Originally Posted by
ryansu
200lbs? pffft! light weight
Sorry can't help you with those skinny tires I run 27" 36 spoke wheels with 1/4 to 3/8 widths (think 32 to 37mm) at 80 psi and they work very well. but then again this 50+ year old
super clyde ain't racing nobody
LOL!
I actually have a few in the works along those lines. One is a 1952 Rudge Aero Special (think Raleigh Super Lenton) with original or at least contemporary 27x1 ¼ rims, and another is a slightly modernized 1971-ish Peugeot UO-8 that will be shod with aluminum 27x1 ¼ aluminum rims. I'm on the verge of 65 and it's 1971 all over again! Keeping the Sturmey-Archer AW hub on the Rudge.
The Peug is destined to be an Ann Arbor city bike, which for me means vintage drop bars an inch above the saddle.