Hi Bruce- Have you tried a 55 Riv. They really do fit quite a bit differently than other makers bikes due to the low bb and the slacker seat tubes. As an example, in other bikes that I've owned that are 61-62cm c-t have standover height that is pretty equivalent to the 63.5 Riv that I ride now. When I ride the Riv a lot and then switch over to my 62cm Davidson, I feel a great deal higher than on the Riv. It's pretty noticeable.
Make sure you check the height b/4 you go with 650b. Enjoy the new bike, Joe Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 20:00:42 -0800 From: [email protected] Subject: [RBW] Riv Build Ideas? To: [email protected] Thanks to another list member, an early Waterford era Rivendell frame (with two forks!) is inbound. It's a 55 +/- in size and while I rode a 57 cm Trek Pro 560 for a couple thousand miles a few years ago, 55 is just a bit too tall for me in 700 guise. So, I'm approaching this as a 650B conversion. I picked up a Campy Veloce 130 mm BC road triple (square taper BB). The stock rings are 52/42/30, which may do just fine. The 42 may go to 40 though. It's very lightweight and pleaseing to the eye. Anyway, I'm soliciting derailler ideas. What bottom pulling front triple shifters are out there these days? RBW seems to have gone awy from the Shimano 105 that came on my Ram. I expect that I'll run 7,8, or 9 cogs, depending on what I find in the way of a wheelset. I have randoneur bars and Tiagra brake grips on the shelf, and am thinking this bike will be set up road standard-ish. Ideas (as well as offers to get your garage shelf items moved to mine) are welcome. TIA Bruce _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_AE_Faster_022009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
