I've been riding my "gofast" http://www.flickr.com/photos/77502424@N00/9308715923/ a lot the past couple months including . It's certainly no weight weinie but compared to my Bleriot it's light as a feather. I lowered the seat a couple mm's and it's just about a perfect. The stem is a tad too long, and I can live with it but if anybody has a 9 cm lugged threadless stem and would like to trade for an 11 let me know. I'll get in the drops when the mood strikes but I can't ride as long as Patrick.
I appreciate the current Rivendell trend for upright bombproof bikes but there is something to be said about their old road bikes...fast and smooth! Rob O n Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:44:37 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > Rode South from my mother's house to home this afternoon, on the Ram, the > freewheel taking advantage of the ~400 foot descent. Just shy of 17 mph > average clock running. 70" gear all the way. SE 3/4 sidewind; 5 miles of > the 11 in the hooks. On t'way back, rode the '99 Joe gofast fixed gear, > same SE sidewind, 400 foot climb, 3/4 of which on one 4/10 mile hike up the > side of the mesa. Just shy of 15 mph clock running. > > The Ram has very nice, plump 30 mm Parigi Roubaix, tho' not the original > hand glued ones; the gofast has supple but too skinny 22 mm Michelin Pro > Race 3s. > > As much as I like the Ram, the gofast just "feels" bester and fatter -- I > mean, better and faster. Usually on a fixed at 65" to 70" I bail for the > last 2/10 mile on the steep climb, for the steepest section, but I > consistently make it all the way up on the gofast despite the higher gear > (I climb it in a 50" on the Ram). > > Somehow, the '99 has hit all the magic numbers: setback, tilt, height, > bar height, reach, lever angle, bar angle. The '03 errand Curt that largely > mimics the '99 is very close but not exact; I tilted the bar upward a wee > bit yesterday and now it is almost spot on. > > The Ram, I think, needs the bar to come up 1/4" or so: right now it is > about 1/2" higher than those of the two customs, but with a 9 cm stem > instead of 8s, about 1/2" further forward (saddle much the same). I did > raise the brake levers about 1/2", so I'll try that before fiddling with > bar height. Noodles (Ram, more drop, 90/140 versus Maes copies' 115/125; > Noodle 42 at hoods versus 37 or so for the Maes copies.) > > -- > > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > [email protected] <javascript:> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > > > Albuquerque, NM > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
