Certainly one of the most sensitive places to have surgery! Having had 3 ankle surgeries over the years.
Wonderful frame, would have to spend a good bit of cash to get something like that built these days. 700 conversion is certainly worth going to. Modern brakes have much less flex. As for wheels, modern rims with machined brake track (Mavic Open Pro, CR 18 for instance) would be preferred. I like Shimano hubs because they are easy to rebuild and service from that period. Downside is finding a 120 freewheel hub built to a modern machined brake track rim. I'm sure there are plenty of other excellent opinions. Cheers Bill in Roswell, GA On Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 11:21:03 AM UTC-5, Wayne Naha wrote: > > This past Monday a very helpful and friendly orthopedic surgeon kindly > harvested a tendon from somewhere inside my right foot and used it to > replace a long missing ligament that used to stabilize my ankle when > walking. He also scraped out a good deal of osteo-arthritic buildup that > had been limiting the range of motion of my foot. Recovery has been a bit > painful so far. There can be no weight on the joint for three weeks. So > here I am, reclining on the couch, a little loopy from pain meds, but so > far not watching daytime TV. To pass the time, I'm kind of daydreaming > about doing a 700C conversion to my 1976 Raleigh Gran Sport. It's a nifty > little number with double butted 531 frame, fork, and stays. Years ago I > installed a Moustache h'bar and Technomic Deluxe stem, also a new cartridge > bottom bracket and a Sugino XD2 triple crank. Now for the wheels. I'd > like to be able to take advantage of the huge variety of 700C tires. And > going to 700C will give me more clearance for a wider tire, something I > definitely want now that I am out in the country with all the washboard > dirt roads. So, any suggestions on how to proceed? I've never done one of > these conversions. > -- 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.
