He is referring to the 26x1.75 Pasela which has a real width of about 41mm. Interestingly the Rene Herse Natches Pass 26 x 1.8" is also about 41mm.
On 8/11/20, Addison Quarles <[email protected]> wrote: > I must ask: a 41mm Pasela? How have I missed out on this? 700 x 41? Or is > this another way of referring to the 26 x 1.75? > Also, holy smokes do you have photos of this bike anywhere? This thing > sounds wild! > > On Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 11:22:55 AM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> No, though 1 reason was that I had only the 1 Pasela which I acquired as a >> >> a design gauge. >> >> There was perhaps 5 mm of clearance between top of Pasela and bottom of >> flat-head allen bolt, and I could have ridden it so, but I wanted the fork >> >> made right, which means room for a real 45 and 10 mm under fender bolt. >> >> Once all is as it ought to be, I hope to get some Naches Pass tires and >> *really* try out the design! >> >> Chauncey was waiting for a new (biplane; Pacenti?) fork crown a weeke >> ago. >> >> Which leads to a dilemma, one that can only afflict the privileged: should >> >> 29s or 42s be the default tire? I'm inclined to keep the 29s as the "main" >> >> tire, since they ride so ineffably well on pavement, and since the bike >> handles so wonderfully with them. I personally have no use for tires >> fatter >> than, say, 32 mm, for pavement, even less than perfect pavement; given our >> >> sandy soil, I prefer *real* width, as in 60 mm, and 700C to boot, for off >> >> road. The Naches Passes would be occasional, "just 'cause I feel like it" >> >> tires. >> >> On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 7:14 AM Dave Johnston <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Did you try riding it as it was with the 41mm Pasela? >>> >>> -Dave >>> >>> On Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 5:28:59 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: >>>> >>>> Chauncey picked up the new bike this (actually, yesterday) morning to >>>> re-do the fork and reinforce the rear rack. A 41 mm Pasela has ample >>>> room >>>> under the 45 mm fender in the rear, but while it fits under the fender >>>> in >>>> front, there is only about 5 mm of clearance, so he will lengthen the >>>> fork >>>> legs to gain an additional 10 mm, and swap out the fork-crown fender >>>> mount >>>> with projecting boss with another that puts the threaded boss inside the >>>> >>>> steerer, so that the fender can be butted up tight against the underside >>>> of >>>> the crown. That should gain at least 3 mm. He said he can add more rake >>>> to >>>> the fork to preserve the wonderful (Riv-like, in fact, since it's Riv >>>> clone) handling. >>>> >>>> Grant would not have built me a custom with the features I wanted -- 42s >>>> >>>> with fenders, narrow Q, and 118 mm OL rear spacing, with braze-ones for >>>> >>>> Sturmey Archer trigger shifter, extra-long but thin plate dropouts >>>> (Chauncey cut his own), and internal light wire routing, with custom f >>>> and >>>> r racks. So I consider this a non-Riv tribute to Riv. >>>> >>>> Once I get the bike back, I'll look into buying some RH Naches Pass >>>> tires. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Patrick Moore >>>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>>> >>>> -- >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/acd30f1c-8233-462d-af3e-2f3f9ce55c20o%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/acd30f1c-8233-462d-af3e-2f3f9ce55c20o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/lx0OIR6bLp0/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e4f4bdac-d5d9-4396-b2b4-b69ce258f550n%40googlegroups.com. > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAN94-v9ONW91yRd9Pd6bk6%3DN__q-BH3tJDTWf9N0925mHHn3-g%40mail.gmail.com.
