On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 12:27 -0400, Seth Vidal wrote: > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > Having to deflate the tire wasn't a quality control issue, but rather > > the consequence of the decision to go with horizontal dropouts, I > > believe. > > Making the dropouts a tiny amount shorter would have solved that one.
Not really. I had a frame builder remove as much from the dropouts as he safely could. I could get Col de la Vies out without deflating... and then I switched the bike to Pari Motos, and I'm back to having to deflate the tire to remove and replace the wheel. > > > And that, in turn, is traceable to a desire to accommodate > > both internal gear and derailleur drive trains. > > > > As for the chain > > rubbing the seat stay, no idea about that - it doesn't happen with > > either of my 650B P/Rs. > > happened, iirc, on all of the 700c P/Rs. I think the 700C P/R was an ill-advised hack. Matthew should have left well enough alone and Just Said No. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
