Perhaps I missed something. You are not planning a 650 conversion so i'm not sure why all the input around that. I run my Ram with open pro rims, which have been very good to me for many years. I bought the Grand Bois Cerf Green tires this year and they have been fabulous. They fit nicely under my hammered honjo rims, and didn't flat once all summer, but ural VT may be more forgiving on rubber than NM. Consider the White hubs. They're a hundred buck less than PW, lighter and plenty durable for the useage you are writing about. Some people accuse them of being noisy, but that is mostly an in-shop phenomenon. Above 15 mph the wind in your ears creates more noise than coasting on the hub and, in any case it is a very smooth, consistent sound that is easy to adjust to when coasting at 10 mph.
I'm a big fan of the Conex 908 chain which gives great performance with friction 9 spd. Well worth the extra $10-15. One of these days i'd love to bring my Ram to NM. Good luck with the build. Michael Westford, VT On Tuesday, December 18, 2012 1:34:54 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I am in the very fortunate situation of anticipating the present > (adverbial) arrival of a 58X57 cm Ram, offered rather unexpectedly and > very graciously at poor-boy's terms by listmember Tim Whalen (thanks, > Tim). I have been offered, very graciously, discount and even free > parts by listmembers, but I'd like to see photos and build lists of > others' Rams. > > I've followed the recent post on the Ram build of course but the OP's > ideas are rather different from mine. > > I plan (at the moment; no one can hold me to resolution) to build mine > as a comfortable multispeed gofast to fill the now empty "derailleur > road" category, meaning drops, modest load carrying capacity, and > relatively uncomplicated gearing -- perhaps a 5 speed half step 46/42 > (I have plenty of 14-28s) for me nice close gaps between 88" and 40" > with cruising gears in the second cog, and a 5 speed fw hub would not > have to be dished. (I may have a NNP 30 t Pro 5 Vis ring to trade for > a decent ditto 42, if anyone is interested.) > > Or, a 46/30 with, say, a 14-15-16-18-18-19-21-23 cassette for a > slightly lower bottom end. > > No rack, but a Carradice Junior; possibly a dyno hub in the future, dt > shifters (shit, sold the last pair of Retrofrictions earlier this > year), original issue Flite, older Keo Pluses, and, I hope, Maes > Parallels and Grand Bois Cerf blue or green. Don't need fenders here > in NM except a few weeks a year. I want to find old stock Dura Ace > brake levers -- may have a pair. > > Am still debating whether I want to try tubulars (with Stans). > > Here is what I have in my box right now, from memory: > > Flite > Keos > Pro 5 Vis crankset, 170 > 44, 46 and 30 t rings > FWs > Campy Record hs > > Need (with preferred specifics, understanding that I may not get them): > > Stem (8 cm Pearl) > Bar (37 or 38 cm Grand Bois Maes Parallel copy) > Tape: Lizard Skins DSP > Levers (pre STI Dura Ace aero) > Calipers (nice, forged, silver, normal reach single pivots: RGC, 600, > S Pro/Cyclone) > BB (Phil 115) > Seat post (silver, lots of setback -- I like the old Dura Ace from 20 > years ago) > Rims (particularly interested in advice for silver, lightish, 32 or 36 > hole rims) > Hubs (Phil would be nice) > Skewers (allen bolts or skewers) > Tires (GB Cerf) > Chain > Shifters (Simplex; wish I hadn't sold) > Derailleurs (Dura Ace 7200, 7400; Superbe Pro) > > This will be a longish term project, tho' I will start out with what I > can get and replace as I can afford. > > > > > > > > -- > > ------------------------- > Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA > For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > ------------------------- > -- 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/-/ryL91zBMTJMJ. 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.
