Congrats on the tandem. I had a custom Bilenky tandem built two summers ago. Very nice bike and they wer great to work with.
Larry Powers
Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. - Mark Twain
> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:18:56 -0800
> Subject: [RBW] Re: 650b Rambouillet was: Feeling Abondoned
> From: mhech...@gmail.com
> To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
>
> The last issue of Bicycle Quarterly reviewed a bike (name??) that has,
> if I remember correctly, a bottom bracket height of only 235mm. Jan
> Heine reported that he had no real problem with pedal strike, but
> could hit the rings taking it over curbs. I doubt if a Ram or Rom
> would be that low.
>
> I'm still looking forward to taking possesion of my new, custom
> Bilenky tandem this spring, but not too far down the road I want to
> convert my 25" 1984 Trek 620 to 650B, with couplers.
>
> My Rambouillet still remains my favorite ride, but it's great to be
> able to have a variety of rides to choose from.
>
> Michael H
> 1983 SpecializedSequoia (My Wife's ride)
> 1984 Trek 620
> 1988 Custom Marinoni Stage Racing Bike
> 2000 Soma Dbl Cross
> 2004 Rambouillet
> 2007 Ebisu All Purpose
> 2010 Bilenkey Touring, Travel Tandem
>
> On Jan 13, 8:22 am, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-01-13 at 07:39 -0500, Larry Powers wrote:
> > > If I recall correctly the Rambo is not a could candidate for a 650b
> > > conversion becuase it has low bottom bracket to start with. Someone
> > > let me know if this is not true.
> >
> > The Rambouillet does indeed have a low bottom bracket -- and it was
> > designed for 28mm tires. No matter which 650B you put in there, even
> > the Hetre, there'd be additional drop; and I'm not at all certain
> > there's clearance for a Hetre.
> >
> > On the other hand, it's not just bottom bracket drop, it's the
> > combination of bottom bracket drop + crank length that causes the pedal
> > strike problem. If you used shorter cranks, you could compensate to
> > some extent.
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