Jim, The conversion is very neat and it shows that it was well-though of.
Rene -----Original Message----- >From: Jim Cloud <cloud...@aol.com> >Sent: Aug 10, 2010 6:39 PM >To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> >Subject: [RBW] Schwinn Paramount 700c Conversion "Country Bike" > >I had a post, a while back, regarding questions about the Rivendell >Silver/Tektro R556 brakes, in regard to a 700c conversion that I was >considering for an older Schwinn Paramount 27" wheel size bicycle. >This isn't strictly speaking a Rivendell content post, but I think it >has some relationship to the type of bikes that Rivendell is building, >especially the AHH and Sam Hillborne models. In fact, one of the >photos on the Flickr website of Rivendell staff bikes got me thinking >about the conversion (it was a photo of a AHH, nice blue color very >much like this Paramount). > >At any rate, I'm pleased with the conversion. The Tektro R556 brakes, >which were originally spec'd by Grant for his Country Bikes are a >godsend for a 700c conversion from a 27" wheel size. The brakes work >very well, with ample clearances to fit larger wheel sizes and >fenders. My Paramount is presently fenderless (and may stay that way, >given the relative dryness of the Arizona climate) and it's presently >fitted up with a 700x28c tire size (Panaracer Pasela) simply because I >had those available from my personal stock. I'm planning to fit the >bike with the Rivendell Jack Brown Green tires, which I think are >about as wide as I'd like to go with Mavic MA2 rims. > >I posted some photos of this bike on my Flickr photostream, if you're >interested: > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/37964...@n05/sets/72157624699133170/ > >Jim Cloud >Tucson, AZ . > >-- >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. > -- 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.
