Willet, Nice bike. Pretty sure we have chatted before regarding Deluxe Bikes in Lincoln, NE. That is where I got my MB-0(Zip). Got word of that frameset from a shop manager I worked under. Was deciding on either a Trek something or another, probably 930 complete or the Zip. The discount price offered me on the Trek didn't pull me to get it. Decided to go for the Bridgestone. Shop manager, who knew the guys at Deluxe was not happy. He had thoughts or plans to get it and build up a dirt drop bar bike of some kind, I think. He already had a Breezer Lightning he had nit pick built in an experiment to get it as light as possible and had other nice bikes. Regarding the Odessey U4 brake plate, Got one from Blues Bikes in Lincoln, Nebraska back in the day when they were on 13th street, I think.
Looks like the cam on the front needs to go back in the rollers. Glad you got your bike back. Thanks, Reginald Alexis Fremont, Nebraska On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 7:27:06 PM UTC-6 WilletM wrote: > > I don't get a chance to share pics of my Ritchey Annapurna all that often, > but this is a good illustration of the pricey WTB rollercams front and > rear, with the rear being chainstay mounted. This frame was originally > built up with a Campy Euclid gruppo, but the original owner (who must've > been flush with cash, is all I can think) decided to bling it up with WTB > and other top-of-the-top-shelf items, which necessitated also ordering a > second Annapurna fork with rollercam mounts in the correct positions. > > Back in the early 1990's, I was in the right place at the right time and > traded a nice-but-nothing-too-special Bridgestone RB-1 and $600 for this > Annapurna and a mint Cinelli Supercorsa with Campy NR/SR. Those were the > days. > > Willet M. > > > > [image: Dinner 015.jpg] > > On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 3:23:37 PM UTC-7 James wrote: > >> This is encouraging information! Thanks for sharing the knowledge. >> Hoping to see the bike this week >> >> On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 1:48:12 PM UTC-5 Greg J wrote: >> >>> James, if the picture you attached is the actual bike you're looking at, >>> those are the nice ones. You should have no issues with those brakes. >>> They work great, they take normal brake shoes, and there are plenty enough >>> of them for spare parts (although they're pretty well built). Good luck! >>> >>> Greg >>> >>> On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 9:54:22 AM UTC-8 iamkeith wrote: >>> >>>> Those can be great brakes. You're fortunate that the posts are located >>>> on the seat stays. Most often they are on the bottom of the chainstays and >>>> are difficult to work on just because of lack of space. There are two >>>> slightly different versions of those sun tour brakes, with one generally >>>> being considered superior. I don't know enough to identify which yours is >>>> >>>> but there's info out there. There are also U-brakes that look like giant >>>> frame-mount center-pull caliper brakes, which use the same mounting >>>> standard, but I don't know that they're an improvement at all. They're >>>> bulky and have limited clearance. There are also super sought-after >>>> roller >>>> cams made by WTB/Charlie Cunningham/DKG machine, but they'd be a couple >>>> thousand dollars each IF you could even find them. The sun tours are a >>>> licensed version of those, and are pretty neat for a runabout hobby bike. >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 10:39:26 AM UTC-7 James wrote: >>>> >>>>> This isn't a Rivendell related question, and for that I apologize, but >>>>> ya'll are the most bike-savvy people I "know". I see a lot of value in a >>>>> cheap, knock-around, lock-up-anywhere bike, so I have my eyes on a local >>>>> Schwinn High Sierra. It has roller-cam brakes and I have know experience >>>>> with those. What is yawls experience with roller-cam breaks and due to >>>>> the >>>>> placement of the mounts on the frame, what other brakes may be >>>>> compatible? >>>>> The mounts seem higher on the frame than cantilever mounts. Would >>>>> center >>>>> or side-pull brakes work? What other options do I have? Thank you >>>>> >>>>> Picture: https://imgur.com/0IqjRl1 >>>>> >>>> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/61de140e-ac21-4dc0-b9f9-622b8496da0en%40googlegroups.com.
