Rob, Stuart, Earl, thanks for the feedback about the fenders. I did think about bending the front fender, but hesitated. Earl's comment gives me both a rationale and an idea about where's the best place to bend.
Stuart, Your orange Ram looks great. I got connected to Rivendell just as they were moving from orange to blue and could have bought one of the closeouts at a discount, $900 if I remember correctly! But I hesitated. I had never seen a Rivendell bike in person, until I was out in Victoria vacationing with my son. We were on a ferry to one of the islands in the Puguet Sound and there was a guy on an orange Ram with HB & saddle bags, headed home for the weekend. I knew then I wanted one, but by the time I got home & checked the website again, they were gone. michael On Sep 9, 10:13 am, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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(samephoto 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.
