I have fender greed. I don't believe I have ever set up a fender without trying to eke every mm of tire width out of the setup. Actually, not true. The front of my Utopia has inches of clearance, and I had to make a 3" drop bracket to get the fender down near the tire. The back, though, I had to file off some metal to fit the tire...
Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Jan 2, 12:20 pm, grant <grant...@gmail.com> wrote: > The AHH has 65mm of brake reach and a fork crown that maximizes that > 65mm for fender clearance. (It does so by putting the hole as low as > possible in the fork crown, to make sure there's no metal where there > could be air). The Silver brake was designed, also, with fenders in > mind (wide mouth high up, clears SKS 45mm fenders). > > here are always limitations, but those two components in the equation > are pretty well thought-out and fender friendly. I think some of the > problems may be due to trying to work even beyond the clearance > provided---a bike putter-together equivalent of getting greedy, > stretching even capacious limits beyond what's possible. > > There's nothing wrong, of course, with the fenders, either. But we all > the time put 40mm tires on bikes with silvers and SKS fenders. I know, > plastic, but plastic isn't Satan, and when you combine a plastic > (malleable) fender of a good design with the Homer's fork and silver > brake, things generally work out well. A fender that's 52mm > wide...probably best used with cantilevers or V's or something. > > Anyway...I understand the frustration. The nature of fatting and > fendering a bike always leads to a rub here and there, because you > naturally want the most of everything. > G > > On Jan 2, 9:26 am, Pondero <cj.spin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > A. Homer Hilsen, 650b > > VO Zepplin 52mm > > Hetre > > > Tire rubs on fork crown daruma. > > > I recognize that I'm pushing the limits of tire width with fender > > installation, but thought I'd seen someone with this combination in a > > photo somewhere. > > > Has this problem already been solved somewhere? > > > Any suggestions appreciated. -- 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-bunch@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.
