Thanks for the comments, everyone! I decided that I'm going to build this up as my commuter/light tourer, replacing my current too-small-for-me Bridgestone 450 of the same year, or possibly the year after. I've been riding the 450 to 5 miles work every day for almost 8 years, and I even toured with it a few times, in a kind of janky, not-ideal but who cares kind of way. I love the bike, but luckily this T700 I found for free is just my size so I'm replacing it.
The only difference between the two frames is that the 450 has less tire clearance and recessed brake nuts. A couple of years ago I did a 650b conversion on it which allowed me to get fenders plus 32mm Nifty Swifty's. I haven't tried Col de la Vie's but I have a feeling they'd just barely fit. But when on the T700 I found, I'll be able to put Schwalbe Marathons on these wheels, something I'm super excited about. Other than the wheelset I'll be migrating my Bosco bars, shimano levers, Sun Race one-at-a-time shifters and my compact Tubus "Fly" rear rack. The crank was missing when I found it, so I'm adding a new Sugino x D600, and just replaced the bottom bracket last night. Jack B: I love your suggestion of getting a Sam Fork, but, I think I might hold off and at some point buy a true tourer like a Hunq or an Atlantis. I'll post pictures at some point if you all are interested. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
