Carsten:

You knowledge of the Birdy seem limitless. Thank you for the reply.

- Rod

--- In birdybike@yahoogroups.com, "carsten_thies" <c.thies@...> wrote:
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> Sorry, I was wrong.
> The 47 and 50 mm wide tyres only fit in Birdies from 2002 (Birdy Grey)/2003
on.
> The eye for the mudguard bolt, protuding beneath the large triangle shaping
the front swingarm arch and retained from the previous sidepull brakes, is the
limiting factor (on the rear swingarm probably too). Besides the front swingarm
is less wide at the top than later swingarms with parallel sides.
> I have a single fork from this era with a max. tyre height of ~45 mm, my other
Birdy frames are either older (for sidepull brakes) or newer (2004 and 2005).
> On later forks, the mudguard is bolted directly to a smaller triangle linking
the swingarm arch, from below and with spacers provided for use with tyres
requiring less height.
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> A knobby for the early V-brake Birdies was produced by LiHSiN/Kenda, 50 PSI
(3.5 bar), according to Peter de Leuw's
<birdy-freunde.de/changelog/reifenkunde.html>, but I doubt they are still
available from r-m or distributors.
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> O°O Carsten
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> --- In birdybike@yahoogroups.com, "carsten_thies" <c.thies@> wrote:
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> > 1) There is not a wide range of producers, but Schwalbe produces a wide
range of good 18" tyres, Maxxis one and (in Japan at least) Continental one,
apart from the simple kiddy bike tyres.
> > Schwalbe: Kojak 32-355, Marathon Racer 40-355 wire or kevlar beaded,
Marathon Plus 35-355, Big Apple 50-355, the knobbies Black Jack (standard or
improved special r-m version) and Mad Mike, both 47-355.
> > And the simple HS 159 47-355.
> > Schwalbe's Stelvio 28-355 (the second generation had improved flat
resistance) or Marathon 40-355 have been discontinued years ago, but with some
luck you may still find them.
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