How long is really the chainstay? Grant only wrote that some sizes will have chainstays longer than 46cm. My wife's 1982 Trek 720 has a chainstay of 47cm, and you can definitely see and feel that extra length. One place where one experiences issue is chain length. A brand new SRAM 970 chain out of package is not long enough for 46T chainring/32T large cog combination. I was too lazy to lengthen the chain but tagging on a few more links, but for now just told my wife not to shift to the Big-Big combination lest she wants to break the derailleur.
Franklyn On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 2:03:59 PM UTC-7, James Warren wrote: > > I'm looking forward to Rosco jokes like the following: > > > > "Hey guys, I'll be back in a few minutes. I'm gonna dismount and take a > walk to the back end of my Rosco and look for my camp stove." > > -----Original Message----- > From: Esteban > Sent: Apr 11, 2012 10:26 AM > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [RBW] Newsflash: High-trail Rivendells work with rear-load > bias! > > I'm 11... so you'd probably get some strike with those big flippers of > yours! Rosco P. Coltrane has those loooooong stays, so you could set up a > tent on the back and never even see it! > > On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 10:16:59 AM UTC-7, jbu...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> What size shoe are you, Esteban? I am a US 13 and found it too >> difficult, but forget if that was using toe clips or if it was >> platforms. Irony of course is I've finally wound up with a >> monster-stayed Trek 728... probably would work well on Sir Rosco Bubbe >> too. >> >> =- Joe >> >> On 4/11/12, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Yea, the rack's on there thanks to Joe! I have the rack mounted on the >> > fender-mount eyelets rather than the higher and slightly more forward >> > rack-mount eyelets. Bags are pushed all the way back. I experiences >> some >> > heel strike (maybe about 5 times on a 20-mile round trip commute), but I >> > have sneaker pedals on there right now and I move my foot around a lot. >> I >> > wont' know if its a consistent problem until I put some clipless on >> there. >> > Its worth noting that these are pretty long chainstays - similar to a >> > Saluki. >> > >> > On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 9:40:15 AM UTC-7, jbu...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> oops, that danged reply-to :-) ... E. and I swapped some rackages and >> >> I know that rear Campee well. But do tell: no problems with >> >> heel-strike? >> >> >> >> =- Joe >> >> >> >> On 4/11/12, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Joe Bunik <jbu...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> hey man where'd you get that awesome rack? ;-) >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > I love it. It would be perfect on our tandem. >> >> > >> >> > If anyone happens to have one they'd like to sell, let me know. >> >> > >> >> > -sv >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > 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-bunch@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. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/oHDjHjdImdgJ. >> > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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. >> > >> > >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/ITJOFdVCkksJ. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/FbQuNRhwU9wJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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.
