[RBW] Meet my new friend Doris
Frog: With the 11-34 rear, the 36 middle ring covers most situations. On tonight's shakedown ride, it did spin up to 32 mph on the flat with the 50 and a downhill push from a roller. The steering is quick (50mm trail) but stable. Still getting used to it. That crank came as the factory build on my Ram (which now has an Ultegra triple). Thanks for the comment. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Meet my new friend Doris
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[RBW] Meet my new friend Doris
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[RBW] Meet my new friend Doris
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[RBW] Meet my new friend Doris
So, the bike is built and it rides really nice. The Terraferma fork has 2.5 cm more rake than the standard steel Waterford fork. The bike is quick to corner but remarkably stable. Just some laps around our block so far which is a mile loop on a hillside. You get to coast fast and then work hard on every lap :). If the weather stays dry, first road ride will be tonight. Picture at the link and the photos have most of the parts listed. Only thing bought new for this build are the stem adapter and stem, cable housings, front brake (came with bike). The saddle, seat post, handlebar, cranks, deraillers, shifters, bar tape, pedals, etc all came off either the Riv Road, a prior Saluki, or the Rambouillet. The geometry is very classic Riv. 52 x 52 frame with 42 chainstays. https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipPs6iSR8Y9kvMidDMsLQLXIVDXZMjzsgbFwyqFx -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Meet my new friend Doris
I've started to build up the frame and fork which came from another list member last week. (Thanks Jim!) The shipped fork is a Terrafirma and has studs for a centerpull brake and fork rack braze-ons. I have a spare Waterford road fork that is new and uncut, but decided to keep the Terrafirma. Honestly, I didn't feel like pulling off the headset and pressing it on the other fork and cutting the steerer tube. It remains an option. I did decide to use a caliper rear brake though and pulled it off the sideined Rivendell Road. (It has a cracked chain stay. Fixable per Grant, but pricey when you add in shipping both ways and the required re paint work. It was more economical to buy the essentially NOS '99 Waterford and build it up.) Anyone recognize the color of this bike? yes it is EXACTLY the original color of the Rivendell Road. Cream headtube? Also period correct for a Rivendell. You say the Road had Reynolds 753? Why so does this R12! And the RS12 uses the lightweight version of the tubeset. RBW specified a thicker set. The Road has a level top tube, and so does the R12! The RS12 came with a Mafac Competition front brake installed and I left it there. The rear and some spare Mafac 2000 calipers will stay in the ziplok bags they arrrived in. The crankset is the Sugino that came with my '05 Rambouillet. (That bike now sports an Ultegra triple). The deraillers are Campy and came off the RBW road. The seatpost is a Nitto frog and from RBW years ago, as is the Selle Anatomica saddle. The Nitto noodle handlebar was also original equipment on the Rambouillet (which now has an RBW mustache bar). The frame is a 52 CM and is not that different from the Ram in layout, except the Ram is a 559 wheel bike in 52 and this bike was built for 700 but looks great in 584s. You can see I'm using a stem extension to get the bars way high. I may lower them after riding. The chainstays are a hair shorter. Head tube angle seems about the same. Headtube is extended just like on the Ram. So, RBW colors, made in the same shop from the same alloy of tubing, with much of the same design thinking. I sat on it this morning and it feels very good. It's also quite light. The original owner had a woman's name painted on the TT, and the first name is "Doris" I named the Ram "Louise" long ago. So, sisters in blue. Picture below. The ugly black Bontrager stem was in my parts bin. I'll see how it looks after T wrap the bars with black Brooks tape, but may change it out. Need to add bar-end shifters and the chain I've just cleaned up after taking it off the Road. Only item to order I think is a cable set. Not sure on color for that though. In process picture below. Comments welcome https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipOhV8GgdUaY8oeYYdWUcdtgF8cg_iVhNhkfPb0F -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
