Thanks Bruce. That's close to where my bike is also, even with the 180 cranks. I don't pedal gonzo around corners either. I'll have more clearance with taller tires and shorter cranks also. Gaining confidence in this conversion. On Nov 16, 2013 6:07 AM, "Bruce Herbitter" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not sure I understand your question. You usually talk in terms of BB > height. You mean from pedal to floor with crank arm at 6:00 position? My > 650B conversion of an early Road has 2 7/8" under the pedal measured this > way. I can't recall a pedal strike in over 5,000 miles, but there may have > been one or two. I don't corner like a racer, however. The bike has had > Pari Motos, Maxy Fasty and Cypres tires > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Jim Bronson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Is there any rule of thumb on this? Put the 650b wheels on my custom Riv >> with 32.8mm Nifty Swifty tires and there is less than 3 inches of clearance >> from the crankarm to the floor. >> >> I think it's ridable...if I never pedal through corners. I'm just afraid >> it's going to bite me sometime when I'm tired and not thinking about it. >> >> I suppose bigger tires and shorter crankarms would help some. There is a >> huge amount of clearance available underneath the R559 brakes I installed. >> And I'm running 180s now so could go down to 175s or even 170s. Might be >> able to get another 15mm of clearance or so with 170s and 40mm tires. >> >> But anyway :) >> >> -- >> Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
