Short answer to your question: yup! Also, looks great. Congrats on the new bike!
I used to have a Giordana XL-Super. Rode great, loved that bike, definitely regret selling it. Nick in ATX On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 12:51:22 PM UTC-6, Tim Gavin wrote: > > I received the 59 cm Roadeo frame from Dave N. yesterday. It's gorgeous! > I had it shipped to my friends' bike shop <http://goldfinchcyclery.com/> > and they were all drooling over it. > > > It's not my first Rivendell roadie (I also have a Rivendell Road > Standard, converted to a 650b tourer), but it's "my first Roadeo > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmczkkw6OZI>" (warning, nasty language > in that video clip--from *Mommie Dearest*). > > > I'm equipping the Roadeo with a Sachs New Success 2x8 Ergopower gruppo I > had on my Giordana XL-Eco. That frame rides sweet (definitely "planing") > and is very light, but it is a 57 (a little small for me) and only cleared > 700 x 26 tires (quite skinny for me). > > Preliminary build, awaiting proper BB, FD clamp, Brooks bar tape: > > It fits 700 x 38 tires (Challenge Gravel Grinders pictured) with about 3 > mm clearance at the brake caliper. > > > *A question on chainline:* > The crank sits too close on the 107 mm BB spindle. The rings do clear the > chainstay (barely), but the chain line measures at 40-41 mm. The standard > chainline for a road double is 43.5, according to St. Sheldon > <http://www.sheldonbrown.com/chainline.html>. > > If I replace the 107 mm BB with a 113 mm BB, that will move each side > outboard by 3 mm, correct? I need 3 more mm to make the chainline correct. > > (I would use the BB from the Giordana, but it has an Italian threaded > shell). > > > Thanks, > Tim Gavin > Cedar Rapids, IA > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
