So..... as long as this particular discussion is active, I'm hoping I can get a bit of related advice/suggestions. I just yesterday got some SKS plastic fenders from Tim, to install on my 59 Clem, and am running into something I haven't seen before.
First of all though, I can confirm that the kickstand plate is indeed further from the center of the wheel than the seatstay brace. However BOTH mounting points are far enough away that they will need form of spacer - even with the enormous 2.4" tires I plan to use. My go-to solution is to stack aluminum inner chainring spacers as needed, and I will do that again. They look nice. Since the hole diameter is larger than the screw, a piece of rubber hose inside the stack keeps them snug and nicely aligned. I mention this just as an idea for the OP though. My actual question is this: The holes on the seatstay brace are oriented radially rather than tangentially, relative to the wheel axle, which I've never seen before. [Picture below.] What's the normal way to attach the fender in this configuration? I'm sure I can hack something together, but thought I'd see if anybody has already figured out some elegant solution. On "normal" bikes, it would probably work to simply drill through the fender and bolt directly to the stay. Especially where there's this much clearance. But on the Clem, the unique curve of the stays means that the hole is not actually pointing at the center of the axle, so it looks like it would either require a wedge shaped spacer, would end up putting stress on the fender or bolt or both. Thanks for any ideas. <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6ExqFzGxCAg/VoQ_9ZCRZyI/AAAAAAAAAPA/zgSSYDRd9PA/s1600/fenderstay.jpg> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
