According to the table here, Ishiwata 002 it is 9/6/9: http://www.vintage-trek.com/refurbish.htm
The Ishiwata in the table doesn't have the qualifier "E" after the number; I don't know whether it's the same thing as the 002E of the RB-1. On Mar 4, 11:30 am, nathan spindel <nath...@gmail.com> wrote: > And for bonus points, does anyone have an idea of the thicknesses on > my '90 RB-1? The brochure just says Ishiwata 022E quad-butted. I'm > curious. :) > > -nathan > > On Mar 4, 2010, at 9:11 AM, reynoldslugs <be...@perrylaw.net> wrote: > > > Thanks for finding that... 8/6/8 for the larger sizes makes sense. > > Now, for the last piece of the puzzle - and for the prize cigar and > > kewpie doll - did Grant ever post the tubeset thicknesses for the > > Rambouillet? I looked back in old Readers and couldn't locate > > anything. > > > On Mar 4, 7:31 am, Horace <max...@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote: > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > >> From: "gr...@rivbike.com" <grantmill...@gmail.com> > > >> Date: Jul 9 2009, 1:21 pm > > >> Subject: Frame-Bike Plans (some) > > >> To: RBW Owners Bunch > > >>> Newlite Roadbike. TheROADEO<---final name, final spelling, thanks > > >> for all your input and don't take offense. > > >>> This is really Mark's bike, by which I mean he asked for it/ > >>> suggested > > >> it as a bike for clubbies. He's a club rider a couple of days a week, > > >> and rides his cross bikes--which to me are light enough, at 19-20lb, > > >> even with fatty tires (and he's still the fastest by a good margin, > > >> and the humblest). But he sees his fellow clubbies buying road bikes > > >> with carbon this and that, and was thinking hmm, they should get a > > >> nice lugged steel bike, and if we made it light enough and roadynuff > > >> they probably would. > > >> Originally,'twas gunnabe for short reach brakes, but nobody here > > >> really rides with those anymore, so, with some input from Jay's, > > >> they'll use standard reach brakes, which means...about 56mm reach, > > >> about like the 'bouillet. > > >> TUBING: The goal is a clubbie bike, so it's going to be clubbie > >> light, > > >> and it should, ideally, be ridding by somebody who is, if not clubbie > > >> light, at least knows how to ride light. A Nureyev-like 225-pounder > > >> who lifts over bumps and veers around pothholes and rides 32mm tires > > >> at 85psi rides lighter than a Nagurski-like 150-pounder who rides > >> 23mm > > >> tires at 115psi and hits everything with a stiff body and locked > >> arms. > > >> So, it's hard to give this bike a weight limit. I should point out > > >> that you aren't buying an engine with this bike; you're supplying the > > >> engine, and it's good to somewhat match the engine's weight with the > > >> frame's weight. > > >> OK: Up to 57cm, the main tube butts are 0.65, with 0.4bellies. Bigger > > >> than that, 0.8 butts with 0.6bellies. It's superstrong heat-treated > > >> steel, so strength isn't much of an issue. Flex is more of an issue, > > >> but nobody really anymore believes that flexless frames are the goal > > >> (I never have). A more rigid frame matters if you're toting weight, > > >> but not as much if you aren't, and as we introduce this as a > > >> superlight clubbie-bike, its flex-under-a-touring-load shouldn't > > >> matter. > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en > > . -- 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=en.
