Very nice, Tom! I stuck w/ drops, but very similar w/ what I was doing w/ the canti-Rom; I really like the MSO tire. The Rom didn't have the issue w/ the derailleur that you ran into, but the IGH is a good solution in this case. Like the color, too.
Enjoy it! On Sunday, September 29, 2013 6:32:21 AM UTC-4, Tom Harrop wrote: > > Hi list, > > Firstly an apology for the limited Rivendell content, but maybe some > members will be interested anyway. > > I've been thinking about getting another Riv to use as a specific MTB / > off-road bike. I think a 64 cm Sam would be just about big enough for me > and give me enough tyre clearance for the sort of riding I want to > do—nothing outrageous, just unpaved roads and singletrack. I contacted Riv > and was told that maybe a 64 cm Sam would be a little too small, and if I > wanted a specific off-road machine I should think about a second 68 cm > Bombadil. That's a little out of my price range for the foreseeable > future... (end of Riv content). > > I coincidentally found a 66 cm Peugeot frame for sale locally. When I got > it home I was surprised to find it had room for 40 mm tyres, so I decided > to build it up as a pseudo-MTB to test my Sam Hillborne theory. From my > research it's an early '80s PX-8, which was an entry-level touring bike—no > fancy tubeset or anything. I think the head and seat angles are 71° or > thereabouts and it has long-ish chainstays so it's not too unlike a Sam. > > I used a dirt-drop stem to get the bars nice 'n' high, which worked out > well for me because I prefer a short reach. Other than that it didn't turn > out to be a very Riv-ish build. I had planned a 1×7 drivetrain but because > of a quirk of the frame, using a derailer would have cost me a lot of tyre > clearance at the chainstay, so I got a Nexus IGH instead. > > I'm quite pleased with the Clément MSO tyres (although I'm no > connoisseur). They roll nicely on pavement, maybe even as nicely as the 60 > mm Big Apples on my Bombadil, and they have been grippy enough for the mud > I've been through. Time will tell if 40 mm tyres are enough for my large > self on an off-road bike. I'm planning to take it down to the Black Forest > in a week or two for some proper off-road riding, with hills. > > Here's a photo or two of the build if anyone's > interested<http://catburston.smugmug.com/Frankenpug> > . > > Hope everyone has a nice Sunday. > > Tom > Cologne, Germany > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
