Well....sometimes the best laid plans are just to no avail. Out of completely serendipitous luck the timing of my "AR trade for Hilsen" offer hooked me up with the original AR owner into a 3 way transaction with a 57 hilsen sale that popped up the same day. Trade went off smooth and with a couple confirmed Hilsen / RnR combos on the board I ordered the tires too. I finally had time tonight to get one mounted on the rear wheel and stick it in the frame....unfortunately THIS was the scene.<https://www.flickr.com/photos/42027576@N00/13437448284/> Basically touching both chain stays. This Hilsen is a waterford built model with a brazed in chainstay bridge as opposed to a kickstand plate. Curious if that variation has any affect on clearance, or if some have crimped stays, or if size is a factor?
Looks like I have 2 options: Somewhat risky: crimp the stays. (I DO have some experience with this, though with pre production frames.) Safe: give up on a voluminous knobby tire (Not the end of the world as I have been curious about the C-lines, however I took the fat paselas off my old Hilsen in search for a more aggressive tire...) I was so excited when I opened the box with the BGs...they are exactly what I had been hoping for in a tire. Sigh. I suppose I could always run them on my 29er. -- 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/d/optout.
