My Sam is a 650b, but i do have Tektro 559's. My tires are Soma Grand Randonneur 42s, so are probably close to yours in diameter and even wider. My all-time favorite fenders are Portland Design Works Full Metal Fenders (city size). They are 700c x 45mm size. I mount them to the brake bolt in front with a Problem Solvers fender nut, and to the rear brake bridge directly (adding a leather washer. PDW FMFs are light but quite sturdy and have possibly the best/safest strut release design on the market. And they're the quietest fenders I've ever run, my previous experience having been with Honjos (with Berthoud hardware), SKS, and Planet Bike.
On Saturday, September 16, 2017 at 5:43:22 PM UTC-4, tc wrote: > > Hey everyone, > I'm interested to know what brands of fenders (besides SKS) you've > successfully installed on a 700c Sam with Tektro R559 long reach brakes & > Alex DM18 rims that come with the 'Complete' build. > > I just spent the better part of today trying to install some 700c X 50 > Berthoud stainless steel fenders, but gave up because of front fender > fitment issues ... didn't even get to the back. > > The issues for me: > > - The fender curvature is too open/flat, pushing up against the > non-drive side brake arm, which forces that brake arm closed. So, hat > shoe > very slightly brushes the rim, with brakes open wide. > I did try to squeeze the fender sides together, but was not able to do > much good, and was scared of crimping them (I'd already slightly crimped > the back of the fender when testing the stay length, so didn't want to > force the issue). > > - The daruma bolt fender attachment point under the fork crown > positions the fender too high, again pushing the fender up against the > underside of the non-drive side brake arm. If the fender wasn't already > so > close to the tire I could've added another rubber washer on top of the > fender to effectively lower it. > > - The daruma bolt shipped with the fenders is very long ... too long. > Not wanting the end of the bolt dangling too close to the tire, I use a > bolt cutter to chop it to size, and ended up fowling the threads such that > I couldn't get the nut to screw on, no matter how much I filed and tried > to > re-thread it. > > > So, looking for another brand of fender. I prefer to keep the brakes, > rims, and tires I have. If I have to go with the SKS longboards I will, > but I much prefer the look and sturdiness of metal fenders. I hope someone > has had success! > > Thanks, > 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 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.
