Per Mike Kone (Rene Herse/Boulder Bike) 50 Berthouds are the perfect match for Hetres. That is the combination I plan to use when I finally get my 650B frame.
On Oct 5, 4:57 pm, Rick Smith <com...@yehudamoon.com> wrote: > I don't think you could slide a brevet card between that tire and > fender. > > This is the photo that inspired me to finally get the right fenders: > > http://janheine.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/overlook.jpg > > On Oct 5, 5:47 pm, franklyn <sini...@msn.com> wrote: > > > > > rick, > > > looks like saluki has abundant vertical clearance, which makes the > > 41mm-tire-45mm-fender combo possible. Look at how tight the 49mm > > fenders are on my Ebisu with red hetres: > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/franklyn/3423657195/in/set-7215761580867...... > > > Franklyn > > > On Oct 5, 2:43 pm, Rick Smith <com...@yehudamoon.com> wrote: > > > > Agreed - and wider fenders have better coverage for that width tire as > > > well. Just placed an order for wider fenders. BUT... I haven't had any > > > rubbing. All kinds of riding, too. I swapped out the Cols for Hetres > > > and figured I'd have to strip the fenders to make them fit, but they > > > did and I've been riding them for, what, six months? > > > > In any case, the wider tires are on their way - but not because the > > > tires wouldn't work with the 45s... more because I just love > > > installing fenders. > > > > Photos: > > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/74396...@n00/4936021018/ > > > > Rick > > > > On Oct 5, 2:25 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2010-10-05 at 11:19 -0700, Rick Smith wrote: > > > > > 42 Hetres fit under Honjo 45s, fwiw. > > > > > But they fit a whole lot better under 58mm Honjos.- 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. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
