That's like a backwards version of my Riv Road: designed for 700c/short reach brakes, fits 700x28 max. with long reach brakes, fits 650x38.
Makes sense, I guess, since the Hilsen is the scion of the Road Standard > Rambouillet geometry. On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 4:22 PM, William <[email protected]> wrote: > For what it's worth, a few people (including Mile at Riv, and me) have run > 700c wheels with skinny tires and short reach sidepull brakes on the 650B A > Homer Hilsen. I did it just for fun, for a few weeks, and I keep the 700c > wheelset around as an option. Since you are tearing down another bike for > your build, keep that in mind that you could run two sets of wheels and > have two pretty different bikes. Just a thought. There is not enough room > for fenders, or anything bigger than a 700x28 tire > > On Friday, August 30, 2013 1:59:27 PM UTC-7, blakcloud wrote: >> >> Change of heart and will try the 650b route. I just need to decide which >> bike to get, the Hilsen or the Hillborne, but I will ask this is another >> thread. Thanks for everyone's input as it help me rethink my decision. >> >> >> -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
