Thanks for the explanation, Bill. I'm filing this away for future reference.
On Thursday, November 7, 2013 3:36:08 PM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > Best of luck with it. Your bike looks terrific all the same > > On Thursday, November 7, 2013 12:32:04 PM UTC-8, Tim Gavin wrote: >> >> Bill- >> >> Thanks for the advice. I need to pick up a couple M6 bolts (and a better >> method to attach the fender at the chainstay bridge) at the hardware store >> and I'll give it a try. >> >> I can see how they would help you get the fender as high as possible. >> Unfortunately, that won't let me step up from Lierres to Hetres; the >> Hetres don't fit horizontally. I have just about 1.5mm between the tire >> sidewalls and the fork legs, chain-, and seatstays. The Riv Road Standard >> geometry says it'll fit 700x35C tires, but mine barely fits 700x28C (short >> reach brakes), hence the desire for 650B. >> >> Tim >> >> On Thursday, November 7, 2013 2:24:00 PM UTC-6, Bill Lindsay wrote: >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> Sheldons nuts on bikes with caliper brakes can get the fender just a >>> tiny bit higher under the brake and fork crown. On the front, you can only >>> get the fender as high as the slot of that little L-bracket allows. Yes >>> you have to bend the tip to clear the headset bottom cup, but also you'd >>> have to dremel it out to get the fender high enough to hit the real limit >>> which is the brake caliper itself. Run the same fender on the sheldon nut >>> and you are a couple inches further back (correct) but that also puts you a >>> few precious mm further UP. So you can run the fender a little bit closer >>> to the caliper. On the rear, it's a similar thing, to a lesser extent. >>> That precious couple of mm is useful if you want the 10mm everywhere of >>> clearance that many recommend. For some that may make the difference >>> between stopping at Lierres (like I have done), or going all the way to >>> Hetres. The fender install can also be completely decoupled from the brake >>> adjustment, by using the Sheldon nut, which just simplifies things a >>> little. >>> >> -- 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.
