Re: [RBW] Re: 03 Curt Goodrich Riv custom out for life-altering surgery.

2015-05-26 Thread Mike Schiller
Chauncey is replacing the seat stays to allow clearance for 75 mm wide 650B+ tires. The bike is filet brazed. The rest of the bike will fit them as is. The overall diameter of the so-called 650B+ tires is almost the same as 29 wheels with a 2.3 tire. So I can run either wheelset ( disc

Re: [RBW] Re: 03 Curt Goodrich Riv custom out for life-altering surgery.

2015-05-26 Thread Patrick Moore
Mike: curious: why 622 to 584? In any event, please post photos when you get it back. I've seen a relatively recent fatbike build Chauncey did, with custom integrated rack, and it's very well done. On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 6:03 PM, Mike Schiller mikeybi...@rocketmail.com wrote: hopefully he's

Re: [RBW] Re: 03 Curt Goodrich Riv custom out for life-altering surgery.

2015-05-25 Thread Patrick Moore
No, going cheap and standing behind my often repeated assertion that the heart of Rivendellianism is the fit, handling, and feel of the bike. And this is the bike that gets used for grocery runs and ridden in the rain, so durability uber alles. FWIW, and granted that the paint job in question was

[RBW] Re: 03 Curt Goodrich Riv custom out for life-altering surgery.

2015-05-25 Thread Will
If it was mine, I'd add canti-posts. Then you can run those dreamy Tektro 720 cantis. On Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 4:56:32 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: Chauncey Matthews came by this morning to pick it up. A month or so. Turnkey operation, I hope: disassembled, brazed, powdercoated,

[RBW] Re: 03 Curt Goodrich Riv custom out for life-altering surgery.

2015-05-24 Thread Mike Schiller
hopefully he's almost finished with the mods to my 29er to 650B+ conversion. No wet paint and cream headtube? ~mike Carlsbad Ca. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

Re: [RBW] Re: 03 Curt Goodrich Riv custom out for life-altering surgery.

2015-05-24 Thread cyclotourist
Y'all are keeping him in business!!! On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Mike Schiller mikeybi...@rocketmail.com wrote: hopefully he's almost finished with the mods to my 29er to 650B+ conversion. No wet paint and cream headtube? ~mike Carlsbad Ca. -- You received this message because you