RE: [CR]27" high quality RIMS//// Conti 27's and long steerer lock nut

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Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:57:58 +0000 (GMT)
From: "willc" <cherrycycle1@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [CR]27" high quality RIMS//// Conti 27's and long steerer lock nut
To: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
In-Reply-To: <200801210320.m0L3KLZ5014478@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Donald, listers... Do you guys not have access to Continental gatorskins in the States, in the 27 by 1.1/4 sizing, while i would be the first to admit they maybe look a bit too modern, big obtrusive decal, but brown sidewall.... i have several bikes equipped with them, having tried Paselas and found them to be very narrow , dead and not much in the way of grip on our Irish tarmac which is rough , bumpy and can be slick at the best of times; some guys have reported on cycling plus forums that they have had too many cut / punctures with them.... IMO they are running them way over pressure... i can report only one flat and that was a stray rotary wire brush strand which i found stuck in the tyre after setting off on a short shopping trip and it was slow to deflate. i run these around 90/95 psi and i am 230 lb. BTW has anyone got any of those 40mm + long top alloy lock nuts for a english threaded steerer..

willie carton coleraine n. ireland where i am currently looking for timber to build an ARK..

Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca> wrote: The problem with high-quality 27" rims isn't the rims. The problem is that it's virtually impossible to find the panaracer pasela 27x1 tires with a folding bead, that would justify the investment in new 27" double-walled rims. And, nobody else makes good 27" tires, imho. If you had the rims made, you'd better stock the associated tires. I have several bikes that could benefit from 27" high-quality rims, but for the moment I'll use NOS vintage weinmann 219-type single-wall rims.

I think there is a need for a high-quality polished rim, 27" or 700c, with a traditional horseshoe profile, period. I don't think the MA3 / Open Sport / Open Pro fit this need. The Torelli Master probably died out because its outer ERD was so high that tires were too difficult to mount ...

- Don Gillies San Diego, CA, USA _______________________________________________

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