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On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 11:18 AM, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net>wrote: > > on 4/18/09 7:03 AM, usuk2007 at clive.stand...@umassmed.edu wrote: > > Yes the Ram is fastish, but I have it set up for touring with 36 spoke > > wheels and a wide cassette. I recently rode a friends Bianchi C2C and > > enjoyed it, apart from having my hands so low. It felt a lot different > > from the bikes I have and I saw an excuse for a project. So I thought > > I'd do something for the economy by buying a frame with steeper angles > > and shorter chainstays and build it up with a compact cassette and > > some shinny Dura-Ace stuff on it. I want it to be a fairly traditional > > bike so I'm sticking with steel, maybe I have a few hours on ebay in > > front of me. > > Shorter chainstays typically do not lead to the long reach brakes you > metioned in your first post. > > You could also build up a different wheelset. Chain swap if you need to > (beauty of SRAM links) and Rams-yer-uncle, you're leading the pack at the > Thursday night crit. > > But, if you've got racks, fenders and other long-ride bits to put on and > pull off each time, that can be a minor pain. > > Of course, if you want to impress your friends, find an identical Ram, set > it up racy-fast, and make sure you never show the two together. Everyone > will think you are a rack/fender rigging/derigging master when you show up > with the Ram-minimalist the day after you rode with the Ram-rando. > > - Jim > > -- > Jim Edgar > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
