Yes, this is an important point. My wife's 1983 Sequoia frame has horizontal dropouts, so I needed to leave a decent gap to get the wheel on and off. Unfortunately, she once kicked up a pine cone that fit into that gap and shattered the fender. So, if you have vertical dropouts by all means do close that gap. If your dealing with horizontal ones..... avoid pine cones. Michael
On May 13, 6:52 am, Ken Freeman <kenfreeman...@gmail.com> wrote: > A consideration for that gap between the tire and the chainstay bridge is > that if you have horizontal dropouts, the wheel needs to move forward to be > removed. If you move the end of the fender backwards to restore an > excellent fender line, there might not be enough chainstay space to remove > the wheel without deflating the tire. I think that gap exists on frames > with horizontal dropouts and is not necessary on bikes with vertical > dropouts. > > > > > > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 6:36 AM, <bpus...@aol.com> wrote: > > What vintage would work best? Domestic, Italian, German, Chilean? Man, > > this is harder than I thought. > > > In a message dated 5/12/2010 8:43:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > > fbr...@jwperry.com writes: > > > René has spelled it out. I personally have more concern for the wine > > drinking than fender lines, but either way it works. > > > -- > > 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%2Bunsubscrib > > e...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Ken Freeman > Ann Arbor, MI USA > > -- > 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 > 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. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
