[RBW] Re: Rivendell Road Re-Build
Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to seeing the completed project. (And can you teach my neighbors how to flatten boxes before putting them in the recycling bin? None of them seemed to have learned this important life skill...) --Ed C. -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Rivendell Road Re-Build
Nicely done Bruce. Glad the ride and handling came together right out of the box! That's a great feeling. With the change to 650b wheels did you encounter pedal strike? Best, Rich in ATL On Monday, April 8, 2019 at 6:08:10 AM UTC-4, Fullylugged wrote: > > The order for bar tape and bottle cages has not come in yet, but I put > some bar end plugs in and took it for a Sunday drive. About 30 miles > including our club relaxer. The bike weighs 18.5 lbs and is very > responsive. Very comfortable and nice handling. Nothing needed tweaking. > > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Rivendell Road Re-Build
Very nice build, well done! JohnS On Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 7:31:42 AM UTC-4, Fullylugged wrote: > > I finally got my July 1995 Road Prototype back from Wanta Frames of > Clearwater FL. It needed a chainstay replaced due to a crack. The paint > had to be re-done afterward as a natural course of events following the new > tube. The original Reynolds 753 was replaced with a Columbus SL that was > laying around the shop. The repair looks good. The fillet braze at the rear > drop out matches the one done by Waterford. The joinery at the bottom > bracket shell looks good. Spacing at the dropouts is dead on. The turn > around time ran longer than quoted by a fair bit. I have yet to find a bike > painter who is actually done on time. In all fairness, there are many > unknowns in that line of work and they're giving you their best guess. His > communication was adequate. He discounted his price AND covered return > shipping due to the delay and since I had something else to ride, I was > never in a panic. > > The paint job is not as good as the frame repair, nor as nice as the one > Nathan Barnes (Pelham, AL) did on my Amber Gold Rambouillet. He was to keep > the same light English blue with cream lugs as it was when I sent it to > him. The BB shell was sent there blue, but he thought cream looked nicer > so he did that on his own. The frame blue came out Okay, but the fork has > areas that are slightly purple-ish under the surface, that you can see > close up in the daylight. The lug edges have color bleed, unlike the Ram > which is very crisp. Having said that, if you are more than 6" away, it > looks fine and will when built up. Close ups of head tubes from both are > attached. > > Speaking of the build, this time it will have a Campy Veloce compact > double instead of the previous triple. Also a tall stem (courtesy of this > list!) with Nitto rando #135 bars. Brakes will be Tektro long reach and the > wheels will be 650B. Velocity Synergy rims on Shimano 105 hubs. I have an > 8 speed 11-36 cassette on. With 34/36 on tap, I can climb most of the > hills I need to. I put a silky Shimano UN-72 BB in and it has the effect > of giving me a slightly wider Q factor which suits my natural posture well. > Silver DT shifters, Campy Mirage FD and Ultegra rear. A picture of the 1st > hour of work is attached. I had to clean and grease everything out before > installing including the Chris King headset.Also, ignore the boxes in my > garage that will be flattened and bundled for Tuesday recycle pick up. :) > > More pictures and notes as they happen. This bike differs from the Road > Standard in that it as a Waterford geometry frame front end with a slack > seat tube and longer chain stays you expect on a Riv. My normal size on a > 700c wheel bike is 50cm. This is a 54.5CM and it is fine. The biplane fork > has 6 mm more rake than a standard Waterford. This bike has no headtube > extension and a level TT. It also has Japanese dropouts. Fork tubes are > 531, Original frame tubes are 753, heavier wall. The original 753 decal was > French, but the replacement put on now is in English. > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Rivendell Road Re-Build
Rich the BB drop is not excessive on the Road so there is no pedal strike and also no toe overlap. The BB heights of all my bikes are: Road: 10 5/16" 650B conversionRam 10 1/2" This is factory not a conversion.Waterford RS-12 10 5/16" 650B conversion (although fork is designed as 650B)Nashbar Mk III 11 1/4" (This was a crit racer frame) 650B conversion. Thanks for the kind words. On Monday, April 8, 2019, 12:21:25 PM CDT, RichS wrote: Nicely done Bruce. Glad the ride and handling came together right out of the box! That's a great feeling. With the change to 650b wheels did you encounter pedal strike? Best,Rich in ATL -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Rivendell Road Re-Build
Ah, perfect! Both my Sam and Atlantis have a 10 1/2" drop. - Rich On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 1:35 PM bruce.herbit...@gmail.com < bruce.herbit...@gmail.com> wrote: > Rich the BB drop is not excessive on the Road so there is no pedal strike > and also no toe overlap. The BB heights of all my bikes are: > > Road: 10 5/16" 650B conversion > Ram 10 1/2" This is factory not a conversion. > Waterford RS-12 10 5/16" 650B conversion (although fork is designed as > 650B) > Nashbar Mk III 11 1/4" (This was a crit racer frame) 650B conversion. > > Thanks for the kind words. > > On Monday, April 8, 2019, 12:21:25 PM CDT, RichS > wrote: > > > Nicely done Bruce. Glad the ride and handling came together right out of > the box! That's a great feeling. > With the change to 650b wheels did you encounter pedal strike? > > Best, > Rich in ATL > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/YojLXomrPvo/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
