An older Riv (or similar brand) built around short reach sidepulls would be a better choice, I think. Think Heron Road or Riv Road Standard. Rambouillets and the like are just such fine machines with 700c wheels I've never considered such a conversion. (My orange Ram is my last 700c bike and so it will remain.)
Steve On Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 1:57:56 PM UTC-4, David Banzer wrote: > > After pondering how to get a decent 650b road bike built up to ride, the > most obvious solution evaded me all week until last night I realized I > should convert my Redwood to 650b and try and fit 42mm tires and fenders. > I think what's kept me from doing this is the 77mm drop, though I did just > fine with a Trek conversion with 72mm drop and traditional pedals. If I run > VP-001s (Thin Gripsters) that's basically makes up for the difference in > drop and eases concerns about pedal strike. > I've checked archives here and there was at least a couple conversions of > a Ram. > I have long reach Tektros, Koolstop thinline brakes, and have no issue > filing brake slots if need be. I believe I have all the necessary parts > needed and it really (hopefully!) will just be an easy swap of brakes and > wheels. > Anyone else converted a Rambouillet/Romulus/Redwood to 650b? Impressions? > Advice? > David > Chicago > -- 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.
