I know this is a Rivendell forum...but show us more pictures of this lovely bike , please
Hope everyone is safe and warm and managing to enjoy family time in the holidays in this challenging weather On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 8:14:41 PM UTC-6 iamkeith wrote: > Winner winner, chicken dinner. That's one of the nicest bikes I've ever > seen. Good trade! > > On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 6:27:06 PM UTC-7 WilletM wrote: > >> >> I don't get a chance to share pics of my Ritchey Annapurna all that >> often, but this is a good illustration of the pricey WTB rollercams front >> and rear, with the rear being chainstay mounted. This frame was originally >> built up with a Campy Euclid gruppo, but the original owner (who must've >> been flush with cash, is all I can think) decided to bling it up with WTB >> and other top-of-the-top-shelf items, which necessitated also ordering a >> second Annapurna fork with rollercam mounts in the correct positions. >> >> Back in the early 1990's, I was in the right place at the right time and >> traded a nice-but-nothing-too-special Bridgestone RB-1 and $600 for this >> Annapurna and a mint Cinelli Supercorsa with Campy NR/SR. Those were the >> days. >> >> Willet M. >> >> >> >> [image: Dinner 015.jpg] >> >> On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 3:23:37 PM UTC-7 James wrote: >> >>> This is encouraging information! Thanks for sharing the knowledge. >>> Hoping to see the bike this week >>> >>> On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 1:48:12 PM UTC-5 Greg J wrote: >>> >>>> James, if the picture you attached is the actual bike you're looking >>>> at, those are the nice ones. You should have no issues with those brakes. >>>> They work great, they take normal brake shoes, and there are plenty >>>> enough >>>> of them for spare parts (although they're pretty well built). Good luck! >>>> >>>> Greg >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 9:54:22 AM UTC-8 iamkeith wrote: >>>> >>>>> Those can be great brakes. You're fortunate that the posts are >>>>> located on the seat stays. Most often they are on the bottom of the >>>>> chainstays and are difficult to work on just because of lack of space. >>>>> There are two slightly different versions of those sun tour brakes, with >>>>> one generally being considered superior. I don't know enough to identify >>>>> which yours is but there's info out there. There are also U-brakes that >>>>> look like giant frame-mount center-pull caliper brakes, which use the >>>>> same >>>>> mounting standard, but I don't know that they're an improvement at all. >>>>> They're bulky and have limited clearance. There are also super >>>>> sought-after roller cams made by WTB/Charlie Cunningham/DKG machine, but >>>>> they'd be a couple thousand dollars each IF you could even find them. >>>>> The >>>>> sun tours are a licensed version of those, and are pretty neat for a >>>>> runabout hobby bike. >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 10:39:26 AM UTC-7 James wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> This isn't a Rivendell related question, and for that I apologize, >>>>>> but ya'll are the most bike-savvy people I "know". I see a lot of value >>>>>> in >>>>>> a cheap, knock-around, lock-up-anywhere bike, so I have my eyes on a >>>>>> local >>>>>> Schwinn High Sierra. It has roller-cam brakes and I have know >>>>>> experience >>>>>> with those. What is yawls experience with roller-cam breaks and due to >>>>>> the >>>>>> placement of the mounts on the frame, what other brakes may be >>>>>> compatible? >>>>>> The mounts seem higher on the frame than cantilever mounts. Would >>>>>> center >>>>>> or side-pull brakes work? What other options do I have? Thank you >>>>>> >>>>>> Picture: https://imgur.com/0IqjRl1 >>>>>> >>>>> -- 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/be398ae5-7474-46e1-812e-79b62addc64an%40googlegroups.com.
