My green QB was originally setup as a fixie with Speed Blends, fenders and SON lighting for commuting. My thought was that any thief would get mesmerized by the tires changing color, while the headlight lit up my itself, and they would crash on the first corner when they tried to coast.
I eventually switched to Jack Browns which ride great, but my fenders were setup for the smaller tires. Now I need to carry a wrench, to loosed the fenders, if I need to change the rear tube. This year will be my 10th year with the QB On Jan 20, 2014, at 12:25 AM, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > Inspired by the ride of the 42mm Grand Bois Hetres on my Bleriot, I spent a > couple of hours today changing out the tires on my Quickbeam from the 700x28 > size I've been using forever to a set of 700x35s (Paselas, purchased from > another member of this list). > > Changing the tires was no big deal. The bulk of the time was spent adjusting > the fenders to fit around the fatter rubber. That involved, among other > things, using a Dremel to cut off the protruding end of the daruma bolt that > holds the front fender onto the fork crown. Yes, the 35s needed every > millimeter of clearance I could get (the rear wheel wouldn't even spin when I > first put it in, due to a lack of clearance, even though the 28s had gobs of > room). > > Results are in the photos here: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/campyonlyguy/sets/72157639957181314/ > > I haven't had a chance to ride it yet, other that a spin up and down the > block, but from an appearance standpoint alone it was worth it. The fatter > tires certainly fill out the fenders much better. > > Ride report once I've had a chance to get it on the road. > > --Eric > campyonly...@me.com > www.campyonly.com > www.wheelsnorth.org > Blog: http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com > Twitter: @campyonlyguy > > > -- > 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/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 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/groups/opt_out.
