David, Chiming in on your exchange with Steve regarding using Honjos and Hetres on a Hilsen (the Triple "H").
In my opinion, the critical thing that Steve's Saluki had that your bike does not have is cantilever brakes. The place where you will have the biggest clearance problem is through the brake calipers. Steve never had that problem on his Canti-Luki. The Honjo hardware that you will need to use in the area of the brake bridge will be problematic. On my 58cm 650B Hilsen, I found Hetres and Honjos impossible. Hetres and SKS fenders was barely adequate. I've now gone to SKS Longboards and Grand Bois Lierre tires and I find that ideal for the caliper-brake equipped Hilsen. The Lierre really is an excellent tire, every bit as good as the Hetre, in my opinion. As Steve pointed out correctly, there's adequate room at the chain stays. Bill On Monday, May 6, 2013 9:06:19 AM UTC-7, Davidbea wrote: > > Steve, > As the Saluki dimensions are similar if not the same as my Homer, should > the Honjos, hammered or fluted work with 42mm Hetres with my 56cm 650B > Homer? > Maybe with a bit of trimming? > Thanks. > David > > > On May 6, 2013, at 11:05 AM, Steve Palincsar <pali...@his.com<javascript:>> > wrote: > > > On Mon, 2013-05-06 at 14:58 +0000, Allingham II, Thomas J wrote: > >> I too have the 60mm stainless steel Berthouds on big 700c tires (50mm > >> Marathon Supremes on my Atlantis). They work great – I wouldn’t want > >> anything bigger under them, but at 42mm you should be in great shape. > >> They’re very high quality construction and coverage, too. > >> > > > > I just noticed - you said 700C. The Honjo's I posted are all for 650B. > > Not at all sure if they'll fit. Sorry about that. > > > > There is another issue, one I encountered with mounting those Honjos on > > my Saluki: not all bikes have chain stays that will properly fit a 42mm > > wide tire. In my case, I had to cut the portion of the fender that fit > > through the chain stays at the bridge to make them fit. > > > > > > > > -- > > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to > > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > 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. > > > > > > -- 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.
