<https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-FBYuLDXNWS4/UWYGVMK1amI/AAAAAAAAAA4/DjvBjVikdII/s1600/bleriot_tires.JPG> Here is a picture I took a long time ago with 3 wheels in a Bleriot fork Left to right: 26x47mm, 700c x 27ish, 650b x 34mm Kenda
I did not adjust or replace the brake to try the rides of each. -Dave J On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 9:35:51 AM UTC-4, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > When I first got my hands on a Bleriot back in the day, one of the first > things I tried was a 700c wheelset - just for fit, not for ride. With > 47-57mm brakes and tires 700x28 or skinnier, it was fine. Got me to > thinking that the Riv 650B bikes are just skinny-tire 700C bikes with > longer reach brakes. > > On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 1:42:29 PM UTC-5, Fullylugged wrote: >> >> The question earlier about Pea Sage Green got me hunting down the actual >> color name for the early Saluki (Yellow Olive) but a crawl through old >> pages showed up something I missed until now. This little tidbit: >>>> >> Yes, you can use 700c or (on the centerpull version) mountain bike 26-inch >> wheels, but the frame is designed for 650Bs, and the others should be >> regarded as life-or-death options for escaping mean cowboys in >> middle-of-the-desert saloons, after you flatten their tires and scatter >> their horses.<<<< >> >> If mine were a center pull model, you can be sure I'd beat a path to the >> garage to play musical wheel sets and see how the rides compare. I've >> always liked it as a 650B though. Loved it as I toodled on down to City >> Hall yesterday to meet the mayor (and talk bike stuff for our little town) >> and chained it up to the fence there. In fact, I don't have a 700 wheel >> bike at all anymore. >> >> Tailwinds >> > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
