Or if you are throwing together a budget build kit from stuff on hand to get the Cheviot on the road. Speaking of which, remember that the Cheviut is 135mm spaced in back. We may all have skinny 700c wheels laying around, but the majority of those are probably not 135mm in back.
On Sunday, April 6, 2014 11:50:10 AM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: > > If you want to run skinny 700s on a lovely lugged mixte, Rivendell sells > one which will fit those wheels. > > On Sunday, April 6, 2014 4:27:33 AM UTC-7, Matthew J wrote: > >> But is you want to ride skinny 700s, why buy a Chevoit? >> >> On Friday, April 4, 2014 5:45:14 PM UTC-5, Joe Bernard wrote: >>> >>> One of the staff at Riv "reverse engineered" a Hilsen that way. It's a >>> neat trick for putting spindly-light racer wheels on a lovely lugged >>> bicycle. You also get to use spindly-light Campy "skeleton" brakes if you'd >>> like. You're limited to skinny tires (which is kind of the idea here), so >>> the absolute wheel-and-tire diameter will be pretty close to the 650B's. >>> >>> Joe Bernard >>> Vallejo, CA. >>> >>> On Friday, April 4, 2014 12:28:20 PM UTC-7, jandrews_nyc wrote: >>> >>>> Do you think it would be possible to run 700c wheels on a 650b 55cm >>>> Cheviot? >>>> I imagine the frame isn't designed for it so it's a bad idea, but those >>>> chainstays are longer and maybe it would be fine. >>>> Any thoughts? >>>> thanks >>>> Jason >>>> >>>> -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
