[RBW] Re: Just Completed: 68cm Rambouillet 650b Land Yacht

2016-09-11 Thread Lungimsam
Still riding it 650b?How has it worked 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this

[RBW] Re: Just Completed: 68cm Rambouillet 650b Land Yacht

2015-01-15 Thread lungimsam
Beautiful! Looks great. And massive clearance for tires and fenders! On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 3:16:59 PM UTC-5, Kieran J wrote: Hi Alls, After having a too-small 66cm Ram in 700c for a bit, I recently acquired a 68cm frameset from listmember Geoff Wendt (thanks Geoff!). I

[RBW] Re: Just Completed: 68cm Rambouillet 650b Land Yacht

2015-01-13 Thread Geoffrey
Nice job Kieran! It obviouly found a very good home! On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 2:16:59 PM UTC-6, Kieran J wrote: Hi Alls, After having a too-small 66cm Ram in 700c for a bit, I recently acquired a 68cm frameset from listmember Geoff Wendt (thanks Geoff!). I proceeded to build it

[RBW] Re: Just Completed: 68cm Rambouillet 650b Land Yacht

2015-01-12 Thread Kieran J
I feel you, Bill! I know they aren't needed, but I do like how the leather washers cozy up the fitment of the squared washers to the rounded contour of the fender. It adds a bit of a colour accent too ;-) KJ On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 11:01:19 PM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: Great work.

Re: [RBW] Re: Just Completed: 68cm Rambouillet 650b Land Yacht

2015-01-12 Thread David Banzer
No fenders on mine, so there's where the extra clearance comes from. I'm using the Tektro widemouth sidepulls (up to 57mm reach), forget the exact model name. I could probably do 35mm tires with SKS fenders. David Chicago -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[RBW] Re: Just Completed: 68cm Rambouillet 650b Land Yacht

2015-01-11 Thread Kieran J
Honestly, there's gobs of tire clearance. Without the fenders, I'm sure I could get some 27.5 x 2.1 knobblies in there. I just weighed the thing, and it comes in at a respectable 27 lbs. Can't wait to do some rambling and ambling on this guy! KJ On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 3:16:59 PM

[RBW] Re: Just Completed: 68cm Rambouillet 650b Land Yacht

2015-01-11 Thread Deacon Patrick
Beautiful! Add an air horn to the tape job and you'll have a complete yacht. Grin. With abandon, Patrick -- 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

Re: [RBW] Re: Just Completed: 68cm Rambouillet 650b Land Yacht

2015-01-11 Thread Jim Bronson
Your Redwood uses 700x38?? With which Tektro brakes? I have the Shimano 47-57 on my Redwood and it does not look like I could go past the current 700x32. But I do run fenders, so there's that as well. On Jan 11, 2015 5:12 PM, David Banzer daban...@gmail.com wrote: There must've been a design

[RBW] Re: Just Completed: 68cm Rambouillet 650b Land Yacht

2015-01-11 Thread Bill Lindsay
Great work. One tiny quibble, though. The general consensus is you don't need to run leather washers at the fender eyebolts. Generally you only run leather washers where the fender attaches to the frame. It probably won't do any harm to have them there, but it's not necessary. Bill Lindsay

[RBW] Re: Just Completed: 68cm Rambouillet 650b Land Yacht

2015-01-11 Thread David Banzer
There must've been a design change in clearance at some point. When researching my interest in a Redwood (a less fancy Ram, but identical in geometry) I got feedback that the Ram didn't really clear larger tires, c. I thought, what the heck, I can live with 32mm max tires. Turns out it fits

[RBW] Re: Just Completed: 68cm Rambouillet 650b Land Yacht

2015-01-11 Thread David Spranger
That is a beauty for sure. I have the same crankset on my Ram and in single mode on my SimpleOne. I love it. David Charlotte, NC On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 3:16:59 PM UTC-5, Kieran J wrote: Hi Alls After having a too-small 66cm Ram in 700c for a bit, I recently acquired a 68cm

[RBW] Re: Just Completed: 68cm Rambouillet 650b Land Yacht

2015-01-11 Thread Kieran J
For sure there must have been some construction variation in the Rambouillet/Redwood lineage that led to differences in tire clearance. The 66cm Ram I had previous to this one had no dimples at the chainstays, whereas this one does. I think the brake bridge is slighly higher with this one as