On Sep 28, 2009, at 11:27 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> 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. > 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. Well, this is certainly a peculiar sounding All-Rounder. Are you the original owner? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
