Re: [CR] FAT 28s on Concave narrow rims...Howza 'bout 35s!

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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:21:37 -0500
From: "Ken Freeman" <kenfreeman096@gmail.com>
To: Mark Greenberg <weegee333@yahoo.com>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] FAT 28s on Concave narrow rims...Howza 'bout 35s!


Was this one of the years that had bolt-mounted brakes, or braze-on cantilevers? If it was bolt-in brakes, how did you handle wheel removal? I'd think you are deflating every time you remove or install a wheel.

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Mark Greenberg <weegee333@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> I thought I might chime in...in that in September I rode over a 300 mile
> trip on my '82 Trek 728. It's the first model year and the only year with a
> 700 wheel size. I built narrow Weinmann concaves on 1st gen xt uniglide
> hubs...And, I've been riding these for three years, including this trip with
> Pasela TG 700x35s with no problemo...color me crazy...That trip was VERY
> hilly and VERY rainy...cathartic, in agood way!
>
> Cheers,
> Mark Greenberg
> Atlanta, GA
>
>
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Ken Freeman
Ann Arbor, MI USA