Joel, Thanks for your comments! I hope Grant (whom I talked with while I was working on this conversion) would agree that the result was satisfactory. I certainly give him credit for influencing Tektro to manufacture the long-reach sidepull model brakes (although I'm sure his intent wasn't just to allow people like me to convert an older classic bike to 700c - hey, Rivendell sells new bikes!). I liked the idea, however, of updating my Paramount not in maintaining it simply as a "period-correct" collector bike.
Jim. On Aug 10, 6:44 pm, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > At any rate, I'm pleased with the conversion. > > I'll bet you are! Very good job. Mr. Schwinn looks right handsome in > his Riv clothes. > > > 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. > > I imagine anyone in Grant's generation with a hankering for bikes at > one time or another spent some time admiring a Paramount. > > On Aug 10, 8:39 pm, Jim Cloud <cloud...@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > 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.
