Here are some pictures of my 25" Raleigh Technium 650B conversion; https://bikingtoplay.blogspot.com/2016/09/raleigh-technium-650b-conversion.html
After riding it for a bit, I like the wheels and tires, like the tires, hate the brakes, and am ambivalent about the handling. The frame is nice and flexy and fun, the wheels are tough, and the tires are supple. The Odyssey brakes are junk--no feel, and I can't even skid the rear tire, they're so weak. In fact, when I tried to skid the rear tire, the brake just flexed up to where I could hear it hit the tire. I like the handling in general, but this morning's trip to the library with a few small hardbacks in my handlebar bag wasn't a model of delightful handling: I could definitely feel some wind up and delay as I initiated turns. Maybe I'm just trying to justify a Soma Grand Randonneur. Here are some pictures of my first conversion, a Trek 620: https://bikingtoplay.blogspot.com/2014/12/trek-620-650b-conversion.html This one worked out well overall, but awful Pacenti rims killed it. I could not reliably get a tire to set without pinching the tube on those. Eric On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Abcyclehank <hankinso...@me.com> wrote: > Just completed my fleet by purchasing a Joe/Joe 68cm Riv Custom frameset. > Considering a 650b build possibly due to severe overlap of ride options. > Plan to reconfigure the 68cm Atlantis and 64cm Bombadil also. Will > constitute my winter projects here during an uncertain Michigan winter. > Currently 60 degrees on Nov. 6th, loving the extended fall riding season. > Not even thinking about hanging up the classics and dragging out the XXL > Moonlander yet. > > What specific experiences have fellow listers had with conversions? > > Ryan Hankinson > West Michigan > > -- > 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
