Are you sure this isn’t a Long Low? I have a ‘99 JS Road Std, also with short reach brakes (that probably maxes out between 32 and 35mm) and I don’t recall the Road Std having any other brake option…
Doug On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 2:03 PM Jim Bronson <jim.bron...@gmail.com> wrote: > I also have a Joe Starck Road Standard from that era, but mine has short > reach brakes. It barely fits a 700c 30mm under the brakes, I'm surprised > you got a 35 in there. Yours must have been built with more brake > clearance than mine. I also converted mine to 650B and have ridden it > 10,000 kilometers of brevets that way and lots of other rides. I'm not so > sure you'll be able to fit a 42 in there though, the chainstay width and > fork width is the limiting factor on my bike. I'm pretty sure a 42mm would > rub. However, if you can make it work then more power to you. I'm happy > with my 38s and cream longboards I got from Rivendell. > > I want to also convert my Redwood, and I'm hoping it will fit 650Bx48. I > do have the parts to do it, but you would not like the rims I have anyway, > I'm 6'7" 300+ and I've destroyed too many lightweight rims to buy any more, > it gets expensive. 600-650 grams is where I shoot for now. I've gotten > good service from Velocity Atlas 650B, to name one in particular. > Eventually though they all crack around the spoke bed and I have to get > another wheel built. I need to get back down to my pre-parenthood weight, > more in the 240-260 range, that was easier on bike parts. > > Anyway good luck with your older Rivendell! I love mine! > > Jim > Austin suburbs > -- 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/CAK64jTH9qAj0hXsu5e-U7cieLvZi4gGvSmNQfpUx3gZMZsYKag%40mail.gmail.com.
