On Dec 23, 10:15 am, David Yu Greenblatt <david.yu.greenbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't fully understand how the "Deluxe" Honjo hardware works. Does it > replace the standard "R-clips" to attach the stays to the > dropouts?http://www.renehersestore.com/servlet/the-389/Honjo-Hardware-Deluxe-A...http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/accessories/fenders/honjo-r-cl... The "Deluxe" hardware is a copy of the hardware on 1980s Rene Herse bikes. It replaces the eyebolts on the (unthreaded) dropout eyelets, where the stays attach to the frame. Instead of clamping the stay between eyebolt and cup, the stay is held in the eyebolt with a set screw. You can use the "Deluxe" hardware with threaded eyelets: You put a little rubber (or leather) washer underneath the head of the eyebolt, screw it in as far as you can, then back off a little until the hole lines up with the stay. Insert the stay and tighten the set screw. I did that on my new Herse, which did not have room for a nut on the other side of the eyebolt. Traditional French bikes did not use R clips. (Since the stay is off- center with the clip, you have a greater tendency to loosen. In practice, however, that rarely happens.) Jan Heine Editor Bicycle Quarterly http://www.bikequarterly.com Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/ -- 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.
