[RBW] Re: Has anybody 650'ed a Riv Road?
I was just measuring and analyzing my 2000 Curt for a 650b conversion. I thought I might get a 42 in there but it would be tight. Thanks for the thread, this is all very helpful. Len On Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 1:51:02 AM UTC-4 Peter Bridge wrote: > On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 1:29:48 PM UTC-7 Matt Beecher wrote: > > Out of curiosity, did you get the pink one off craigslist? If so, please > don't paint it. Be brave enough to ride pink. > > > Who, me? I carefully delayed until it vanished. I was tempted to chase > it. I'm already pretty heavily invested, emotion and energy rather than > funds, in a bike that checks a lot of boxes for me, including clearing 38 > tires. Would have taken no bravery for me to ride a pink bike. A screaming > pink Eisentraut was my main ride for 25 years. Pink bikes might be the only > bikes that are cooler than orange bikes. > > Thanks, everybody for the responses. > > ~pb > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/295ff985-b80b-4ed2-bb1d-c1c6499e3ad3n%40googlegroups.com.
[RBW] Re: Has anybody 650'ed a Riv Road?
Purple trumps pink. On Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 12:51:02 AM UTC-5 Peter Bridge wrote: > On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 1:29:48 PM UTC-7 Matt Beecher wrote: > > Out of curiosity, did you get the pink one off craigslist? If so, please > don't paint it. Be brave enough to ride pink. > > > Who, me? I carefully delayed until it vanished. I was tempted to chase > it. I'm already pretty heavily invested, emotion and energy rather than > funds, in a bike that checks a lot of boxes for me, including clearing 38 > tires. Would have taken no bravery for me to ride a pink bike. A screaming > pink Eisentraut was my main ride for 25 years. Pink bikes might be the only > bikes that are cooler than orange bikes. > > Thanks, everybody for the responses. > > ~pb > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/31d642fc-6298-482b-aaca-dd19e3dd269dn%40googlegroups.com.
[RBW] Re: Has anybody 650'ed a Riv Road?
If I still had one of the 3 RR’s I had I would have done a conversion by now. Sold my last custom which was a 56cm, not sure how Grant put me on that one but it worked fine with 700’s. I believe 650b would have been better. On Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 1:51:02 AM UTC-4 Peter Bridge wrote: > On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 1:29:48 PM UTC-7 Matt Beecher wrote: > > Out of curiosity, did you get the pink one off craigslist? If so, please > don't paint it. Be brave enough to ride pink. > > > Who, me? I carefully delayed until it vanished. I was tempted to chase > it. I'm already pretty heavily invested, emotion and energy rather than > funds, in a bike that checks a lot of boxes for me, including clearing 38 > tires. Would have taken no bravery for me to ride a pink bike. A screaming > pink Eisentraut was my main ride for 25 years. Pink bikes might be the only > bikes that are cooler than orange bikes. > > Thanks, everybody for the responses. > > ~pb > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/52fc7d34-9b00-4e22-8de7-c61930d4d0edn%40googlegroups.com.
[RBW] Re: Has anybody 650'ed a Riv Road?
On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 1:29:48 PM UTC-7 Matt Beecher wrote: Out of curiosity, did you get the pink one off craigslist? If so, please don't paint it. Be brave enough to ride pink. Who, me? I carefully delayed until it vanished. I was tempted to chase it. I'm already pretty heavily invested, emotion and energy rather than funds, in a bike that checks a lot of boxes for me, including clearing 38 tires. Would have taken no bravery for me to ride a pink bike. A screaming pink Eisentraut was my main ride for 25 years. Pink bikes might be the only bikes that are cooler than orange bikes. Thanks, everybody for the responses. ~pb -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/63c5f875-19bd-4123-be29-0c0038d142cfn%40googlegroups.com.
[RBW] Re: Has anybody 650'ed a Riv Road?
I put 650B on a 54.5 frame so I could stand over it more comfortably (my normal size frame for a 700 wheel road bike is 50 cm). I put 12,500 + miles on it and loved it. 38 is the max size. I thought the handling in particular was great. YMMV. Conti makes a good 28 mm 650B tire, others available in wider widths from Soma, Compass, Panaracer, Michelin. Tailwinds! Bruce On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 12:58:07 PM UTC-5 Peter Bridge wrote: > Has anybody on the list 650'ed one of the old Rivendell Road frames, the > ones that take short brakes and that max out at 28c tires? What was the > outcome? > > ~pb > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/03e6e862-2081-4488-8333-56757bdb7ca6n%40googlegroups.com.
[RBW] Re: Has anybody 650'ed a Riv Road?
That doesn't work. You should just sell it to me, cheap. :D I do think I have heard of people doing this, but I don't remember where I read that. I've not tried myself, because I think I would still be limited to fairly narrow 650B wheels on my old road. Out of curiosity, did you get the pink one off craigslist? If so, please don't paint it. Be brave enough to ride pink. Best regards, Matt On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 12:58:07 PM UTC-5 Peter Bridge wrote: > Has anybody on the list 650'ed one of the old Rivendell Road frames, the > ones that take short brakes and that max out at 28c tires? What was the > outcome? > > ~pb > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3c3d70db-5eaf-4e58-bc2e-5b0284bb9da1n%40googlegroups.com.
