Didn't mean to move too far in to Hilsen terrain, there - road geometry, please. I just like the clearances on the Ram/Rom - and those Paul prototypes sound pretty darn cool.
On Jul 8, 10:01 am, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: > The clearances on the Ram/Rom were about perfect for a road bike - > 23mm if you like, 27/28mm as road default, but the ability to fit a 35 > (or 37) in there if need be. This makes your road bike "expand- > able" (not *that* kind of expanded) into a great trail bike or even > cyclocross (if you don't have a Legolas in your closet). The Jack > Browns I have on the bike now have taken me over all kinds of terrain, > including singletrack, thanks to David's gutsy Redlands routes: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671...@n02/3683083953/ > > On Jul 8, 9:32 am, Jeremy Till <jeremy.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Even if it's "dead" 1" threadless is pretty easy to do- most 1 1/8" > > stems come with a shim for 1" and then all you need is spacers and a > > headset, which i'm sure Riv could source easily (i think Ritchey makes > > one?). Definitely easier than trying to make a threaded setup work > > with a 1 1/8" headtube. > > > I love this category of bikes- "common sense" road bikes. Excited to > > see what GP comes up with! > > > -Jeremy "Owner of Two 1" Threadless Bikes" Till > > > On Jul 8, 8:25 am, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > on 7/8/09 8:09 AM, Mike at mjawn...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > I hope with this new road bike that it'll be a traditional frame like > > > > the Rambouillet or Romulus and not "expanded". I think the expanded > > > > frame totally has a place but so do traditional frames. I wonder how > > > > they'll do the threadless/threaded fork. Does that mean they'll have > > > > two frames made, a threadless with 1 1/8" headtube and a threaded with > > > > a 1" headtube? > > > > I doubt they'll do two different frames. It would be simpler to simply be > > > able to swap forks. I'd bet 1 1/8" as 1" t/less is pretty dead. > > > > - J > > > > -- > > > Jim Edgar > > > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > > > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > > > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > > > Send In Your Photos! - Here's how:http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines > > > > "Nigel did some work for some of the other riders at Allied, onces who > > > still > > > rode metal. He hadn't liked it when Chevette had gone for a paper frame." > > > -- William Gibson, "Virtual Light" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
