Redwood fit 35mm 700c tires, could possibly squeeze in fenders, but it'd be really tight. I believe it would fit Compass' Barlow Pass tires just fine. I was content with it set up as a 700c road bike, but I had parts on hand to experiment with. I'm riding it a whole lot more with the 650b wheels, and will leave it like this indefinitely. I have SKS fenders as well that need to be installed. Plenty of room for those. David Chicago
On Monday, October 5, 2015 at 11:50:33 AM UTC-5, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > I squeeze 32mm tires into my frame, but it's built around a 28mm size. > Going to a 42B size would drop me down 9mm. That's a chunk of loss there! > > But the new me is 100% content with the bike I have, yes I am. 100%, sir! > > > On Monday, October 5, 2015 at 9:19:42 AM UTC-7, David Banzer wrote: >> >> During the conversion of the Redwood, I finally came to the realization >> about overall wheel diameter. Granted, larger tires will have more tire >> drop so that will affect overall bb height during riding. However, consider >> the overall wheel diameter of a 700c wheel with a skinny tire - 700cx23mm >> is the same overall diameter as 650bx42mm. It'd be silly to run a 700x23 >> tire on a bike with clearances for larger tires, but I doubt many would be >> concerned about bb height as the original wheel size is preserved. >> In short - try it out for sure. >> I actual prefer the handling of this bike with the 47mm tires rather than >> the 40mm tires as it gets the overall wheel diameter closer to what the >> bike was designed for. >> David >> Chicago >> >> On Monday, October 5, 2015 at 10:37:19 AM UTC-5, cyclot...@gmail.com >> wrote: >>> >>> I always toy with the idea of a b conversion, but the lowish BB on my >>> bike is a concern. But maybe not so much of one that I shouldn't do it! >>> Thanks for the datapoint! >>> >>> On Monday, October 5, 2015 at 7:55:47 AM UTC-7, David Banzer wrote: >>>> >>>> I had some concerns when I was riding with Hetres (40mm or so, didn't >>>> give them a chance to stretch) and recently when I tried the 1.75" Pari >>>> Motos (actual 38/39mm). Mostly just brushing a shoe when I forgot going >>>> around tight corners, usually at a slow speed. With the VR Speedsters >>>> (actual 47mm) there really isn't a concern at all. I think I figured it's >>>> the same overall diameter as a 700x28c tire. >>>> David >>>> Chicago >>>> >>>> On Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 11:01:12 PM UTC-5, cyclot...@gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> That bike looks great as a B conversion. Any pedal-strike problems >>>>> with it's relatively low bottom bracket? >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 8:55 PM, David Banzer <daba...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Short blog post about a short bike ride to get a short cup of coffee. >>>>>> Riv content - took Redwood, freshly shod with A23 wheelset. Vee >>>>>> Rubber Speedsters back on and feel nice and cushy. >>>>>> http://treetopbags.blogspot.com/2015/10/coffeeneuring-ride-1.html >>>>>> David >>>>>> Chicago >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> David >>>>> >>>>> Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace >>>>> >>>>> "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- 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.
