Hi Keith. That second QB 650b conversion on Jim Cyclofiend's website is mine. I bought the frame/fork/brakes/wheels from Rich. I'll post something more detailed in the morning, but in short, I could fit Hetres in there no problem. But the increased pneumatic trail made the famously stable Riv ride too sluggish for me. So I switched to Soma B-lines and have been quite happy. As Bill alludes to, however, that BB gets pretty low, which is an issue since I'm riding the QB fixed. I use 165mm cranks, but am wedded to toe clip technology. It took some time before I found a pedal + toe clip combo that wouldn't scrape the ground when walking the bike. (I use MKS Sylvan Lites and Soma double-gated clips.) Despite it all, I have yet to have a real pedal strike incident and I ride that bike the most frequently as it's my commuter (which means I'll probably go down tomorrow). I'm not a racer though, but neither am I tootler. Or maybe I'm an unracer and untootler or somethinglikethat.
Best regards, Lee > On Feb 20, 2014, at 8:47 PM, iamkeith <keithhar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > For the heck of it, here are some of the 650b conversions I mentioned; > > > http://www.cyclofiend.com/ssg/2006/ssg024-ronlau0406.html > > http://www.cyclofiend.com/ssg/2010/ssg320-leechae1110.htm > > > And here is a thread that attempts, and then dismisses, the idea of fitting > 43mm Rock 'n Roads: > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/fattest$20quickbeam/rbw-owners-bunch/9iUwYfpUscE/qeAT4Js_jeQJ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/71141757@N02/sets/72157630487687298/ > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
