Sorry, not necessarily on "drive side" since by that time the rear wheel was fixed and symmetrical. But I did break spokes just below nipple on rear wheel, twice. I forget what side.
On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 8:30 PM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Are you worried about weight or about aesthetics? For weight, that depends > on your own weight, the weight of your loads, and how you ride. My Riv > customs are built around 26" (559 bsd) wheels, and long before the Compass > Elk Pass I used the very supple and nice riding Specialized Turbo to > commute on; but these came only in a so-called 26X1" size that actually > measured 22 mm on my rims. I weigh 170 or 175 and often carried 20-25 and > sometimes up to 35 lb loads on the back. I broke a couple of spokes on the > drive side with such loads -- Revolution spokes with aluminum nipples; > problem solved by replacing with 14/15 and brass -- but never pinch flatted > f or r, let alone hurt a rim; and I commuted over some rough pavement (NM > Fairgrounds and area). I kept the tires at about 80/90 f/r. Funny, the > *only* time I got a pinch flat with these tires was one day when I > deliberately rode at speed into some large gravel scattered on the asphalt > to see what would happen. Front pinch flat is what happened. > > As for aesthetics, I thought my bike looked fine. The only fenders I could > find were 45 or 50 mm Berthouds and, iirc, 40 Honjos during the brief time > that Jitensha carried 26" models; way too wide for tire, but again, it > didn't bother me. > > I did move on to Kojaks and then to Elk Passes. Odd: I did know about > Paselas at the time; the 559 X 32, light at 240 grams, was available and I > used it extensively; I think that it was, oddly enough, that the Paselas > were *more* prone to goathead flats and were also very sensitive to > pressure; the Turbos were very nice riding workhorses by comparison. This > was pre-Kojak. > > On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 6:37 PM J Imler <imler3...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I built this road frame up because it's winterish here and I like to have >> projects going most of the time anyway. I've got a Mark's Rack I could put >> on this and I am pro utilitarian riding. But a front rack w/ basket on a >> 25mm tired wheel? Maybe too thin, right? Max tire width up front is 28mm >> with the right tire. Got Marathons on now so it's a 25mm. >> >> Let me know if you have experience with something like this. Before you >> view, the frame is "ice pink", which doesn't particularly bother me, so >> yeah, plus they were basically giving it away. >> >> Pics - >> https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1-3QgdHl_a4A-3wjOwK1BU-yfbcUKftJK >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > > > > > *------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* > > > > > > *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And > though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the > hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* > --- J.R.R. Tolkien > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching > Other professional writing services > Expensive! But good. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* > -- *------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* --- J.R.R. Tolkien ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching Other professional writing services Expensive! But good. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
