Very well put, Grant. There would be no issues if I had kept the Marathon tires I got with the Betty, which I believe are 35s... but those red Hetres look so good on the Betty... :-)
And of course, even though she desn't have time to ride it, my oldest daughter wants the hammered Honjo fenders on it. Like you said... pushing the tolerances... :-) Yesterday I rode the Betty with the 200 Bullmoose bars and I have to say it also felt wonderful. I cannot quite figure out why the 200s feel so stretched out on the Hunqapillar but feel so great on the Betty. Their geometry differences don't seem to be so great, yet they feel very different. I'll keep those for a while and ride it like this, but if my daughter ever rides it, she'll need the 150s back as she already felt a bit stretched on them. Since it's obvious I love how the Betty handles with both, it'll be fine. I'm sad to see the Bullmoose bars on the sale... I hope it doesn't mean they'll never be made again. Luckily I'm well stocked in those. It was a last minute discovery, but such a delightful one! What will I do in 2012 if all my bikes now fit perfectly? Well, I guess I'll just have to ride them more... :-D René On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 12:20 PM, grant <grant...@gmail.com> wrote: > The AHH has 65mm of brake reach and a fork crown that maximizes that > 65mm for fender clearance. (It does so by putting the hole as low as > possible in the fork crown, to make sure there's no metal where there > could be air). The Silver brake was designed, also, with fenders in > mind (wide mouth high up, clears SKS 45mm fenders). > > here are always limitations, but those two components in the equation > are pretty well thought-out and fender friendly. I think some of the > problems may be due to trying to work even beyond the clearance > provided---a bike putter-together equivalent of getting greedy, > stretching even capacious limits beyond what's possible. > > There's nothing wrong, of course, with the fenders, either. But we all > the time put 40mm tires on bikes with silvers and SKS fenders. I know, > plastic, but plastic isn't Satan, and when you combine a plastic > (malleable) fender of a good design with the Homer's fork and silver > brake, things generally work out well. A fender that's 52mm > wide...probably best used with cantilevers or V's or something. > > Anyway...I understand the frustration. The nature of fatting and > fendering a bike always leads to a rub here and there, because you > naturally want the most of everything. > G > > On Jan 2, 9:26 am, Pondero <cj.spin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A. Homer Hilsen, 650b > > VO Zepplin 52mm > > Hetre > > > > Tire rubs on fork crown daruma. > > > > I recognize that I'm pushing the limits of tire width with fender > > installation, but thought I'd seen someone with this combination in a > > photo somewhere. > > > > Has this problem already been solved somewhere? > > > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
