Some answers, in no particular order... The tires are definitely Grand Bois. 28mm. I have enjoyed them so far, but haven't ridden this bike with anything else yet, so can't exclaim Grand Bois superiority.
The fender line ended up being pretty tight. I was going to make the same comment on yours, Leslie. Very nice looking lines there. Rough roads can elicit a little bit of fender rattle, but I just start coasting and that crazy Phil hub drowns out any other noise. I decided I should have a little extra support for the front fender since I rolled it so far forward. Looking down at the Mark's Rack I saw the ideal opportunity to run a bolt down and lift and stabilize the fender. I was thinking of a long silver spacer, but Mark (of Saturday Cycles fame, not Rivendell/Mark's Rack fame) suggested a cork. I shaved it to just short enough and drilled a hole in the center. A long bolt runs through the fender and was trimmed off at the nut. I think the ribbed Honjo fender allowed a bit of extra clearance for the nut. The light bracket is from Velo Orange. It hasn't given me any problems yet. I've adjusted the light a couple of times (without tools) and it hasn't loosened. Not the stiffest bracket by any means, but the light looks fine shining down the road... no vibration. The green Crank Bros Candy pedals were stock. Not sure what color options will be available in the future since they've redesigned the pedals. The colors were neat. And, Eric, it has some nice green Deda tape waiting to go on at the end ;-) Once I fix up that unsightly wiring issue, I'll post a few more pics. Thanks so much, all, for the kind comments and questions. Cheers, BykMor On Sep 28, 6:42 am, Johnny Alien <johnnyal...@verizon.net> wrote: > Those tires look like they are Grand Bois Cerfs. If they are then they > are a very full 28mm. > > On Sep 27, 9:34 pm, Art Lewy <al...@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > I'll second the question on tire size. Also, how is the fender > > attached to thet top of the fork? > > > On Sep 26, 9:04 pm, BykMor <byk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > My green Rambouillet is finally (almost) complete and it was a nice > > > day out so I took a few pictures. > > > > Hopefully the link to my Picasa site will suffice. > > > >http://picasaweb.google.com/bykmor/RacingRivRam910?feat=directlink > > > > Fairly traditional build, but perked it up with some Paul's centerpull > > > brakes, Honjo fenders and a Schmidt/Phil wheel combo by Peter White. > > > > The rear light is not wired quite yet, hence the battery light that I > > > needed for the Salt to Saint Relay (Salt Lake City, UT to Saint > > > George, UT) I did last weekend. The bike performed marvelously and our > > > team did the 401 miles in just over 20 hours. > > > > A leather mud flap will bring the front fender reach down a bit, but I > > > wanted a little more fender forward, as well as the ability to load > > > the bike on a fork mount rack, which a low front fender sometimes > > > precludes. > > > > Cheers, > > > BykMor -- 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.
