Very cool! I've been thinking of trying that with my 56 Bomba and the Paul brakes. Did you measure BB height? I'm just curious for comparison's sake. And let us know when you try a 23mm road slick on it.
happy trails jim m wc ca On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Leslie <leslie.bri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok, so I'm usually fiddling with things... > > After converting my Ram to 650b, I had my 36h 700c Dyad/XT wheelset > sitting there. > > My Bombadil is a 650b bike, with loads of clearance (previously ran 2.3 > Neomotos under fenders). > > I am using Paul Motolite v-brakes on this bike, which are extremely > adjustable. > > I started wondering.... > > So I swung by MSL and grabbed a couple of inexpensive cyclocross tires, in > the 700cx33 range. > > Mounted the tires on my wheelset, popped the wheels into the frame, and > adjusted the brakepad mounts upwards by 3/4".... > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/leslie_bright/8665129859/in/photostream/ > > And.... it works, well. Very well. > > Kinda weird, running a lighter tire combo on this bike; I'm used to Conti > Tour Rides and NeoMotos on my Synergy/LX wheelset. I also pulled my racks > off for the time-being, hung them up on the wall of the workshop; just > wanted to see how the bike felt w/o the extra weight. > > Will run w/ this combo for a few weeks, think on it awhile, before I > switch to the Rumpkins (I've pulled the Tour Rides off of my wheels and > mounted the Rumkins, but haven't tried them yet, since I adjusted the > brakes for 700c instead of 650b now...). > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
