Patrick, On my Ram I tried 23's, 25's, and Grand Bois 28-9's. I liked the ride and handling of the 700x29 Grand Bois over the other smaller sizes. I rode on centuries, fast club rides, and an occasional dirt road. All good. I live in Northern California and have no need for fenders. i still use the Grand Bois' on my Roadeo. Don
On Monday, January 14, 2013 12:12:30 PM UTC-8, Patrick Moore wrote: > > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/XvMONiLCazMJ. 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.
