Wow, that's about a hair's width of clearance between the tire and the brake caliper. Tight doesn't begin to describe it!
On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Paul G <pauldowg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, they used a 30mm in the rear, but only a 28mm in front. I wonder if > fork clearance prevented the use of a 30mm in front and, had there been > sufficient clearance, they would have used a 30mm up front too. > > 23/25mm is indeed madness as is the lack of clearance on the race bikes > that are developed specifically for Tour of Flanders/Paris Roubaix. I also > wonder if it would be a detriment to offer "standard reach caliper > clearance" on a race bike versus a close clearance bike of a rival in the > peloton. > > Here's an image of that 30mm rear tire on Niki Terpstra's Specialized > Roubaix > <http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/news/2014/04/13/1397406577449-1icum51yozuvc-500-70.jpg>. > Notice the brake pad at the bottom of the caliper slot. > > > > On Monday, April 6, 2015 at 7:22:55 AM UTC-7, Mark Reimer wrote: >> >> Last year at Paris Roubaix, Quickstep were running 30mm dugast tubulars. >> There are occasionally guys who race cross bikes too. A 30mm slick seems >> like it would be a perfect tire for that race. It's absolute madness to me >> that some guys run 23/25s! >> >> On Monday, April 6, 2015 at 1:22:31 AM UTC-5, Paul G wrote: >>> >>> Race mechanic, Rob Geysen, wishes his team's race bikes had clearance >>> for tires wider than 28mm at today's Tour Of Flanders. Will race bikes be >>> designed for fat tires (again) in the future? >>> >>> http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/article/wider-is-better- >>> at-flanders-43995/ >> >> -- > 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/d/optout. > -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- 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/d/optout.
