From: | Barry Brown | e-mail: | oldmill@kingston.net |
Subject: | RE: RE: RE: Model K | Date: | Tue Nov 24 20:23:48 2015 |
Response to: | 5977 |
It wasn't a stupid question at all. As far as spoke diameters are concerned I have seen many rear spokes larger diameter than the front . I think this was especially important when a sidecar was fitted as the driving wheel in that circumstance has an even more arduous task. ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- That makes perfect sense Barry. I feel kind of stupid now. I'll take the embarrassment so no one else has to. Any hub spoke answers?? THANKS ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- you are interpreting the information incorrectly . It is all a matter of the way in which tires were "labelled" up to the point of transition to "ballon" spec. To convert the tire measurement on the older tire to find out the rim size multiply 3 1/2 x 2 = 7 . Subtract this from 27 and you get a 20 inch rim. 27 was the overall height of the mounted tire not the rim size. ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- I'm building my 1921 model "K" from a basket case. My question is this…the original 1920 K brochure says the tire size is 27 x 3 1/2. All the '20 and later Hendersons I've seen have the balloon 20 x 3.85 tires. I cannot imagine a 27 in rim on the Henderson like the brochure states as the fender is so wide I believe this would look strange. What am I missing? I need to purchase the clincher rims so I want to make sure I'm on the right track. Also are the spokes the same diameter both from and rear? My rear hub has the spoke holes much larger than my front hub. Thanks for all responses. Kris |