My Bleriot has the 45mm Honjos + CDLV tires. Plenty of room with that setup, but I haven't bothered to try sticking Hetres in there.
Bleriot (old setup, but with fender/tire combo described above): http://www.flickr.com/photos/gzahnd/502655983/sizes/l/in/set-72157600003542699/ On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Rick <richardholc...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I've been thinking of this for the Bleriot, can I add a factor to the > equation? Anyone w/ 50mm Berthouds or Honjos, Hetres, and sidepulls? > Gino, your Saluki has/had (very nice looking) Bruce Gordon brakes on > the flicker page. > > Rick. > > On Dec 16, 1:13 am, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well... Hetres just fit on my Protovelo. Its very tight under 50mm > > Honjos. I'll post photos tomorrow - > > > > I have more height than I thought I did - but the Honjos do come down > > to give the tire a hug. I can see how 50mm Berthounds would work > > better in that regard. I'd like to keep it to 50mm so I don't have to > > do surgery at the chainstays. Because there isn't much clearance > > (less than Gino's Saluki, for sure) on the seatstay bridge, I don't > > think big honking fenders would work as well. > > > > More tomorrow... > > > > On Dec 15, 2:09 pm, nathan spindel <nath...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > You guys are lucky the Rivs have such generous clearance. Last weekend > > > > I had to shelve the Hetres on a 650B conversion ('84 58cm Sequoia) in > > > order to add fenders. The VO Zeppelins didn't fit (too wide for the > > > fork), but 45mm Honjos + Col de la Vies did. Fortunately it's still > > > pretty:http://www.flickr.com/photos/natan/4183280562/ > > > > > But I do miss those ultra cushy 42s! :) > > > > > -nathan > > > > > On Dec 15, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Gino Zahnd <ginoza...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I don't have experience with the Berthouds, but Hetre + Honjo works > > > > just fine on the Saluki. I had 45mm Honjos on the Saluki, but > > > > recently upped them to the 50mm. > > > > > > -gino > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> I was reading over on the Rene Herse site that they like the > Berthoud > > > >> stainless fenders with Hetres because they open wider than the > > > >> Honjos. > > > > > >> Anyone have any experience? > > > > > >> -- > > > > > >> 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > >> . > > > >> For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en > > > >> . > > > > > > -- > > > > > > 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- > > > > bu...@googlegroups.com. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en > > > > .- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > > 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- 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-bu...@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.
