“6’1” on a 65 Clem Smith Jr?!”, is what I said to myself in disbelief 🫢, but seeing the photo wiped away my fears. To be overly technical, 65s only came in H, H as in the top tube was all the way there, and as someone on the upper end of the 6’s with a 65 Clem H, I feared for your abrupt stops… But yeah, photos tell all, and specifically, that’s a 64, and a beautiful one at that. Enjoy! -Kai
On Monday, May 30, 2022 at 12:19:19 PM UTC-4 Mackenzy Albright wrote: > Howdy all, > > We are in new bike season, and hope to see lots of posts soon! Came across > it for sale from a RBW poster this winter. Third hand I think. Since I > spent most of my disposable income on it, Ive been doing my best to build > it as inexpensively as possible given costs of parts in Canada are > outrageous and hard to find, Coops are still difficult to access and short > of nicer parts because of shortages. I put my bike snob self aside to build > the cheapest possible version keeping to somewhat RIV spirit. > > 65cm frame (im about 6ft 1in) I love the fit. > Alex Adventurer 2 rims laced to used XTR disc, and 2nd hand SON disc (my > biggest expense) Random recut spokes for budgets. > Hand me down Racing Ralph and Nobby Nic > Brooks ive had for 15+ years > Altus rear DR > Suntour barcon (doesnt seem to like the spring of the altus) > 2x KMC chains - because I guess that is a thing > Cheap AVID levers > Losco Bars, my favorite bar ever. > 120mm nitto stem with shim that creaks non stop > ALIEXPRESS cranks mimicing the Silver cranks gearing and sprocket guard > Cheapest Shimano V brakes > AliExpress brake lever converters that I just use as a pulley now > ESI grips > Odyssey BMX petals > Sinkhole Montreal Custom Bar Bag > > The pink parts started off as a joke and because they're spares from a BMX > bike project that got canned. Now I am kind of into it. I need to find a > cheapish headlight, and would like to splurge on Simworks Flat 65 fenders > for when I move back to the coast. > > Once I get some camping trips in I need to decide how to carry camping > gear. Front and rear bags only? Front basket and panniers? who knows! half > the fun. > > Speaking of fun. I cannot believe how nice this rides. It tracks great at > speed, grips well on loose steep climbs, front end stays down during > climbing. And in general just so comfortable. I was skeptical going for the > 65 frame being only a bit over 6ft. With advice from Will at Riv, I was > able to get a good enough estimate to know I'd fit minimally. It's nice > having so much leeway to move the bars up and down and a good amount of > forward and backwards for leverage and comfort. I honestly just really like > this bike. I cant wait to get camping. > > [image: PXL_20220530_144915904.jpg] > > > > -- 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/386d9511-e5e6-4d4f-ba14-9b13af3982bcn%40googlegroups.com.
