Yeah, I'm running those on my Rambouillet with 30mm actual tires and Planet Bike Cascadia 45mm fenders and it all looks and works just fine...
Steve -----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com]on Behalf Of Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:58 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Rambouillet, rear brake cable hanger Tektro Big Mouth? On Jan 22, 11:40 am, Bob Cooper <robertcoo...@frontiernet.net> wrote: > The question has been asked, rightly, Why not calipers? > > Well, with all the brakes, rims, tires, and fenders that I have put on > this bike, I have yet to get the fat-tires-and-fenders thing to work, > to the degree of elegance that I imagine. > > So, my last-ditch effort will be to use a skinnier tire than I > imagined and a skinner fender than I had imagined and a brake that > “opens when it closes,” if you know what I mean: Mafac center pulls. > > I thought that there might be something out there already that I > didn’t know about that would avoid my having to get out the hacksaw, > the scrap metal and the ball-pein hammer. But lo, that looks like the > next step. > > I’ll post a picture when done, with or without fenders (defeat!). > > Thanks for your help, > > Bob Cooper --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
