I also put the TRP CX8.4s on my wife's Atlantis with 26" x 1.5" tires. No fenders & plenty of clearance. I liked it so much I considered doing the same thing to my old MTB with 26" x 2" Schwalbes. The wire would have just touched the tire, and would not have worked with knobs or fenders. It came with cantis so I suspect the canti post location differs between the 2 bikes, with Rivendell locating theirs for maximum clearance.
dougP On Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 7:37:18 AM UTC-7, Mark Reimer wrote: > > For what it's worth, I have TRP CX8.4's and they just baaaarely clear > continental 35mm file-treads with some planet bike fenders. The brake cable > actually touches the fender. They are 8.4cm tall. Thinking I'll sell them > because they have such limited fender clearance. > > Not to derail this... but I keep hearing talk about these new fat Compass > tires... but I can't find ANY details... are there going to be wider 700c > tires?? I know there is talk of fat 26ers. > > On Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 8:24:23 AM UTC-5, Will wrote: >> >> To share some information, since I suspect as the new Compass fat tires >> get adopted, folks will have brake questions... My initial concern was >> clearing P65 fenders. >> >> I emailed Riv and Paul Industries. Brian at Riv, reco'd Shimano CX 70s. >> Says he has them on 3 cycles. Paul Price was kind enough to respond as >> well. He reco'd Motolites. >> >> Will >> >> >> >> >> On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 1:22:01 PM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: >>> >>> the fattest tires I've ever seen MiniMotis get around were 700x45. I >>> think 26x2.00 plus fenders is too much for MiniMotos >>> >>> On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 9:02:16 AM UTC-7, Will wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks. That's a good question. At the moment the bike has Continental >>>> Touring tires. I'm guessing they are 40s or thereabouts. But I am pretty >>>> sure the end game for this Atlantis will be one of the Compass 26" >>>> fatties. >>>> So big clearance is the main concern. >>>> >>>> Took the bike out for an early am spin. I continue to be hugely >>>> impressed. >>>> >>>> Will >>>> >>>> On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 3:00:39 AM UTC-5, Tom Harrop wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hey Will, >>>>> >>>>> It will probably depend on the tyres and stud placement to some >>>>> degree. My guess, without actually knowing your setup, is that any tyres >>>>> that require 65 mm fender are going to be too big for a 'cyclocross' mini >>>>> V-brake. I tried full-size V-brakes with 60 mm Big Apples and 60 mm >>>>> Berthoud fenders on my Bombadil, and they didn't workâthis was Shimano XT >>>>> brakes, which have longer arms than Paul Motolites (which of course have >>>>> longer arms than mini V-brakes). >>>>> >>>>> Maybe if you tell us your tyre size someone will have already tried it >>>>> on an Atlantis? >>>>> >>>>> Good luck, >>>>> >>>>> Tom >>>>> >>>> -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
