Leah, I have a wonderful 650B velocity wheel set you may try. Also have g-ones tires and Hetras you could try. A different size rim will require an adjustment to brake pads.
It does frustrate me slightly that you ignore my advice about wheel and tire improvement on ride and weight until 4-5 others state the same claim. Oh well what do I know. For the record the least expensive option would have been to simply swap parts wheels etc from the Betz build over to the Clem to see which modifications were worth the build. However since you boxed up the bike before trying the other wheels and had no mechanic to help you with the swap and now the Benz has a new owner; therefore shopping for and buying new parts (wheels and tires 1st) buying used parts or borrowing some from me is really your only options. Sincerely, Ryan Hankinson West Michigan On Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 12:02:00 AM UTC-4, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > > I’m not fully committing to this yet. Roberta and I get into trouble > because we talk on Marco Polo and then we get ideas and then we like each > other’s ideas and the next thing we know our wallets are on fire. > > So, I am ordering a Cheviot, and I am spending extra $ to build it with > light parts. But that bike is a long way off, months, in fact. Meanwhile, > Roberta is giving her beloved Appaloosa a makeover and it is getting lots > of new parts and she’s having all the fun. And since we’re #Rivsisters and > I’m like that little sister who wants what her sister has, I want to > explore what it would take to lighten up my Clem L, which is my only bike > at present, and which is quite heavy. You’ll have heard me mention this in > Joe’s What Is A Cheviot thread. If my Clem could lose a little weight it > would be the most perfect bike anyone could dream up. A Susie version of > Clems would be just so ideal - someone should tell Riv. > > Anyway, if I got aluminum Bosco bars, and new wheels (don’t ask me what > kind, how would I know?) would this make my bike feel considerably lighter? > I don’t think I can give up my front derailleur because I use it for Killer > Hill. And what if I wanted to add dyno while I was at it? Would that negate > my weight savings? Also, I’m keeping my racks; I can’t part with those. > Maybe I’m not the best candidate for this... > > Has anyone built a Clem up with lighter parts? Does it make a big > difference? As in, is it worth the money? > > Thanks! > Leah -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c03ea198-ac2b-4a2f-891c-67bafa012fb5%40googlegroups.com.
