Hey Rick,
Sorry, no experience with sidepulls, but I run Hetres on my Bleriot
with Paul Centerpull brakes. Gobs of clearance for fenders. Right
now I have 26 x 50 SKS fenders (which are waaaay wider than 50mm, BTW)
on there.
-Jay
Denver, CO
On Dec 16, 1:31 pm, Rick <richardholc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've been thinking of this for the Bleriot, can I add a factor to the
> equation? Anyone w/ 50mm Berthouds or Honjos, Hetres, and sidepulls?
> Gino, your Saluki has/had (very nice looking) Bruce Gordon brakes on
> the flicker page.
>
> Rick.
>
> On Dec 16, 1:13 am, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Well... Hetres just fit on my Protovelo. Its very tight under 50mm
> > Honjos. I'll post photos tomorrow -
>
> > I have more height than I thought I did - but the Honjos do come down
> > to give the tire a hug. I can see how 50mm Berthounds would work
> > better in that regard. I'd like to keep it to 50mm so I don't have to
> > do surgery at the chainstays. Because there isn't much clearance
> > (less than Gino's Saluki, for sure) on the seatstay bridge, I don't
> > think big honking fenders would work as well.
>
> > More tomorrow...
>
> > On Dec 15, 2:09 pm, nathan spindel <nath...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > You guys are lucky the Rivs have such generous clearance. Last weekend
> > > I had to shelve the Hetres on a 650B conversion ('84 58cm Sequoia) in
> > > order to add fenders. The VO Zeppelins didn't fit (too wide for the
> > > fork), but 45mm Honjos + Col de la Vies did. Fortunately it's still
> > > pretty:http://www.flickr.com/photos/natan/4183280562/
>
> > > But I do miss those ultra cushy 42s! :)
>
> > > -nathan
>
> > > On Dec 15, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Gino Zahnd <ginoza...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I don't have experience with the Berthouds, but Hetre + Honjo works
> > > > just fine on the Saluki. I had 45mm Honjos on the Saluki, but
> > > > recently upped them to the 50mm.
>
> > > > -gino
>
> > > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >> I was reading over on the Rene Herse site that they like the Berthoud
> > > >> stainless fenders with Hetres because they open wider than the
> > > >> Honjos.
>
> > > >> Anyone have any experience?
>
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