Jeremy, The front rack was made as a prototype for a Denver custom bicycle builder's intended touring racks, way back in 1977. It was designed and custom made by Jock Fisher, who was Tim Isaac's partner at that time. The front fork mounting braze-on's were added at the time and the fork was entirely chrome plated. Jock patterned the rack after a Karrimor steel rack that I believe he'd used at one time.
I've regretted that I didn't also let Jock Fisher use my Paramount to do the prototype of his rear rack. I wasn't really game to have the Paramount entirely repainted, however, which would probably have been necessary after adding braze-on's to the seat stays. Still, it would have been nice to have a matching rear rack! Tim Isaac, as you may know went on to work as a lead designer at Trek and subsequently ran Match Bicycles. His partner Jock Fisher died quite young from a heart attack. I don't know if Tim and Jock's touring bike ever came to fruition, but I definitely benefited by their efforts. Here's a link to an interview of Tim Isaac that appeared some time ago in a Rivendell Reader (he mentions his partnership with Jock Fisher in the article): http://www.classicrendezvous.com/USA/tim_isaac_interview_in_rr.htm Jim Cloud Tucson, AZ On Aug 12, 10:36 am, Jeremy Till <jeremy.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. 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