Why, thank you! I can't wait to see the Berthouds on there - steel on steel. I think the mudguards will come off even earlier for this weekend's So Cal Riv Ride.
Esteban San Diego, Calif. On Dec 18, 2:47 am, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Esteban, > > That is one NICE looking bicycle! > > Angus > > On Dec 16, 1:02 pm, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Well, I've found out something I've wondered for a long time. Hetres > > fit on my Protovelo. But its a tight fit under the 50mm Honjos! > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671...@n02/sets/72157622888947795/ > > > That, combined with the stickiness of the new rubber, may be the > > reason why pebbles are making a racket in the fenders as I've ridden > > it around this morning. > > > I could make this work. But I'm really thinking of the 50mm > > Berthouds. The bike has a tight fit anyway -- larger fenders may > > cause more fit problems... > > > Esteban > > San Diego, Calif. > > > On Dec 15, 10:13 pm, 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? > > > > > >> -- > > > > > >> 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-bunch@googlegroups.com > > > > >> . > > > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > >> . > > > > >> For more options, visit this group > > > > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en > > > > >> . > > > > > > -- > > > > > > 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 > > > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en > > > > > .- 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.
