Thanks, Tim---let us know how it goes. From what I'm reading here 650x32-34mm will likely work OK, 38mm might be tight. This Riv Road Std is a dry pavement bike for me. Parigi-Roubaix plump out to almost 30mm, and I find 'em mighty cushy. But it's good to know I have to option to go smaller/fatter!
Paul Brodek Hillsdale, NJ USA On Sunday, June 2, 2013 10:40:53 PM UTC-4, Tim Gavin wrote: > > Nice. I also recently picked up an early Riv Road; mine's a '97 in the > same size. I feel ya on the lack of tire clearance compared to recent > Rivs. I'm going to try 650B wheels to get more clearance for tires and > fenders; I'll report measurements when I get the wheels. > > > On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Paul Brodek <p...@skyweb.net <javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I am now the proud 3rd or 4th owner of an early '95 Riv Road Std 59.5cm, >> W'ford production, ser# 95060. BB paint is thick and stampings shallow, >> can't see any month letter stamp in front of the 95, so I don't know >> production month. Pretty sure is was originally frank_a's frame, sent him a >> pm to verify, but the missing paint scabs match his exactly. Burnt orange >> with a deep blue head tube, built as a fixie for now. >> >> I've been on ibob since '96, guess it took me quite a while to finally >> nab a Riv and join here. I almost feel a little out of place, not in a bad >> way at all, but so many folks here have newer Rivs with mega-rubber >> clearance and off-road capability. What was revolutionary in '95, a quality >> road bike with clearance for 30mm tires, now seems quaint and almost >> dainty. All these pix of Hunqs and Homers with 40mm+ tires makes me feel >> like I'm back on a twitchy crit bike with 21mm Specialized Turbos---and >> Grant's building frames now with double top tubes? Evolution is an >> interesting/spooky thing... >> >> I'm a bike biz vet/refugee, wrenched at Fuji Cycle Center of NJ '80-'83, >> then went to SunTour USA '84-'88, Maeda Kogyo/SunTour Japan '89-'90, Trek >> Japan '90-'99, Fuji America '00-'01. I was bobbish when lugged steel and >> wool/cotton was just about all that existed, then flirted with aluminum at >> SunTour, then carbon at Trek. Started looking at steel again after trashing >> my very first Trek OCLV frame on its maiden voyage, first or second front >> shift dumped the chain and sawed through several critical layers of >> chainstay carbon. I was honestly Just Riding Along (JRA). Frame was toast >> and I started thinking maybe carbon wasn't a great bicycle frame material. >> >> Started reading ibob, Grant/Riv and the Sheldon Chronicles, grew >> increasingly disenchanted with aluminum/carbon. My steel epiphany/satori >> was my first lunchtime ride on a '99/'00 Fuji Roubaix Pro, tig'd Reynolds >> 853, when I realized it was the "rightest" feeling bike I had ridden in >> more than a decade. Dove back into steel in a big way, got rid of all my >> non-ferrous steeds and haven't looked back. >> >> So now I find myself an old cuss, fatter and weaker than ever, but I've >> never been happier with my bikes. My love for lugged steel has been >> rekindled (I'm also OK with fillet-brazed and even tig'd) and I seriously >> jones for small-volume American handbuilt frames from the '70s-'80s---a >> weird full-circle thing for me because some of these builders were >> customers of mine or show-buddies from my SunTour days. I made it to NAHBS >> in Richmond 2010 and Denver this year, also finally just made it to Cirque. >> Left behind a period-correct components phase and now often run semi-modern >> parts where it makes sense to me; also ride only spiky platform pedals >> these days, no more foot retention. >> >> Although my riding mileage is still pitifully low, it's generally on a >> slow upswing. I re-connected with the Bicycle Touring Club of North Jersey >> (BTCNJ), which had a couple hundred members in '82 and now has a couple >> thousand, and getting back out on club rides has been fun. Not a lot of >> steel out there, though, especially higher-end steel. >> >> Took a few piccies of the Riv today, did a flattish 25mi fixed ride >> w/500' of climbing, my legs are toast. Here's a small flickr set, you'll >> also find some other bikes, and some overly-large sets from NAHBS 2013 and >> Cirque: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/26383479@N04/sets/72157633888172218/ >> >> Looking forward to some Rivish dialog.... >> >> Paul Brodek >> Hillsdale, NJ USA >> >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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