118 mm rear dropout OL spacing, to accommodate a 114 mm SA AM hub as well as a Surly 120 mm hub, but I wish I'd had it spaced at 114 mm because I just got a NOS *(NOS!!)* SA TF hub dated 1937 *(NOS!!)* from Hilary Stone that I mean to have built into the default wheel for the new Matthews 26" wheel road bike (the clone and improvement on the 2003 Curt Goodrich Riv Road custom). The TF 2-speed fixed hub is the simplest of SA's hubs, with a direct and 25% underdrive, and, so reports go, very little lash. The AM, again, has direct, 11.15% overdrive and 86.54% underdrive: 72/65/56 gear inches.
The frame is built with standard gauge .8/.5/.8 wall 531. The Matthews frame has dynamo wiring inside the right fork leg running to crown, thence under fender to arch holding Edeluxe, with tail light wire running from Edeluxe back under fender to crown, where it pops out to run to an internal tube in the top tube back to just under the seat cluster, and pop out again to enter the left seatstay for a bit, and exit just above the custom rack where it enters the central rack strut to run back to the tail light. As an additional custom touch I have spliced the tail light wire to power a Secula lamp clamped on the seatstay just above the wire exit, so that the SON powers 2 taillights and the headlight. The chainstays were measured to put the axle at the center of the custom cut, very long, plate (= thin, to accommodate the short SA axles) dropouts so that, with 17 t fixed cog or 19 t AM cog the wheel with Naches Pass 42 mm tires is pretty much centered under the VO hammered 50 mm fenders. Must take a new photo .... When I as 16 or so, as my second custom build, I tore apart and fully rebuilt an ancient Varsity: took it completely apart, stripped frame, spray painted (Flit gun, oil-based gloss enamel) black, and hand pinstriped it, adding a hand-made headbadge cut, bent, drilled, and engraved, made from one of my mother's brass coasters. Dog (very doggy) Latin, *Secundum Ventus.* Replaced Alvit drivetrain with 16 and 18 cogs on AW hub and Cyclo Benelux rd with 39 or 40 t inner ring. Whitewall tires, aluminum fenders. They heavy 1/8" chain hit the stay over bumps, so I cut a guard from a tin can, and bolted it silver inside outward to the stay. A rather nice looking bike. On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 11:04 AM Matthew Williams < matthewwilliamsdes...@gmail.com> wrote: .... What's a detail you've added to your bike? Has anyone noticed? Does your bike have a scuff that reminds you of a good ride? Does one of your grips have a spot where your thumb tends to rest? Did you add a pinstripe, a sticker, or a custom-fabbed bracket? Post photos of your finishing touches and share a story about your favorite subtle detail or beausage. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- 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/CALuTfgtd6X10JGJ1nhc2e5QkUbEg%3DDLE02ji9dAUTaN1%2Bf75%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com.
