Sorry for the lack of clarity. I was thinking of Zeppelins (instead of the Honjos you used) to see if I can eliminate or minimize the fender surgery. Good to know about the mounting tabs, though.
Ryan On May 11, 3:24 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 15:15 -0700, rcnute wrote: > > Thanks for being the early adopter/reporter, Steve. I think I'm going > > to give the Zeppelins and Hetres a whirl. > > Those are the fluted 58mm Honjos. Velo Orange has Zeppelins in the wide > size, but I understand they come with mounting tabs for brake-bolt > installation that you can't easily remove. I have Honjo Zeppelins (Le > Paon) on my Velo Orange > Randonneurhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/97916...@n00/sets/72157606169015639/ > but AFAIK they're not available in a 58mm size. Grand Bois has 58mm > hammered Honjos available. > > If your frame will fit the tires, I am entirely confident you will LOVE > them. Not the price, perhaps, but certainly the performance and in all > likelihood the appearance as well. I see they now come in black and > white tread as well as the red. I went with the red for the sake of > tradition, but I'm rather pleased with the look. Sort of reminds me of > a huge Pink Pearl eraser... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
