*Patrick Moore* and *Lammbo*, > The PDW fenders are made differently than Honjos/Velo Orange. Thicker, harder grade of aluminum with cut edges rather than rolled. I'd say they're less likely to dent, but I don't run fenders on gravel, so I haven't really tested that hypothesis. It stands to reason, though, that thicker, harder fenders would be more resistant to denting.
On my Frank Jones Sr, I run Soma Supple Vitesse 700x33's, and they fit perfectly under the PDW 37's. Not having rolled edges gives a few more mm clearance and rain coverage. That said, I don't like to use fenders as oversized as a lot of people do. My thought is that you can avoid stick jams two ways. One is to have enough room to let them ride the tire all the way through. The other is that you fit tire to fender closely enough that sticks don't have room to get started—of course, having good breakaway struts becomes more important if you choose the second option. PDW's have the best I've seen. Snow clearance is another thing, and I have virtually zero experience with that. IIRC, the fork and rear clearances on my FJ are similar to the Roadeo, since it's essentially a single speed road bike. I was able to fit my PDW 45's (from the Sam), but the front brake calipers (Tektro R559) kept bumping the top of the fenders, and I didn't really need fenders that big for the tires I wanted to run. With PDW 37's and 700x33 tires, I found I could use smaller brakes in front (Tektro R737) which I prefer anyway for feel and looks on that bike. Fender fit has to be considered in conjunction with brakes, if you have side pulls. If you have center pulls, cantis, linears, discs, or hub brakes, your fender choice would be driven almost entirely by tire and frame clearances. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/dae84ca7-7053-4315-a196-c0c73fa1a847%40googlegroups.com.
