lug, and the steering tube > is 10mm extra longer (the difference is made up with a machined > spacer)..... If you know you won't want the high bar position, if you > understand its benefits but are set in your ways, we can build the > frame without the extension (it's easier to just leave it off, and > you'll save $10)." > > My Rivendell Road Standard, built in 1996, has the extended head > tube. It obviously makes it easier to achieve a higher position of > the handlebars without having an extremely long stem. Here's a link > that shows the extension quite well: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/37964...@n05/3634095108/in/set-72157619758078965/ > > Jim Cloud > Tucson, AZ > > On Nov 21, 5:35 am, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > Bruce, > > > > My Road Standard did have an extended heat tube, I specifically > > remember they brazed on a "spacer" above the top head lug (looked > > seamless once painted). This may have been an option, I don't recall; > > it certainly could have been since it the extension was a separate > > piece. I also had some extra headset spacers on the steerer tube. > > > > I believe the extended head tubes started from the begining, my frame > > was from the first "batch" delivered. > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/16951...@n08/1982654041/ > > > > Angus > > > > On Nov 20, 7:01 am, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > Angus: > > > > > Do you recall if the head tube on your '95 was extended or not? I'm > > > trying to fix in my mind the point at which Riv started to supply > > > extended head tubes. My early '95 has a short, Waterford style set up > > > (although with the Sachs lug set). I wonder how early mine is in the > > > production of road frames. > > > > > Since I converted mine to 650B, it takes fenders AND plump tires, using > > > Tektro brakes. :) > > > > > Bruce > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> > > > To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > > Sent: Fri, November 20, 2009 5:11:45 AM > > > Subject: [RBW] Re: fenders and short reach brakes > > > > > JL, > > > > > I had a first run Road Standard (late 95) and could not fit fenders > > > with a "real" 28mm tire. > > -- > > 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-bu...@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=. > > _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: I wanted simpler, now it's simpler. I'm a rock star. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:112009 -- 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-bu...@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=.
