I shortened the cranks from 180 to 170 to compensate for the low BB height, plus the 180s were hurting my knees. I ride 175s on my other bikes and it feels good. I don't think going one more step down to 170s is hopefully going to cause any problems. It seems fine just riding around. It does feel like I need to put the seat higher now, I'll work on that tomorrow afternoon.
Speaking of riding around, shifting is awesome now with my mixed drivetrain with the Shimano bar-ends. It shifted like crap with the Campy bar-ends and the Shimano cassette, but now that has been successfully remedied with Shimano bar-ends. I've been told the 9 speed spacing is the same but who knows. Oh well works great now. And I have a friction option now too that I didn't have before. My cream longboards showed up about 5:45 this evening but my wife and I had a social engagement to go to. I just finished watching the installation video Riv posted. I don't have a kickstand plate though, and I don't think my chainstay bridge is threaded. I suppose I could drill it out and tap some threads. Or just use zip ties. Well anyway I hope to have it done by Saturday morning so I can go ride in the rain :-) and cold :-( On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 7:47 PM, cyclotourist <[email protected]>wrote: > Jim, looks great! Fantastic color on that frame BTW. How is what I > presume to be a relatively low BB height working out? I've played > around with doing just that on my Riv Road, but am not sure I can > quite fit Hetres in there. > > On 11/21/13, Edwin W <[email protected]> wrote: > > Looks like a (Maxi) Mini Velo! > > > > On Thursday, November 21, 2013 2:33:39 PM UTC-6, Jim Bronson wrote: > >> > >> > >> > https://plus.google.com/photos/110759113894226395434/albums/5948811384486030177 > >> > >> Hopefully link works. Set to public. > >> > >> Cream SKS Long boards are on the way from Rivendell. But the rest of it > >> is mostly complete. Yes, I realize the saddle looks terrible, but it > >> still > >> works ;) > >> > >> New Components > >> Handspun 650b wheelset synergy/deore LX, front dynohub > >> 11-30 HG50 cassette 9sp > >> SRAM PC971 chain > >> Sugino XD600 46-36-26 > >> UN-55 bottom bracket 68x113 > >> DuraAce BS77 9 speed bar ends > >> Tektro R559 brakes > >> VP Pedals > >> Kneesavers > >> Bar tape > >> Cables > >> > >> Reused > >> Frame > >> Fork > >> Handlebars > >> Tektro brake levers > >> Stem > >> Saddle > >> Seatpost > >> Campy Chorus polished rear derailer > >> Campy Racing -T polished front derailer > >> Electronic goodies (not mounted in pics) > >> Topeak Trunk bag (not mounted in pics) > >> Bento bag > >> > > > > -- > > 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > Cheers, > David > > "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
