Thank you, Jan and Ryan! I will try the "Deluxe" method on my next fender installation.
- David G, Madison WI On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Jan Heine <hein...@earthlink.net> wrote: > 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.
