Another strong fender recommendation here! I just recently built up my 60cm Sam with 50mm wide SKS chromoplastics and they cover 700x38 tires *very* well width-wise. They are not terribly long but are plenty long if you are going to add mudflaps anyway. My guess is the 45mm ones from RBW would do okay too, width- wise. And I'm pretty sure they're longer.
The 50mm ones are for some reason significantly more $$... about $45 from AEBike on the web. If you get them, make sure to get the ones labelled "hybrid" or "700c"; they also have 26" ones that would be too- ooo short. Ask me how I know. Enjoy! Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Jul 8, 2:41 am, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Get some fenders, and not too skinny ones. I'd go for something in the > 45-55mm range (I have 42s over Jack Browns and wish I had gone wider). > Will improve the look with the skinny tires, and if you want to try a > wider tire later, you'll still have room. > > Cheers, and have fun with the build, > > Gernot > > On Jul 8, 1:51 am, Peter Pesce <petepe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi All- > > > My first post here. I just purchased one of the last Taiwan Sam frames > > to build up. It's a 60cm set up for sidepull brakes. Yes, I know, > > cantis are better in every possible way, but I actually like the > > classic look of sidepulls. I'm planning on Tektro 556 brakes, so > > hopefully I won't give up too much in clearances! > > It will be a more of a "Sunday ride' bike for the time being, but I > > like that fact that a Sam can become anything I want down the road. > > I'm keeping it pretty classic and simple - Noodles, Brooks saddle, > > skinny 32mm Paselas (that will no doubt look lost in those brakes!) > > Seems like a fun group here. Looking forward to learning a lot. > > > Cheers, > > Pete -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
