on a Bombadil it may be less of an issue, but... I put a couple layers of the Lizard Skin protective stickers on the inside of the fork bladed where the pad-holders hit them when the brakes are fully open. I've got a wet-paint Hillborne; maybe your Bombadil is powdercoated, which might not really need the protection. Anyway, I got a Lizard Skin clear chainstay protector and cut from it patches that did *not* have any logo on them to do this.
Oh, and I imagine you'd deflate the tire to get it past the brakes if there's no room otherwise even when the brakes are open. At least, I'd do that instead of discombobulating my brake pads; deflating/inflating a tire is less tedious than re-adjusting brakes. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Aug 7, 1:20 pm, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey guys, thanks for the help. After a ride to clear my head and > watching the video, I reconfigured and lowered the rack, with a little > bending of the struts, and everything just fits! > > I do have one more question though, regarding the pad holders hitting > the fork blades the front , which is new to me as I've always used > small enough pads that they never hit the fork blades. > > What do you do if you have wider tires than you have clearance between > the pads? I have 50.5mm there on the Bombadil. I have a set of > Michelin 2" tires that I may use in the future. Just squeeze it > through? > > Anyone using larger than 2" tires on a Bombadil or Atlantis must have > come across this. -- 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.