All-City Mr Pink for 650B conversion?...
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Ed Braley
Jul 13, 2012, 10:26:46 AM7/13/12
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I was looking at this bike on line... Appears to be
a strong cadidate for 650B conversion; generous clearances, good geometry,
and a very nice steel tubeset. The hidden fender mounting bosses are smart.
Gotta love that flat fork crown, too!
They spec' the bike with Tektro R539 57mm reach
brakes, and the photos I see show these set at mid-span for 700C wheels. With
Tektro R556/559 calipers it looks like the brakes might be nearly maxed-out, but
I bet it would all work quite well.
Has anybody seen one?
Ed.
Ed Braley
Jul 13, 2012, 11:57:49 AM7/13/12
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Here are some links to the Mr Pink
stuff:
All-City's web page:
Various Flickr photos:
Look at the clearance - Hetres would probably fit
this bad boy!
Ed.
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Steve Chan
Jul 13, 2012, 2:04:05 PM7/13/12
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It looks like a Soma (Smoothie) ES with internal cable routing and
hidden fender mounts?
The Nordavinden looks like a more interesting bike for conversion,
though it might be safest to get a shorter set of cranks for it.
http://www.rawlandcycles.blogspot.com/2012/07/nordavinden-geometry-and-specifications.html
Anyone ever try to fit a 650B tire in a Calfee road frame? They
seem to be one of the few carbon frames that will take a 28c tire, so
maybe you could put Pari Motos in there.
Steve
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hidden fender mounts?
The Nordavinden looks like a more interesting bike for conversion,
though it might be safest to get a shorter set of cranks for it.
http://www.rawlandcycles.blogspot.com/2012/07/nordavinden-geometry-and-specifications.html
Anyone ever try to fit a 650B tire in a Calfee road frame? They
seem to be one of the few carbon frames that will take a 28c tire, so
maybe you could put Pari Motos in there.
Steve
"Sow a thought, reap an action. Sow an action, reap a habit. Sow a
habit, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a destiny." - Samuel
Smiles
Ed Braley
Jul 13, 2012, 3:42:05 PM7/13/12
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And the small Nordavinden (my size;-)) is already designed for 650x42B! Nice
light tube spec, good geometry, and low trail front end too. Looks like that
one picks up where Kogswell left off. Kool.
light tube spec, good geometry, and low trail front end too. Looks like that
one picks up where Kogswell left off. Kool.
Phil B
Jul 14, 2012, 3:48:58 PM7/14/12
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That's the first Rawland model I really like, other's were intriguing
but this one's got a nice look to it. Maybe the horizontal top-tube?
I'd been interested with the All City bikes as well, though the one I
was looking at was the Nature Boy. Mostly because of the horizontal
dropouts, but the fork and the angles looked good to me for an upright
but not uptight 650b all arounder with a 2 speed coaster brake.
Then I ran across this SE PB Fixie fork and frame on e-bay with
similar angles, lugs and horizontal TT. Made in Taiwan.
Short point lugs, I think it's been in stock for a few years for 199$.
Gouged me on shipping, but hey for that price I'm glad they got to
make some money. It's awaiting a SRAM automatix hub/VO rim to be
"done", though it's doing well with a straight single speed.
It does not however have standard (old school) tubing diameters,
though. Two 28.7's and a 31.8 downtube, 1" head tube. It's a funny
mixture of specs I'd not seen together. Most importantly it fits
Lierre's, my new soon to be favorite all arounder 650b tire.
Sorry about dribbling on.....the Mr Pink looks like a good candidate
for a randoneer bike.
Phil B
On Jul 13, 12:42 pm, "Ed Braley" <edbra...@maine.rr.com> wrote:
> And the small Nordavinden (my size;-)) is already designed for 650x42B! Nice
> light tube spec, good geometry, and low trail front end too. Looks like that
> one picks up where Kogswell left off. Kool.
>
> Ed.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Chan" <sychan...@gmail.com>
> To: "Ed Braley" <edbra...@maine.rr.com>
>
> Cc: <65...@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 2:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [650B] All-City Mr Pink for 650B conversion?...
>
> > It looks like a Soma (Smoothie) ES with internal cable routing and
> > hidden fender mounts?
>
> > The Nordavinden looks like a more interesting bike for conversion,
> > though it might be safest to get a shorter set of cranks for it.
>
> >http://www.rawlandcycles.blogspot.com/2012/07/nordavinden-geometry-an...
but this one's got a nice look to it. Maybe the horizontal top-tube?
I'd been interested with the All City bikes as well, though the one I
was looking at was the Nature Boy. Mostly because of the horizontal
dropouts, but the fork and the angles looked good to me for an upright
but not uptight 650b all arounder with a 2 speed coaster brake.
Then I ran across this SE PB Fixie fork and frame on e-bay with
similar angles, lugs and horizontal TT. Made in Taiwan.
Short point lugs, I think it's been in stock for a few years for 199$.
Gouged me on shipping, but hey for that price I'm glad they got to
make some money. It's awaiting a SRAM automatix hub/VO rim to be
"done", though it's doing well with a straight single speed.
It does not however have standard (old school) tubing diameters,
though. Two 28.7's and a 31.8 downtube, 1" head tube. It's a funny
mixture of specs I'd not seen together. Most importantly it fits
Lierre's, my new soon to be favorite all arounder 650b tire.
Sorry about dribbling on.....the Mr Pink looks like a good candidate
for a randoneer bike.
Phil B
On Jul 13, 12:42 pm, "Ed Braley" <edbra...@maine.rr.com> wrote:
> And the small Nordavinden (my size;-)) is already designed for 650x42B! Nice
> light tube spec, good geometry, and low trail front end too. Looks like that
> one picks up where Kogswell left off. Kool.
>
> Ed.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Chan" <sychan...@gmail.com>
> To: "Ed Braley" <edbra...@maine.rr.com>
>
> Cc: <65...@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 2:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [650B] All-City Mr Pink for 650B conversion?...
>
> > It looks like a Soma (Smoothie) ES with internal cable routing and
> > hidden fender mounts?
>
> > The Nordavinden looks like a more interesting bike for conversion,
> > though it might be safest to get a shorter set of cranks for it.
>
>
> > Anyone ever try to fit a 650B tire in a Calfee road frame? They
> > seem to be one of the few carbon frames that will take a 28c tire, so
> > maybe you could put Pari Motos in there.
>
> > Steve
>
> > Anyone ever try to fit a 650B tire in a Calfee road frame? They
> > seem to be one of the few carbon frames that will take a 28c tire, so
> > maybe you could put Pari Motos in there.
>
> > Steve
>
Jim Mather
Feb 19, 2014, 1:22:46 PM2/19/14
to 65...@googlegroups.com, Ed Braley
On Friday, July 13, 2012 11:04:05 AM UTC-7, Steve Chan wrote:
Anyone ever try to fit a 650B tire in a Calfee road frame? They
seem to be one of the few carbon frames that will take a 28c tire, so
maybe you could put Pari Motos in there.
A little late to the party but I just installed 650B GB Cypres on my Calfee Luna Pro. I used Silver sidepulls for the reach. Clearance is fine but I wouldn't put anything wider on. I'm itching to ride it.
jim m
wc ca
jim m
wc ca
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