Patrick: I took the original comment on the bar as a positive. The angled inverted mustache bars are nice for a senior citizen back. The Walnut studio grip has held up well. As to other observation of “so many things wrong,” that seems to violate the list rules of etiquette. I’ll leave it to the moderator to opine there. The bike has about 17k miles on it and most have been really nice ones.
My point was just to share that the wheel size works if you need it. While 26” tires are around in the 28 - 32 size this bike was made for, road wheels (other than custom builds) are getting scarcer in that size. Brake bridge location was at times an issue on this model. I’m not extolling it as the next big thing. Ymmv Sent from my iPad > On Jun 15, 2022, at 1:29 PM, Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Alas, the selection of tires available for the 650C size was miniscule in > 2015, and may be less than miniscule now, and those available were mostly 23 > mm models, tho' I think Terry made a rather heavy 28 mm model. Tho' the > selection of good road-capable 559 tires is small, it's a heckofalot bigger > than that for 571. > > There's only about 1/4" radial difference between 559 and 571 sizes: my 650C > wheels with 23 mm Pro Races measured about 24.5" in diameter, my 559 wheels > with 23 mm Turbos measured 24" in diameter. Past tense for both. > > Patrick Moore, who still has a small stash of Sun ME14A 650C rims waiting for > the time when BQ introduces its full line of 571 tires, from 26 mm to 60 mm > in smooth and knobby models. > > And, yes, that bar. So, so many things wrong. (But if the rider found it the > best solution to needs, and this is not merely a desperate attempt to make an > unrideable bike rideble, more power to him/her.) > > > >> On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 8:07 AM Fullylugged <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> In the course of work on another bike, a set of 650c (571mm) wheels became >> surplus. Just to see, I tried them on my 52cm Rambouillet. The 50 and 52 Ram >> sizes are built for 26” (559mm) wheels. And yes they fit just fine. Plenty >> of room to adjust the brake pads on the stock Tiagra Calipers Riv shipped on >> the bikes. In case you need wheels and 26” road selection is too limited, >> you can look at this size too. >> >> Still Fullylugged….. >> >> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/481385b3-0f06-441e-837d-5991e9c1f4abn%40googlegroups.com. > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/YBnySKw4_Bk/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvzmExVY0QjNqHTkDavPMg_9qqFu7VMDxpu%2BpKvYVMz%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/E7B38E46-E7D0-44CC-A0B5-800D9DBE654C%40gmail.com.
