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fruitcake

  • some kind of fruitcake
Wheel sizes: Which bikes take 16 x 1 3/8 ?
« on: 30 May, 2008, 08:08:04 pm »
So, I'm fixing my Bickerton and losing the hub gear.  A kilo  of steel in the middle of the rear wheel really is silly.
However, the bottom bracket is low to start with.  This means I can't go with a wheel any smaller than the 16 x 1 3/8 it came with.  
Which other folders use 16 x 1 3/8?
e.g. Is this the Brompton size?
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duncan

Re: Wheel sizes: Which bikes take 16 x 1 3/8 ?
« Reply #1 on: 30 May, 2008, 08:29:47 pm »
That's what it says on the tyres of my Brompton...
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LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Re: Wheel sizes: Which bikes take 16 x 1 3/8 ?
« Reply #2 on: 30 May, 2008, 09:37:53 pm »
Also Mezzo.
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Si

Re: Wheel sizes: Which bikes take 16 x 1 3/8 ?
« Reply #3 on: 31 May, 2008, 12:07:24 pm »
You might even get a Birdy 18" inch in there - I got 16x1 3/8 on my Birdy OK so it _might_ work the other way and give you a marginally higher BB, depending on clearances and brake reach.  Strangely enough (Birdy) 18 - (Brommie) 16 != 2.
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Ian H

Re: Wheel sizes: Which bikes take 16 x 1 3/8 ?
« Reply #4 on: 06 June, 2008, 11:03:04 am »
A friend once rode a hilly 100k audax on his Bickerton. By the end the frame had gone all floppy.
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fruitcake

  • some kind of fruitcake
Re: Wheel sizes: Which bikes take 16 x 1 3/8 ?
« Reply #5 on: 11 June, 2008, 08:44:02 pm »
Won't do that then.
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