Eric- Your 650B conversion turned out great! The bars are cool, like a porteur with a moustache. Maybe you'll iron out the kludges as time goes by, or maybe they'll remain as this bike's personality.
FYI, Dia-compe 750 centerpulls have just a little more reach (78 mm, vs 73 mm of R559/Silvers) if you're in that situation again. I converted my Riv Road to 650B with similarly fantastic results. I rode it with moustaches and barcons for a year, but I prefer it now with drops and old Campy ergos. Be careful when leaning in turns until you figure out how much clearance you have; your frame (citically, the BB shell) is about a centimeter lower than it was designed for. Cheers, Tim On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Eric Daume <[email protected]> wrote: > I had time over my Christmas break, so I was able to get my Trek 650B > conversion mostly finished up: > > http://bikingtoplay.blogspot.com/2014/12/trek-620-650b-conversion.html > > It's an amazing transformation. The supple, fat tires really do make the > bike. > > Riv content: I re-read RR #33 last night to think about when this kind of > conversion was still a novelty (2004). > > Eric > > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
