[RBW] can one convert a 53 atlantis to a 650b?
just wonderingand what cost/replacements are involved? ...read somewhere of people doing such but am not sure if this size was doable or not. cheers and happy riding joe -- 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-bunch@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.
Re: [RBW] can one convert a 53 atlantis to a 650b?
on 5/29/11 9:33 AM, canali at jwcoll...@hotmail.com wrote: just wonderingand what cost/replacements are involved? ...read somewhere of people doing such but am not sure if this size was doable or not. I think a few people have experimented or at least measured for this - You should take a loop through the archives - this topic has cropped up a couple of times. In a more generic list, like iBob, the basic question is the efficacy of changing a 26 (559) wheeled bike to a 650B (584). Unlike the initial idea of 650B/584 conversion from a 700C/622 size, the core question might be what do you hope to gain? For a cantilever brake equipped bicycle, I'd say the first mechanical issue to consider is that of brake position. - Jim -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Gallery updates now appear here - http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com There were messengers who named their bikes, but Chevette never would have done that, and somehow because she did think about it like it was something alive. William Gibson - Virtual Light -- 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-bunch@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.
Re: [RBW] can one convert a 53 atlantis to a 650b?
On 5/29/2011 1:24 PM, CycloFiend wrote: on 5/29/11 9:33 AM, canali at jwcoll...@hotmail.com wrote: just wonderingand what cost/replacements are involved? ...read somewhere of people doing such but am not sure if this size was doable or not. I think a few people have experimented or at least measured for this - You should take a loop through the archives - this topic has cropped up a couple of times. In a more generic list, like iBob, the basic question is the efficacy of changing a 26 (559) wheeled bike to a 650B (584). Unlike the initial idea of 650B/584 conversion from a 700C/622 size, the core question might be what do you hope to gain? For a cantilever brake equipped bicycle, I'd say the first mechanical issue to consider is that of brake position. - Jim VO blog from 20 May, 2011 has one person's opinion/experience of this conversion on a 26 LHT. Not an Atlantis, but similar geometry and cantilever brakes. David -- 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-bunch@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.
