> > I should add that the 26x1-3/8 wheels include the AW rear hub and a Dyno > front. These came off a much too small (for me) 21" Raleigh Sports that I > picked up in rather nice condition as a mate for the ladies step > through Sports I initially picked up for my wife. The step thru was in > much worse shape and I did more of a proper restoration on that one; had > the old hubs rebuilt into new Sun CR18 590/650A rims, Schwalbe delta > cruisers, new saddle, and used the best stock remaining components from > both to bring it back to life. Then I had some fun with the diamond frame > and built it up for myself with xlong seatpost, dirt drop stem, moustache > bars.... then again with wide bullhorns and front basket (the deep > clem/bosco basket Riv stocks) and although very fun it was still just way > too small. I later found this oddball 25" Raleigh "Deluxe" frame that was > much bigger but still looked like a Sports/Superbe with locking fork and > everything and I suspected it may have just been a mislabeled/mismeasured > 23" Superbe but still bigger than my 21" so I planned to move > the wheels/drivetrain and other parts to the bigger frame. Upon delivery I > discovered the frame really is 25" c to c and will fit even better than > expected.... but not what I expected regarding the wheels... the fork > already takes a modern 9mm front (although spaced 95mm and needing to be > spread to 100) and as already noted 10mm in the rear (and these appear to > be original and not filed or converted). It also has different lugs than > the usual 3 speeds and a Carlton/Worksop fully wrapped seatstay/seatube > junction. With the greater wheel clearance and modern dropout > diameters (fits 700x35 with Tektro r559s) I abandoned the 26x1-3/8 three > speed and dyno plan (would have eventually included rebuilding these hubs > into new Sun CR18's as well) and instead considered just respacing this to > accept my other 120mm track wheels more easily as an alternate ss frame. > Then the above noted AW and new 700c combo hit me... if I could get it to > match the 120x10mm spacing I'll have an extra IGH wheel to play around with > the same two frames with no other compromises to be made (once the frame is > realigned and respaced and the wheel rebuilt and respaced.)
In another moment of weakness I also nearly bought the fixed/fixed 120spaced 26x1-3/8 SunCR18 wheel from Harris Cyclery to try this 590bsd wheel size in the Milwaukee singlespeed (since I have a second set of like new cream delta cruisers that were intended for the new 3 speed project.) I declined after I thought more about the added expense of a new 26x1-3/8 front wheel to match and also after the realization that the delta cruisers (which measure closer to 35 rather than the listed 38) didn't really add much vs. the 700x33's I already fit comfortably in the Milwaukee and this would then lower the bottom bracket about 1.5cm and increase risk of pedal strike which otherwise has not been a concern. > -- 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.
