Damn, you're no fun! Maybe it will go faster with rack and dynohub etc but with the 53/39 (and 16 or 17 t small cog).
On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 6:51 PM, Bruce Herbitter <bruce.herbit...@gmail.com>wrote: > Patrick: > > I swapped the factory running gear out for 28mm Gatorskins, an Ultegra > 53/39 octalink crank with racing clip ins. lowered the handle bars and put > on a racier saddle. I removed the interrupter brakes. Bike was about 19 lbs > (not light, but light enough). It didn't stay long. The XD triple is back, > 37mm tires are back and so is a leather saddle. I left the extra brake > levers off. I enjoy it more, even if a mph or two slower on avg. > > > On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Has anyone hot rodded his-er-her Ram? Can I see photos? >> >> This is just idle curiosity, but I sometimes daydream of stripping the >> Ram of Fly, SP dynohub, lights, installing a light wheelset, and seeing >> what happens. >> >> OTOH, there is this (entry for May 9): >> >> http://bikeretrogrouch.blogspot.com/ >> >> This morning I removed the Phil 115 mm bb pursuant to trading it with >> stockist extraordinaire Ryan Watson, sometime of this list, for a ditto >> 103, this in turn pursuant to installing the very nice 7410 cranks I scored >> for $65 on the boblist. Not that there is any practical reason to switch to >> a 53/39 DA crank from the already nice 44/30 TA, except that one must >> maintain the integrity of the grouppo. >> >> (I'll switch the "spacer-13-14-15-16-17-18-20-23-spacer" cassette to a >> 16-17-18-19-20-21-23-26, which will give me about the same range and even >> smaller jumps.) >> >> Patrick "group integrity, aka vanity, trumps practicality" Moore >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> Patrick Moore >> Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis >> >> ************************************* >> >> "In yourself right now is all the place you've got." >> Flannery O'Connor >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis ************************************* "In yourself right now is all the place you've got." Flannery O'Connor -- 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.
