Doug, Rene and ejg, Thanks for your remarks. The Paramount has been a nice ride for many years, and I expect it will continue!
Jim On Aug 10, 7:42 pm, Rene Valbuena <valbu...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > 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 > >athttp://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.
