I might have missed something more important than I what I saw in your original post; but as I see it, your main objective is to use bigger tires with fenders. Have you tried or considered using a center pull brake first before adjusting the brake bridge and putting on canti studs? In my experience, you gain a touch or two of clearance with a switch to center pull brake from a caliper brake. Just a thought. -- Rene
On Dec 13, 3:47 pm, beth h <periwinkle...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Tarik said: "Making a frame work for you again is the best part about > owning a > steel bike." > > I wholeheartedly agree. And Jim's comment that my desired changes are > relatively few for having had the frame just over a decade are a > testament to both my self-knowledge as a bicycle rider and Grant's > ability to glean that from our pre-build discussions. I asked for a > frameset that would "see me out" -- literally. I planned to ride it > until I was too old to ride a bike, so I wanted a frame of what Grant > called "cockroach durability", weight be damned. He selected slightly > heavier tubing for me and designed a frame that offered tremendous > flexibility in set-up, including a custom, shorter top tube to account > for my typically female geometry. (The frameset is 55cm square, c-to- > c.) > > In the ten years I've had the bike it's been set up as a city bike > with three different kinds of upright bar, and for about a year and a > half as a tourer with drops, a front rack and handlebar bag. The BB IS > a little lower than on the Road Standard of the same era, and I'm > happy enough with 700c wheels that I'm not contemplating a change to > 650b. Grant's design gave me plenty of room to handle a wider tire, > and I'm fairly sure that I just need to get rid of the dual-pivot > brakes to accommodate that. > > The only quibble we had at the time was that Grant was not willing to > include a kickstand plate. Instead he suggested I use a rear-mount > kickstand. It was early in Rivendell's history and I'm sure that, like > me, Grant knows many more things now about what he likes in a bike. We > all make progressions and evolutions in our thinking about bicycles, > and just about everything else, over time. (That would explain why > kickstand plates are practically standard fare on most of Rivendell's > frames now.) > > I've talked with a couple of folks, including a dear friend who lives > back east and has done some framebuilding but is not fully set up in a > shop yet. It's possible that if none of my Portland connections are > available this winter, I might actually ship the frameset to my friend > back east if he's amenable, and have cantis and a kickstand plate put > on, along with possible bridge-raising if absolutely needed. > I hope to have all this done and the bike ready to rebuild by March 1 > at the absolute latest. > > Not sure about paint yet. It's simply not in the budget for me to have > the whole frame repainted, not even at a "cheap" place like Brooker's > here in town (who charge 100 bucks and whose results get customer > reviews that really run the gamut from poor to excellent). I could > just Do The Typical Beth Thing and paint over the primered places with > almost matching touch-up paint from a bottle and call it good. With > the rest of my frameset touched up similarly, and with the few dents > the frame now has, this thing will never be a showpiece ever again > anyway, and that is really, really okay with me. I'm a fan of > beausage. > > Thanks to all for your suggestions. They help to clarify my thinking a > lot. --Beth -- 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-bu...@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.
