Dang! I'm glad you replied with that info so quick! I was just about to attempt the install. My long term plan is to convert this to 650B's. I think they would clear with that, so maybe I shouldn't return these just yet. Thoughts?
On Friday, August 13, 2021 at 6:31:27 PM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: > Oh, I missed that you said 38. I don't think there's *any *chance of that > working; it's the listed max size without fenders, and I remember the > clearance under the fork and brake being uhhhh not a lot. Which is > definitely not where you want your space dropping down to zero and a stick > or rock stopping there. Yikes! > > On Friday, August 13, 2021 at 3:25:23 PM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> Good luck! >> >> On Friday, August 13, 2021 at 3:17:16 PM UTC-7 rickur...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Great info, thank you! >>> I will be attempting to put the fenders on 38's...so fingers crossed on >>> that one for sure! >>> No canti here. I like the idea of the fender eyelet. I'll explore that >>> option. Thanks again! >>> >>> On Friday, August 13, 2021 at 5:46:33 PM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: >>> >>>> Yes to both, although it can be a bit of a bodge (I did it, a Romulus >>>> was my first Riv). Fenders are an easy fit over the stock 700 x 28 Ruffy >>>> Tuffys, you have single eyelets front and rear for them. My Rom brochure >>>> claims you can do it with tires as big as 35mm, but I suspect this is 2003 >>>> information when 700 x 35 Paselas were really more like 32. >>>> >>>> The front rack is where things get sticky. I used a Mark's Rack with >>>> the center-mount tongue behind the caliper brake* and clamps at mid-fork >>>> for the struts. Nobody likes using those fiddly clamps but they work fine. >>>> Alternatively you can try a long bolt and spacer at the fender eyelet on >>>> the dropout for longer rack struts. The eyelet is behind the fork blade so >>>> you'll need to set it up so the strut is spaced away from the blade. It's >>>> doable! >>>> >>>> *If you have a canti-Rom you have options for racks that mount at the >>>> brake bolts. >>>> >>>> Joe "wishes he'd taken pictures of this in 2003" Bernard >>>> >>>> On Friday, August 13, 2021 at 12:06:06 PM UTC-7 rickur...@gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is there any way to mount a front rack on my Romulus along with >>>>> vendors? >>>> >>>> -- 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/49142a29-b73d-48e1-a3e1-f80dd383d968n%40googlegroups.com.
