Yes, you can put 40mm Supremes under fenders. Have done it on both the original green Hillborne and my present blue. The newer bikes have enough room that I could easily put on 45mm tires and maybe even 50 if I was careful. (Which I am not, so won't).
Can't help on the other part. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Mark Taintor <marktain...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a new 56 cm Sam that's going to be built up in the next week or so, > and I've got a couple questions about tires and wheels for it: > > 1. I'll be putting on Longboard fenders and was wondering if 40 mm > Marathon Supremes would work with them. Would it be better to run the 35 mm > Supremes? I know there's clearance for 40 mm tires on the Hillborne but > don't know if that is with/without fenders. > > 2. Anybody ever put 650B wheels on a 56 Sam? Looking on the Riv website at > the page for the Betty Foy, it says that the Betty and the Sam can take the > same volume tires. The Betty mostly uses 650B wheels. As of now I'm > planning on 700c wheels, but am intrigued with 650B. Thoughts? > > Thanks, > Mark > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
