I've had good luck with Rock n' Roads and Velo Orange fenders on my Atlantis, though the VO fenders have what I consider to be a poor mounting design that results in some horrible toe-overlap. I've had one nasty over-the-bars as a result of my foot getting caught in the fender hardware! But that aside, I have them setup with about 1cm of clearance all around the tire and it's been great. Sure there is the odd 'Ping pang' of rocks sliding through, but it's not that common. I took them off recently when I switched over to the 2.1 WTB Nano's. Actually, there might even be room for fenders with that tire, provided they didn't have large bolts on the inside of the fender like VO. Have you seen the fenders Handsome Cycles is making?
http://handsomecycles.com/product/mud-butler-fenders-polished-silver They seem pretty great, and fit nice and tight to the tire if needed. This could help on frames that don't have a ton of room to begin with. Here's a photo of the Atlantis with RnR tires and VO Fenders <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Hv5uk314U2M/VIHOzRLcEbI/AAAAAAAAI0U/WBhjz5ngBDM/s1600/IMG_4732.JPG> And here's a photo when you try to take a tight corner while drinking a coffee with a bike full of groceries but get caught up in your fender halfway through the curve. Oops! <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-NAt8TYq0neM/VIHPUJAQB0I/AAAAAAAAI0c/QqB0JrraErk/s1600/IMG_4754.JPG> On Friday, December 5, 2014 8:26:42 AM UTC-6, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > I love the beausage my SaddleSacks collect, and I've had them in days of > heavy rain bikepacking and everything stayed dry inside. Any mud/dirt comes > off easily and the bag looks great. No need for a rain cover, but want may > be another story. Grin. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Thursday, December 4, 2014 11:00:55 PM UTC-7, grrlyrida wrote: >> >> I was commuting in the rain also. Where did you get those bag covers? My >> medium saddle bag and large shop sack got soaked, but not its contents. My >> laptop and papers plus food stayed dry. But I'd like a cover over them to >> keep them looking nice. > > -- 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.
