I have built up and ridden this bike with 700c wheels there is no way a 26inch wheel would work with this frame. A 650b is even too small to work with the position of the cantilever bosses, which I tried to lower the standover height.
On Sep 28, 7:02 am, Tim McNamara <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sep 27, 2009, at 11:30 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > On Sep 26, 5:11 am, James Dinneen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A 33.5 inch standover height seems way too tall for a 55.5 seat > >> tube. Are you sure on that measurement? > > >> --- On Fri, 9/25/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> hello all I'm selling my 55.5 cm all rounder frame the standover > >> height is just a little too tall for me it's about 33.5 inches. > >> It is > >> in amazing shape no dents or dings a few scratches and chips of > >> paint. This is a waterford built bike burnt orange color it has a > >> 57.5 top tube ctoc and takes 700 c tires has fender eyelets no rack > >> eyelets. Frame and Fork only 1100. email me if you want photos. > > The allrounders were a semi custom bike at this time and could be > > ordered with a varity of modifications like 700c instead of 26inches. > > The standover is so high because of the combination of a already high > > bottom bracket with 700c wheels. The main difference between this and > > the long low besides the bottom bracket height is the chainstays. The > > longlows were narrower, where as the allrounders were wide enough to > > accept a very large tire size. > > To the best of my recollection- and having paid quite a bit of > attention when I ordered my A/R in 1996- the Waterford era A/Rs were > not available as 700C bikes. And they certainly did not have a > "high" bottom bracket as a low bottom bracket is a hallmark of > Grant's designs. Because the frames were designed for 26" wheels, > the A/Rs had much less BB drop than the Road and LongLows. You seem > to be describing an A/R with the wrong wheels in it. > > Some photos would be very interesting. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
