My 650B conversion progress report

[William]

My Miyata 650B conversion is coming along.  I built the rear wheel last night.  I'm thinking of it as a very low-budget Bleriot.  

Bike:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/7341918544/in/photostream 

Set:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/sets/72157629709054752/ 

The strangest part about it will be the SKINNY handlebars.  They are like 41cm outside to outside, like a full 2 inches narrower than some of my bikes.  It feels like a kids bike and my hands look like Andre the Giant paws when I'm on the tops.  I will probably get the front wheel built up tonight, and then hopefully take care of the rear fender, and she'll be basically done. The leap to tubeless is coming.  

[Patrick in VT]

On Jun 5, 1:09 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My Miyata 650B conversion is coming along.  I built the rear wheel last
> night.  I'm thinking of it as a very low-budget Bleriot.

Looks great! Smart go-anywhere build - I dig it.

[C.J. Filip]

Awesome job. Your bike looks so much better and useful with higher
volume tires. Very Riv-ish indeed.

[William]

The missing bits were the rear fender and the front wheel.  I knocked both those projects out last night.  So, short of doing the tubeless thing, it's done.  

[Allingham II, Thomas J]

That's a fine-looking bike, Bill.

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[William]

I had tried to attach a photo, but don't know if it worked.  Here's a link at any rate:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/7345511078/in/photostream 

Riv content:  

Newbaums grey cloth tape

Hemp twine

Grip King Pedals

P45 plastic fenders

Sackville flaps F+R

Grant's target of 260mm being a good minimum for BB height in a conversion

On Wednesday, June 6, 2012 9:56:18 AM UTC-7, Pudge wrote:

That's a fine-looking bike, Bill.

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From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of William

Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 12:54 PM

To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com

Subject: [RBW] Re: My 650B conversion progress report

The missing bits were the rear fender and the front wheel.  I knocked both those projects out last night.  So, short of doing the tubeless thing, it's done.  

On Wednesday, June 6, 2012 6:57:30 AM UTC-7, C.J. Filip wrote:

Awesome job.  Your bike looks so much better and useful with higher
volume tires.  Very Riv-ish indeed.

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[Zack]

Beautiful!

[cyclotourist]

Are you considering tubeless? So far it sounds like Hetres are working out fine running tubeless.

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