[RBW] My Riv story and my Surly Pacer 650b conversion

2012-04-01 Thread Toshi Takeuchi
Well, the event that led me to my first Rivendell bike was the unfortunate death of a local rider on Grizzly Peak Rd. in Berkeley when he hit a crack in the road and lost control into oncoming traffic. Since I'm not a racer (although I like doing endurance events), I decided that it made sense for

Re: [RBW] My Riv story and my Surly Pacer 650b conversion

2012-04-01 Thread cyclotourist
Hi Toshi, sounds like a GREAT conversion. I've said before that the Pacers should be built around full 57mm brake reach so they could fit larger tires. Good bikes other than that detail! BTW, the MTBR link doesn't show the bike unless you're signed in. On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Toshi

Re: [RBW] My Riv story and my Surly Pacer 650b conversion

2012-04-01 Thread Toshi Takeuchi
Here's the flickr uploaded pic of the Pacer: http://www.flickr.com/photos/42771204@N00/7037147233/in/photostream -- 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