A week in jury duty didn't speed things up (have another week to go, too, and may have picked up the flu as well) but status to date is:
1. I'm waiting for sprints. But the Ram will take 35 mm Kojaks with room to spare -- even for fenders if they are flat and carefully installed. The Rhyno Lite/SRAM/Dynohub Kojak wheelset from the Fargo fits fine into the dropouts -- too bad it's disk. Whatthehell, I may just steal it from the Fargo and remove the calipers for a second, heavy duty set for the Ram -- can always set the SRAM hub up as a, say, 15-16-17-18-19-21-23 7 speed to match the 13-21 7 fw for the sprints: RAM KOJAKS 44 30 15 81 16 76 52 17 *71* 49 18 *67* 46 19 *64* 43 21 58 39 23 53 36 . 2. From very generous listmember Tom Allingham I received some very nice gratis parts including a wonderful Nitto "Frog" seatpost and that Simplex lever fd. Thanks very much! I think I will after all pass on the lever fd because it needs a clamp and because it just doesn't look right for the Ram frame. I'm ISO of an old, road fd with skinny cage and flat plates -- anyone? Can trade. 3. I have a Phil bb from another listmember at a good price and my long-time stockist, RSWatson of this list, will trade me the cups for a superfluous TA 26 t ring. 4. Tom also sent a very nice pair of Veloce calipers, but these may be a wee bit too short -- whence my request for a rear single pivot 600 to match the front in my parts box; a couple in the works. 5. It turns out that my stash of TA Pro 5 Vis rings very happily includes several 44s and a 30 donated a year or two ago by a very nice CL listmember for the trike; I sold the trike before I could install it, and it will perfectly complement the 44 with a close ratio 7. 6. Must go over the nail polish touch up with emery cloth and try a smoother final coat. Garage is sub 40*F thanks to unusually cold weather here: current high 24F with snow; yesterday, 7:30 am, as low as 2*F on the way from home to Mom's to pick her up for church: range from 2 to 4 (high in upper 20s). Questions: 1. What width of tire does the Ram handle best with? Put it another way: what is the skinniest tire any of you have used on a Ram that handled well? Or: how can I expect the Ram to handle with a 23 mm and with a 35 mm? -- ------------------------- 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 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.
