58 X 56.5 or 57 c-c, with sloping tt and high head and steerer. My ideal level tt size is 60 X 56-57.
On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 11:48 AM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Two people asked me a while ago to sell this frameset to them. I know the > name of the second person; I forget the name of the first, who offered me > $650 shipped. > > I feel obliged to give these 2 right of refusal in the order they > contacted me. > > Price is $750 shipped CONUS. > > I am selling frame, fork (no headset), integrated racks (there are front > lowriders to match), fenders (VO 50 mm), extra fenders (new no package > Berthoud 650B 40 mm), and if you want it, a well used but still > bearing-smooth Surly fixed/free 130 mm OL hub. > > Note: > > 1. I am selling the package; will not part out. > > 2. Sorry, the brake calipers **are not included.** > > 3. The frame had threaded fender bosses under rear bridge and crown; *I > stripped those* so that the rear fender uses the usual sheet metal clamp, > and the front uses a daruma. (I cut off the formerly-threaded fork crown > plate to install the daruma.) > > 4. The seatstay bridge is a wee bit too low for perfect fender line, as > you can see from the photo, but it will accommodate 1.35mm Kojaks on 21 mm > outside rimes underneath with enough clearance to leave my conscience free. > > 5. I cut ~4 mm off the ends of the long rear dropouts to make axle entry > and egress easier; you can see the primer in the photo. > > 6. The racks and frame have dyno lighting wire guides but designed for SON > DeLuxe and Edeluxe 1. Wire runs from hub up inside left fender/lowrider > arch strut to lamp which bolts to bracket at top of arch; tail light wire > runs back down strut to dropout, then up fork leg in guide where it has to > wind around brake cable to access guides along top tube; thence to guides > on right seatstay down to rack where it disappears into rack tube only to > emerge at the rear of rack for attachment to the tail light. > > 7. Note these well: > > *** getting 2 wires up and down the arch/strut is a royal pain!** But I > did it and so can you. It looks nice and need. Or run up on outside with > zip ties, what do I care? > > ** the holes in the arch and rack struts are just holes: no grommets or > finessing, just holes. But in x thousand -- 6? 8? -- miles including many > bumps my wires were never cut or compromised. > > Upon initial assembly, frame, fork (forget if I subsequently cut the > steerer. but don't worry, it's long enough, along with sloping tt and > raised head tube) to get bar high) and Ultegra headset (*not included*) > weighed 7 lb. > > This is a stout frame and the stoutness -- more stout than the 1999 Joe > Starck which was its model -- made it "bog*" for me -- unlike the 1999. > > * "bogging" is the diametrical opposite of "planing." > > Lastly, photo credits: My daughter Catie snapped these shots with her > iPhone 8 S in 4 minutes and got results that make my best efforts look like > those of an 8 year old with a Brownie Box Camera. > > More lastly yet: I include a photo of the bike that replaced this 2003 > Riv, also taken by Catie which is not as nicely built or finished, but man, > does it ride better! > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- 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/CALuTfguD_%2BGOs28A9HE-xr8LLdM-ZcOThrCqyDqQzD8amwDOCg%40mail.gmail.com.
