Can't wait to see this built up! If I did a custom Rivendell, it would be similar. Stripped down, stout frameset with a long top tube. The major differences would be cantilever studs and much shorter chainstays.
On Monday, March 2, 2020 at 1:25:03 PM UTC-6, lconley wrote: > > My custom arrived last Wednesday. > > I have been slowly assembling it, but first I weighed it and the coated > the inside of the tubes with Boeshield. > > Not only did I want a custom, I need a custom. I am 6' tall with an 83 PBH > and weigh 280 lbs. No more extra long stems and setback seat posts on this > one. > > The seat tube is 53 C-to-top, the effective top tube is 60 C-to-C as best > I can measure. All of the frame tubes are 31.8 OD. The chains stays are 55. > I specified no provisions for fenders or racks and there are none - no > dropout eyelets, no fork or stay fittings, no mounting holes in the chain > stay or seat stay bridges. There are Rene Herse centerpull brake braze-ons. > > The frame (bare except for seat binder bolt and rear brake adjuster in the > seat stay mounted cable stop) weighs 5 lb. 13 oz. and the fork weighs 29.2 > oz. for a total weight of 7 lb. 10 oz. The IRD bottom roller bearing > headset weighs 4.2 oz. for an assembled frame and fork of 7 lb. 10 oz. This > is less than 1 lb. heavier than my 56 cm 1971 Gitane Tour de France - a > classic Reynolds 531 racing bike. > > One surprise was the 30.0 seat post - not an easy item to find in silver > and I really don't want to use an adapter long term. I found an NOS > Campagnolo Icarus 30.0 seat post from the early 90s in silver. Just have to > wait for it to get here from Italy. > > I need get to work on building the wheels - 650B. > > [image: IMG_0558.jpg] > > Derailleurs are Campagnolo Athena 11s because they are silver, the front > derailleur has an integral clamp that fits the seat tube with no spacer and > NOS units were very available at very reasonable prices. Crank is a Rene > Herse 11 speed, 26-42 and the rear cassette will be a 12-28 Dura Ace 11 sp. > > Laing > Delray Beach FL > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/74d9eed0-438c-4809-905c-aef17cb7b685%40googlegroups.com.
