That is a gorgeous bike! I do like the look with the 650b and fenders. Thanks so much for sharing the photo. I had read somewhere else about the tread pattern in the Lierre trapping bits of road flotsam and jetsam; I am sorry to learn they pick up glass on your commute. I have ridden Compass 26 x 1.75 tires on my Atlantis for about 6 months, like how they handle, and have yet to have a flat. Thanks again for the helpful info and photos.
Erl On Wednesday, October 29, 2014 9:09:34 AM UTC-4, Tim Gavin wrote: > > Here's a newer shot, as promised. > > > > Wrong side, sorry. We had just climbed up a steep, long grade across from > St. Paul, so catching my breath came before aesthetics. > > The sidewalls of the Lierres are more dingy a year later. I commute a 1-2 > days a week on this bike (1-2 days on other bikes), so the tires are > getting some miles on them. They're a great tire but not great for > commuting; I get about 1 flat a month from glass shards. The glass shards > seem to get caught in the zig-zag tread of the Lierre; I think they > wouldn't get caught as easily in the finer, file tread of the Loup Loup > Pass. > > The VO 650 x 45 mm fenders fit a little more closely than SKS P45's, and > they have less clearance due to nuts inside the fender. But they look > nice, aren't noisy, and seem to hold their position well (maybe because > they're metal vs. chromo-plastic). You'd have more clearance with VO > Zeppelin 650 x 52 mm fenders, and they should fit--but maybe with a little > crimping at the fork crown. Or just go P45's, they're pretty easy. > > Enjoy the Road Standard, and share more pics when you have it built. I > absolutely love the lugs, head badge, and the ride. And the fact that it > says "Rivendell" on the down tube makes it easier to explain to people. > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 7:12 PM, WETH <erlho...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Tim, thanks for the photo. The wheels/tires look nice on the bike. It >> helps as I wanted to get a sense proportionally how the smaller wheels and >> larger tires would look on the frame. >> Bruce, I appreciate your information too about brakes, tires and the >> conversion to 650b. I am pleased that three of you have done the >> conversion and like the results. >> All the best, >> Erl >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
