Ten years ago I took delivery on a custom LongLow, paid for with proceeds from an accident settlement. Most of you know the long version of the story so I needn't go into it here.
I LOVE this bike. I ride it more often than any of my other bikes (I have four, at present). It has towed trailers, carried bike buckets filled to overflow with groceries, wet laundry or books; it has been on bike-camping trips and has traveled with me to graduate school and back again. It fits me like a dream and I love it. You may be asking, "where's the 'but' in this story?" ...BUT I wish I'd had it made around fatter tires. (Side note: I do NOT want to run 650B wheels to get a fatter tire on this bike. 650B, while providing a nice ride, poses logistical issues for me that I don't have the money or storage space to solve, and I'd rather just not go there.) The bike is currently able to handle 700 x 32 tires with a fender... barely. I am thinking of converting this bike to a center-pull brake, which hopefully would give me just enough room to accommodate a 700 x 35 tires AND a nicer fender. (I'm looking at a set of V-O aluminum fenders.) Has anyone else tried this approach? How has it worked? Have you noticed a serious braking deficit when switching from dual-pivot to center-pull? Comments, please. Beth <br><br>http://bikelovejones.livejournal.com<br /> http://veloquent.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
