Thanks for the comments. I was also hesitant to spread the dropouts that far but there wasn't much to lose. My main concern was losing the brake bridge, so I used tie-down straps to support that and the chainstay bridge. I have no idea whether there is any practical effect to that, though. Luckily the frame alignment was OK after bending.
I was surprised at how easy the wheelbuild was. Of course it wasn't a particularly tricky build—heavy MTB rim and not a lot of dish required so there wasn't a lot to go wrong. I did it without a truing stand and it was true enough, but the dish was way off, so I did it again with the proper tools. Everything's good now. Patrick, you're right of course. The Bombadil would be great as an off-road bike. But it's my commuter and tourer and I don't want to sacrifice the supreme comfort of its current set up, which includes some aspects that don't work so well off-road, like Alba bars with bar end shifters (make tight turns difficult) and long fenders with mudflaps (not a lot of ground clearance, and mud jams up fenders). -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
