I have my 68ST/64TT 90s Riv Custom or Road Standard (not sure which) converted to 650b. It is a Joe Starck brazed frame also. Max clearance on my frame is for 38mm wide tires so I'm running 650x38b Compass Loup Loups. Caliper says they measure the full 38mm wide on my rims. Brakes are Tektro R559. 46cm Noodles (may try 48s next time), 100mm extension on Nitto quill stem.
BB clearance is low with the conversion. It's fine for me with 175s, I scraped a few times at first, but after that I got used to the more limited clearance. I wouldn't go thinking you can run big man cranks on a frame of this vintage (assuming yours is like mine). Maybe 180s will work, but 200s, well, no way in h-e-double chopsticks that would work.(!!!!) If you have to have 200s I would go get a custom 650b frame instead purpose built. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but the ultra long cranks just will not work on a converted Riv with the sorts of BB drop specs that Riv normally puts in their frames. I don't have the brake problems that Eric Daume opined about. The R559s work acceptably with the stock pads. I'm sure the Koolstop Salmons would upgrade the available braking power but the stock pads are quiet. I have ridden approximately 11,000km in brevets on this combo (results verifiable on RUSA site) and all the other rides I do but for fun and puttering around as well which I don't have a count for but maybe another 5,000-7,000k-ish or so. Jim On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 8:39 AM, Abcyclehank <hankinso...@me.com> wrote: > Just completed my fleet by purchasing a Joe/Joe 68cm Riv Custom frameset. > Considering a 650b build possibly due to severe overlap of ride options. > Plan to reconfigure the 68cm Atlantis and 64cm Bombadil also. Will > constitute my winter projects here during an uncertain Michigan winter. > Currently 60 degrees on Nov. 6th, loving the extended fall riding season. > Not even thinking about hanging up the classics and dragging out the XXL > Moonlander yet. > > What specific experiences have fellow listers had with conversions? > > Ryan Hankinson > West Michigan > > -- > 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. > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ signature goes here -- 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.
