I've also been wondering if slightly skinnier tires were the course of action (1.5" or 1.75"), could you run nice Honjo 650b fenders on the old Trek?
On Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 11:16:33 AM UTC-4, Michael Morrissey wrote: > > Post pictures of the 1985 870! I want to see it! It's great how the > vintage Treks are the gateway drug to Rivendell ownership. > > m > > > > On Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 1:32:46 AM UTC-4, drew wrote: >> >> That's a great 830. I also have an 85' 870 with 2.5 tires and room to >> spare. I didn't even check the 890 before getting the tires because of >> this, but it's a significantly tighter squeeze. The fork crown is about a >> half an inch narrower, and same thing for the chainstays. >> >> Still, a really cool bike. My wife is 5'2 about 100lbs and not gonna go >> crazy on dirt, so the narrower tires should be ok. >> > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
