I will post on this later this am after I take some pics and get the serial number. It is orange (which I think ran until 2003) but since am not original owner I don't know for sure. The brakes are the true silvers (not 556's or other bigmouth). Bruce
On Apr 12, 6:38 am, Stephen S <elphk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can we see pics or a write up on how to do this? I think a lot of us Ram > riders would love to run a Jack Brown / Fender combination. I also second > the request on what year your ram is from. It's possible some > change occurred in later years (like the rack braze-ons folks have > mentioned that aren't on my blue ram) > > I run 28s (Gatorskins but have run Roly-Polys ) with the SKS P35s and feel > like I have barely enough room those and Bigmouth 57s. The BM57s were a big > improvement over the Shimano R600 brakes but I can't see how to get bigger > tires and fenders under them. > > Love to see some shots / write up =) > > Stephen > > > > > > > > On Thursday, April 12, 2012 6:05:35 AM UTC-7, Bruce Curry wrote: > > > Point of order on fenders on Ram: > > > All I have 33.3 Jack Browns with fenders (45mm stainless VO's). The > > silver brakes probably help w/clearance. Took a couple hours to > > install/tweak but worth it. > > > Bruce > > > On Apr 11, 2:21 pm, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > Compared to what came later, the only functional "drawback" of the Ram > > is tire clearance, and it's not really a drawback compared to the rest of > > the world. The Ram can ONLY take 700x33.33333's without fenders. > > > > Rivendells evolved since the Ram's inception in 2001, and both AHH and > > Roadeo beat out the Ram in tire/fender clearance. But necessarily in > > awesomeness. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > >From: Rambouilleting Utahn <glam...@gmail.com> > > > >Sent: Apr 11, 2012 10:41 AM > > > >To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > > >Subject: [RBW] Re: Where does the Rivendell Rambouillet fit in with > > other Rivs? > > > > >Jim (Cyclefiend and keeper of this list) has the a very good page on > > > >the Ram on his website > > > > >http://www.cyclofiend.com/rbw/rambouillet/index.html > > > > >If I remember correctly the AHH compared to the Ram has slightly > > > >stouter tubing, wider clearance for tires and fenders (built around > > > >the Silver brake) and a few other differences. > > > > >Regarding the rack mounts the later Rams had rack mounts midway down > > > >the fork, not sure about midway down the seat stays. If I ever have to > > > >repaint my Ram I will have the mid fork mounts added. > > > > >hope that helps. > > > > >On Apr 11, 11:33 am, Ryan Ray <ryanr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I thought the Rodeo was a direct decendant of the Ram but it seems > > like > > > >> maybe the Ram was halfway between a Rodeo and a A Homer Hilsen? Is it > > just > > > >> a Hilsen without good rack mounts? Does Rivendell keep an archive of > > older > > > >> stuff somewhere on their site? > > > > >-- > > > >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > >To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > > > >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > >For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
