Don- The BB is crazy low now.
My Riv Road has 80 mm of BB drop, and my conversion from 700 x 25 to 650 x 38 dropped it another 6 mm. I use 170 mm cranks and I still need to be careful not to pedal in turns, and to keep my pedals level when off-roading. However, the very low BB gives the bike great handling and a low stepover. Not a bad trade-off, especially with my overwhelming preference for the 650 x 38 tires. Tim On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 8:42 PM, Don Compton <dpco...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tim, > Many Riv's built for 700c wheels have fairly low bottom brackets. How does > that work with going to 650 rims? > > On Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 7:50:19 AM UTC-7, Tim Gavin wrote: >> >> I have a Riv Road Standard, kind of a pre-Ram, pre-Roadeo, and I've >> modified it more towards touring than fast road riding. >> >> Mine cleared a 700 x 28 with no fenders, which I found limiting. I >> prefer riding with fenders and wider tires for varied surfaces (I even put >> fenders on my new carbon cross bike -- it has fender bosses). >> >> So, I: >> converted the Riv Road to 650b x 38 with long reach brakes >> added full fenders >> added a rear rack (Nitto R20 Mt Campee) >> added a front rack (Nitto F20 Mt Campee or Nitto M1, with Tubus clamps >> and fork adapters to fit) >> mounted a Brooks Flyer Special >> built up a dynamo wheelset (for the Luxos U headlight and Topline brake >> light) >> and added all kinds of accessories (frame pump, wired computer, headset >> spacer bell, phone mount, etc). >> >> Rivs can be quite versatile, if you are. >> >> I already have an excellent steel go-fast bike, so the Riv fits better in >> my stable as a light tourer. >> >> I put tons of miles in on the Riv for commuting, social rides, tours, >> etc. >> >> In comparison, I almost never ride my skinny-tired gofast bike, and it's >> for sale. >> >> >> Tim >> >> On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Kieran J <kjo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Agreed. I do wonder if my Ram has a future as a touring bike. The fork >>> would need more attachment points - or maybe a different fork. >>> >>> It's quite overbuilt in its present config as a stripped-down, go-fast >>> type machine - especially for a lanky dude like me. I wouldn't mind >>> replacing it with a XXL Boulder Road Sport or something similar. Something >>> lighter, faster and more spring-y. I'll add it to the list! >>> >>> KJ >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 9:44:23 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: >>>> >>>> It would have made a wonderful touring bike, I guess. And it was >>>> beefier than it needed to be; compared to the very light Motobecane, say. >>>> >>>> >>>>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@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. > -- 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.
