[Yak] NWT Tire size options

[Aaron Hovel]

I have NWT.  I currently have 1.6 tires on with no clearance problems.  I
have V-brakes.  I "think" the standard fork on a NWT can go to 1.75.
 Hopefully others will chime in.  I have Alex x -101 20 X 1.5 rims.

Aaron

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Michael Lindroos <lindrom at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,  I have a NWT and would like to consider wider tires.  I am presently
> using Primo Comet 1.35 tires on what I believe are 406 rims.  I really don't
> know for sure what the numbers mean, but I think I would like to get a tire
> that is 1.75 or 2.0 based on the roads I ride on.  At the very least a 1.5.
> Is this something that should probably be able to be done with the rims I
> have?  Will there be much likelihood of needing to replace the brakes if I
> stay with the same rims?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mike Lindroos
>
> --- On *Tue, 12/29/09, Andy Heath <cycling at axelrod.plus.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Andy Heath <cycling at axelrod.plus.com>
> Subject: Re: [Yak] CrazyGuyOnABike.com features a Bike Friday, rack?
> To: yak at bikefriday.com
> Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 5:41 PM
>
> Thanks Eddie,
>
> I copied my mail to the comments section of the blog and she responded to
> it to say that it was the Tubus rack.  Her rear rack was the custom one.
> But in fact any rear rack would fit - I have a Blackburn (or
> Blackburn-lookalike) on mine and it has happilly carried the kitchen sink
> for years.
>
> andy
> > I happened to run into this woman on one of her shakedown rides shortly
> after she received her NWT.
> >
> > In our conversation, she mentioned she was working with the shop at her
> local community college to have a custom rack built for her BF.
> >
> > So what you are seeing, might be a custom creation.
> >
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> Cheers
>
> andy
> -- andy heath
> cycling rhetoricist
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