Thanks for the replies. I'll keep a sharp eye out for a good old racing frame from the pre-crit era with horizontal dropouts and bad paint, for cheap. And if anyone has more personal experience comparing particular makes/models with Rivendell road models, I'd like to hear from him/her.
I think I'll prefer a racing bike for the lighter tubing and fewer braze ons; this will be a dedicated, retro-style gofast bike (of a sort; I'm not very fast, but I do like light bikes). I don't need the braze ons; I've got 2 other bikes with full braze ons. Why a separate bike for the AM hub? Because why not? More particularly, it would be nice to have it match somewhat the period of the hub. Craig, if you read this, the AM is very definitely *not* a substitute for a TF! I'll use wheels appropriate to the frame, which if it is used and meets my other criteria will be 700C. Ray: what exactly do you mean by "it rides naively"? I can live with French threading for a top line Motobecane, though of course I'd prefer English. Rather wish I'd kept the Motobecane I once owned. John -- thanks. I'm not quite ready yet, though I'll keep the Brothel in mind. Just ended up paying more than I had anticipated for the Matthews crank conversion (but it will be nice!) I'm hoping for another deal as with the Motobecane: $25 on eBay with $30-40 shipping. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
