I've seen the green bike before. Al does some nice work. He restored my 1982 Claud Butler touring bike which I'm now having the canti studs moved down to 650B locations. Hopefully I can run some 38's... maybe Hetres.
~Mike On Jan 19, 8:38 pm, Cycletex <[email protected]> wrote: > From a discussion group post on bikes for big guys from Forbes, > > "Allan Wanta in California built me a prototype, which worked well. I > got in touch with a trading partner in Taiwan and asked him to take my > design into production." > > The prototype: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclesvalhalla/1581813904/in/pool-497742... > > Here's my 2xlt: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/clifwright/4158057169/in/pool-497742@N25 > > And some more from the discussion: > > "These are "virtual" 68cm frames made from butted 7005 aluminum > cyclocross tubing. The top tube slopes up 5cm from the seat tube to > the head tube, so the frame measurement at the seat tube is 63cm > center-to-top. The horizontal measurement across the top tube is 63cm. > > Frame design is classic "sport touring" geometry in terms of angles. > I made the chainstays extra long to accomodate big feet. The frames > are built for 700C wheels. I designed the frame to handle wide tires > and fenders. > > The frames come with beefy carbon forks. They would work very well > for someone 6'8"/330lb. > > Clif > > O -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
