A front fender that is pushed up squarely against the fork crown is going to drag first on the front, since the fork offset effectively moves the wheel forward, misaligning it with the fender. What you need to do is bend the front of the fender up, creating a slight divet in the fender at the crown. See VO fender installation instructions for more info.
Cheers, Gernot On Sep 9, 9:36 am, Stuart Fletcher <stuart.fletc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Michael, > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 16:57, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > > [...] > > Is anyone running 50 mm metal fenders on a ram & can you > > fit a 30 mm tire under it? > > I would say definitely yes the tires will fit. Mostly because I have > a Rambouillet running 43mm fluted Honjos and 31mm (measured, just now) > Grand Bois Cypres and the clearance is good. So a 30ish mm tire would > definitely fit under the fender. My brakes (Mafac Racer) would > prevent me putting anything bigger than the 43s on it without breaking > out the file. But I'm guessing those Pauls Racer Ms have a bit more > clearance, I haven't seen them in person myself (I'd like to!). > > With a quick glance at my frame and the clearances (my frame is a 60cm > btw) the only place it looks like there might not be a comfortable > ~4mm more clearance is at the chainstays near the BB. > > Here's a photo of my Rambouillet, just to throw it out there. Yours > is looking great!! > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ratrocket/4776284970/in/set-721576241269... > > http://goo.gl/Zu2i(same photo as above) > > Stuart Fletcher > Seattle, WA > > > > > Thanks, > > Michael -- 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.
