Ron, Will and Matt, thanks for all the input. Here is a photo of the space I have between brakes and the top of my 1 1/4 or roughly 32mm tire. The clearance appears to be about 15mm.
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MBpqTwe8qHQ/UWm8cWpE7hI/AAAAAAAAAMI/-ovJr2_x2X4/s1600/Motobecane%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg> Matt, yeah I am looking forward to riding this bike for years. I am more vintage than the bike, and I can see riding this even as I age. The set up gives me an upright, relaxed position that is easy on neck, wrists and back. Interestingly, I am always tweaking the fit of my other bikes trying to dial in the perfect position. With this bike, I set the seat height, dropped the stem in as far as it would go, and slightly tilted the bars down. No additional tweaking was needed. I guess I got lucky! Thanks again, Erl On Saturday, April 13, 2013 1:02:52 PM UTC-4, Ron Mc wrote: > > There is really a lot of room under those brakes. On my 76 Raleigh with > the same brakes, I had a pair of 42mm shorties to keep the brakes clean, > and could clear (and cover) 1-3/8" cross tires. Even 36mm Honjos should > clear 1-1/4" tires, but may not have the coverage you would like. You > could fit 42mm Honjos and easily clear and cover 1-1/4" tires. Honjos also > attach perfectly to this style frame - they are copies of the French > fenders that were made for this bike. > > On Saturday, April 13, 2013 10:07:03 AM UTC-5, Will wrote: >> >> I dunno. I have an early '70s Super Mirage Mixte. It's my daily rider. >> >> There's not a lot of clearance on the mixte for fenders, so I suspect the >> mainstream model is similar. If you want to run 28's, there's no problem. >> But beyond that it gets dicey. I'm using Planet Bike fenders. They're >> easier to fit than anything else. The bike handles really well and if you >> can adjust your fenders to something between 28's and 32's you have a nice >> ride. >> >> I'm using a rear rack and a Wald folding pannier basket. Works well. >> >> On Saturday, April 13, 2013 7:47:28 AM UTC-5, Matthew J wrote: >>> >>> Well done. If you can find a set somewhere, Berthoud composites will >>> look great on that bike. While it may put too much weight on the handle >>> bars for comfortable steering, a stem mount bottle cage may be a solution. >>> Amazing to think something this old already is now set to give another 30 >>> years of happy service. >> >> -- 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
