[RBW] Re: 650B on a Rivendell Custom

2009-09-29 Thread James Valiensi
ups.com]on Behalf Of James Valiensi > Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 2:01 PM > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Subject: [RBW] Re: 650B on a Rivendell Custom > > Hi, > I have the long reach silvers, so sure they'll work. > But I got the tires last night, and de

[RBW] Re: 650B on a Rivendell Custom

2009-09-29 Thread Frederick, Steve
Subject: [RBW] Re: 650B on a Rivendell Custom Hi, I have the long reach silvers, so sure they'll work. But I got the tires last night, and decided not to use them on my Rivendell. The tires are smaller than listed. They measured 38mm wide on Velocity rims, and they are only 38mm tall. So the

[RBW] Re: 650B on a Rivendell Custom

2009-09-29 Thread James Valiensi
Hi, I have the long reach silvers, so sure they'll work. But I got the tires last night, and decided not to use them on my Rivendell. The tires are smaller than listed. They measured 38mm wide on Velocity rims, and they are only 38mm tall. So the tire diameter will be too small and my bottom

[RBW] Re: 650B on a Rivendell Custom

2009-09-29 Thread Z
Will the brakes reach? From: James Valiensi To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 1:22:24 PM Subject: [RBW] 650B on a Rivendell Custom Hullo All, I'm thinking of putting 650B x 42 on my custom Rivendell road bike.  The frame w

[RBW] Re: 650B on a Rivendell Custom

2009-09-28 Thread CycloFiend
on 9/28/09 11:22 AM, James Valiensi at valie...@mac.com wrote: > I'm thinking of putting 650B x 42 on my custom Rivendell road bike. > The frame was designed for 700C wheels and has a low bottom bracket > (BB drop is 83). I figure the 650B x 42 will have the same outside > diameter of 700C x 23.

[RBW] Re: 650B on a Rivendell Custom

2009-09-28 Thread rswat...@me.com
On Sep 28, 2009, at 12:22 PM, James Valiensi wrote: > > Hullo All, > I'm thinking of putting 650B x 42 on my custom Rivendell road bike. > The frame was designed for 700C wheels and has a low bottom bracket > (BB drop is 83). I figure the 650B x 42 will have the same outside > diameter of 700C x