+1 for Ryan's request for more pics Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 6:29 PM, Ryan<ryter...@mts.net> wrote: 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. 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. -- 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/1070691136.3572307.1672194631631%40mail.yahoo.com.
