RE: [RBW] Wrenching on the Bombadil
Allingham II, Thomas J
Must be something going around about East Coast Bombadils – I spent a few hours tinkering with mine yesterday as well. Functionally, made some changes:
1. Installed Thunder Burts in place of the old Fatty Rumpkin Force Fields. Huge difference in the ride (the Fattys are pretty clunky, if bombproof), but a bit of a leap of faith re flats (or lack thereof) – changing a tire on the Rohloff/Pitlock rear wheel might be a bit of a chore on the road. TBs are about 52mm on Velocity Synergies newly installed; I assume they might stretch out another mm or two eventually. Plenty of clearance for the TBs, but…
2. Not enough for TBs plus fenders, so the fenders had to go.
3. The old Brooks Plump Grips looked great, but the supposed length adjustability (unscrew spoke nut, remove required number of leather rings, et voilá – shorter grip to accommodate Rohloff twist shifter) didn’t work very well in practice, so installed a basic pair of black “cork” grips from VO, with the right side cut to size to fit the Rohloff shifter.
4. And I finally got around to adjusting the Rohloff shifting, so that I now actually have all 14 gears (instead of the 13 that sufficed for the first few hundred miles).
Some pics:
The finished bike – the Butch Bomba:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/37542512@N04/18223610733/in/dateposted-public/
TB installed on the dynamo front wheel, Pass & Stow rack, and lighting:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/37542512@N04/18656662029/in/dateposted-public/
TB installed on rear, showing Tubus rack and Rohloff cable routing:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/37542512@N04/18223717323/in/dateposted-public/
And the drive train:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/37542512@N04/18861988372/in/dateposted-public/
Planning to fiddle around with some new bag configurations tonight.
Tom “Overthink” Allingham
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Subject: [RBW] Wrenching on the Bombadil
The other thread on the joys of wrenching made me want to share part of my day's wrenching project. The Saluki re-build has allowed me to start messing around with the Bombadil which maintained it's initial configuration since I scrambled to put it together for my big Veterans Day ride last November. This frame has so much flexibility! Honestly though I think it really just wants fatter tires and sleak, flared handlebars! So here is what I've been working on....
For those keeping track those are 2.25", 650B Nobby Nic's. Definitely on the outside of recommended width for the first gen Bomba's but I think in un-muddy situations it's going to be fine. I picked up these tires locally and couldn't pass on the opportunity to check the clearances. 2.1" is definitely the sweet spot for this frame though. The Nitto RM14 Dirt Drop bars are remarkably comfortable to ride in the drops at least as high up as I have them. I'm hoping to get off-road for a couple hours this week or coming weekend.
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Allingham II, Thomas J
Hugh:
Thanks! I have in my mind that they were 55mm fenders. I could have gotten the tires in there with some fiddling, but I have fenders on my Atlantis and Quickbeam, so not a big deal to run the Bomba fenderless for a while.
Tom
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