Hi Lee, Yes Patrick is right, the stability is a feeling of being in control of the bike with the absence of any jittery feeling or twitchiness. I had a similar epiphany when I converted my Ram from 700c to 650b and went from 32 mm 700c tires to 42 mm 650b tires. The wide supple tires gave a strikingly greater feeling of control and balance on my bike.
--Not sure how long the chainstays are--I didn't see the final geometry on paper... Toshi On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Lee Legrand <krm2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Toshi, > > What do you mean by stable? Do you mean the rear does not wag when you > climb out of the seat? (That what happens on my old bike) > > On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 2:17 PM, Ryan Fleming < > ryanmalloryflem...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Wow....nice...can't wait to see it all built up >> >> >> On Friday, August 18, 2017 at 12:33:52 PM UTC-5, ttoshi wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, I've gotten several questions about the custom up on Instagram, >>> so I thought I would tell you about the bike. >>> >>> I plan to use the 650b bike for randonneuring. It has the dropout that >>> allows a wireless connection to a Schmidt dynamo. I'm planning to ride >>> with 42mm Hetre/BSP tires. The 42s likely wouldn't clear the Paul Racers >>> without deflation, so I opted to get the Compass Centerpulls. There is >>> internal wire routing as well as some thoughtful braze-ons for wiring of >>> the taillight in the rear. >>> >>> While Grant was designing the bike, he had me ride the Blue Rosco Road. >>> The long chainstays gave the Rosco Road a fantastic stability in the ride, >>> but the bike felt really nimble when I shifted my weight. I know that I am >>> going to love the ride with the long chainstays. >>> >>> Can't wait till it's built up! >>> >>> Toshi >>> >>> -- >> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
