Jim, that thing is beautiful! Can you tell us more about that front rack? Was that original equipment for the bike or did you (or somebody else) have it made after-market? It looks like it has dedicated braze- ons on the fork.
I've just acquired a 27" tourer (a beautiful old Takara) myself, but it has cantilever brakes so I think I'll stick with the 630mm rims for now. Harris seems to have a decent selection of tires in that size for my purposes. On Aug 11, 5:15 pm, Jim Cloud <cloud...@aol.com> wrote: > Nathan, > As I mentioned in my post I'm currently running a set of Panaracer > Pasela 700x28C tires on my Paramount. These tires aren't really much > different than the equivalent size in a 27" tire (i.e. 27" x 1 1/8"). > The difference in the wheel size between a 700c and 27" is also not > sufficiently different to make much of a change in feel or performance > (bead diameter of a 700c wheel is 622mm, the 27" wheel is 630mm). > > What I have obtained with the conversion is access to a much more > diverse range of tires, especially in larger widths (e.g. 35mm, 37mm, > 40mm, etc.). The 27" wheel size is essentially an obsolete size of > tire and manufacturers only make a few tires in the 27" size. I'm > planning to mount a set of the Jack Brown green 700C tires on the bike > soon. These tires have a width of 33.3mm and I think they'll provide > a nice ride. > > Jim > > On Aug 11, 12:40 pm, nathan spindel <nath...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Beautiful bike and upgrades, Jim. Can you comment at all to the > > difference in ride quality before and after these changes? > > > -nathan > > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 6:39 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 > > > 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.
