I'm all for using things up, but where I live (rains most of the time) I like to have "full fat" mudguards/fenders. My 610 could only accept the clippies when running any decent tires.
The 610 will have a new home soon, with hopes. Bob On Nov 7, 12:39 am, Ken Freeman <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a 1984 610 that I bought new, and it's on its 15th or so > re-purposing. I had a set of Diagonale-rimmed wheels with 700x32s from a > touring bike, and decided to use them on the Trek with fenders and a custom > low-trail fork (65 mm!). Bottom line: with the spacious new low-trail fork > I could make it work with 45 or 35 mm fenders. On the back end, there is > enough room for 32s without any fenders or 28s with either fender. Right > now it's built with 28 mm and the 35 mm fenders. Rides well! But I share > your experience about just not being able to crowd more tire in there. > > A friend of mine here in Michigan repurposed a 610 with 650b's ... > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Bob <[email protected]> wrote: > > Made you look (please forgive me). > > > Greetings from North Yorkshire, England. Tonight I had a bit of a > > "moment" while trying to mount some new Schwalbe Winter studded tires > > on my old, old, made in Wisconsin, USA, Trek 610. I got all excited > > when the front tire fit with adequate-but-not-optimal clearance, but > > then things went pear-shaped on the rear. > > > First, since my rear wheel is sporting one of those accidentally- > > asymmetric Australian Velocity rims, so it was impossible to mount the > > tire at all, as the bead kept popping off the slightly lower side. (I > > had been running Panaracer Pasela 32mms, which apparently have enough > > bite to mount on these loppy rims.) > > > Second, even if I had been able to mount the rear tire, it was obvious > > that it wouldn't have fit. > > > Thirty minutes later, and the frame was stripped for sale, and will be > > up on ebay.co.uk soon. I have a box of OK to nice parts that I will > > transfer to a new or new to me frame, as soon as I source one. > > > If anyone is one the fence about selling a beat-up (but not bent) old > > Rivendell frame, one that allows mounting the biggest, fattest 700c > > tires available, please let me know. I need about a 62cm. > > > In the meantime, what was my backup, a spiffy Surly LHT, is now my > > daily driver. If you're wondering, I like having at least two properly > > functioning bikes ready to go at all times (I'm car-free). > > > Cheers, > > Bob > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
