Keith, Here's a better pic of the crown and an attempt to show the brake cable...I'm planning on using flat fenders and will need to grind away some wood to clear the cables.
On Monday, October 2, 2017 at 9:52:15 AM UTC-5, iamkeith wrote: > You posted photos as I was typing my question. Thanks again. Indeed, it > looks like the fork crown is STILL the limiting factor. Curious.... > > On Monday, October 2, 2017 at 8:50:41 AM UTC-6, iamkeith wrote: > > > On Monday, October 2, 2017 at 6:53:38 AM UTC-6, Chris Lampe 2 wrote: > Is the tire clearance maxed out with those 2.4's? I recently rode some > 27.5+ and they were amazing. > > > I'm kind of curious about this too - though from a fender-ability question > as much as from a bigger tire question. With those same tires in the 29er > version, the 700c Hunq will work with fenders, but just barely, and not that > well. Frustratingly and curiously, the point of minimum clearance is at the > bottom of the fork crown. I've figured that this was a function of not being > able or willing to make the fork blades long enough, and that the 650b > version could solve this problem by virtue of a smaller diameter wheel. > Hard to tell in your photos though. It still looks marginal. As James > said, yours is perfection though! The ability to fit worthwhile tires like > that the single most compelling reason for getting a Hunquapillar as far as > I'm concerned. -- 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.
