I also used a Sheldon's nut to mount the tab to the back of the fork. It resulted in better clearance than with the daruma. I also bent both front and rear tabs to effectively shorten them and bring the fender as close to the bridge as possible.
I'm running 45 mm VO fenders over 38 mm tires, so the extra clearance is welcome. As is the extra clearance from using Paul Racers instead of sidepulls that push on the fender. Likewise, the tightest clearance is at the bolts for the stays. I hear pebbles rattle through pretty often. Yet I've ridden it, with fenders, on rural gravel in Iowa (.5-1" crushed limestone) and never got anything stuck in the fender. A good reason to keep the fender clearance even, or maybe increasing, towards the front of the bike. You'd hate to have it narrow towards the front and trap debris. I believe Honjos, like VO fenders, use 5 mm stays with no quick release. The FMF Safety Tabs <https://www.ridepdw.com/goods/spare-parts/fmf-safety-tabs> from PDW fit these stays and add quick release safety to your fenders. I took a stick in my rear (non QR) P45 fender, and it folded it under the brake bridge at ruined the fender. So I put these QR's on the front AND the rear fenders now. One additional advantage of the FMF Safety Tabs is they use a grub/set screw to attach the stay to the safety tab, which makes it much, much easier to finely adjust the length of the stay. The standard Honjo/VO tabs are attractive in their simplicity, but they were a real pain to adjust when my rack and fenders are on the same bolt (single eyelet Campy 1010s on my Riv). Cheers, Tim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
