Originally Posted by
roashru
borobike, you should be able to put 38-622 winter tires on the kent denali since you dont use fenders. their are aftermarket circle type chain guards or just use an old frisbee to make one.
I could indeed, but that's the beauty of having a second bike! I'm hoping at this point to tailor my needs in separate directions for each bike.
Originally Posted by
LesterOfPuppets
Reynolds 531 is the name of a set of tubes that manufacturers can make a bicycle out of. It's not a frame that one could make an "exact copy of".
You are almost certainly correct in supposing that bike's not made from 531, however. It's probably a hi-tensile steel frame of some sort. Looks pretty nice except the saddle, though.
My mistake, I only began learning of these things on Monday when I picked this one up. Whatever you may call a grouping of tubes with a Reynolds 531 badge on it, this one looks a lot like it! But it's definitely not, though. This bike has Asian origins.
I agree with you about the saddle, although I like the look of it by itself it doesn't fit the bike. For now it works and is comfortable though. Ultimately I'm hoping to get a brown Brooks saddle for it (reason why I'm going with the brown bar tape).
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