I do like fat tires on the Quickbeam! The rear axle position becomes an important consideration, though, and you find that darumas are from the devil. If we ever get any rain in California again, I'll see how the metal fenders fit over the 37mm Ocean Air / Soma C-lines. It should be fine.
Philip www.biketinker.com On Sunday, January 19, 2014 9:25:36 PM UTC-8, Eric Norris wrote: > > Inspired by the ride of the 42mm Grand Bois Hetres on my Bleriot, I spent > a couple of hours today changing out the tires on my Quickbeam from the > 700x28 size I've been using forever to a set of 700x35s (Paselas, purchased > from another member of this list). > > Changing the tires was no big deal. The bulk of the time was spent > adjusting the fenders to fit around the fatter rubber. That involved, among > other things, using a Dremel to cut off the protruding end of the daruma > bolt that holds the front fender onto the fork crown. Yes, the 35s needed > every millimeter of clearance I could get (the rear wheel wouldn't even > spin when I first put it in, due to a lack of clearance, even though the > 28s had gobs of room). > > Results are in the photos here: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/campyonlyguy/sets/72157639957181314/ > > I haven't had a chance to ride it yet, other that a spin up and down the > block, but from an appearance standpoint alone it was worth it. The fatter > tires certainly fill out the fenders much better. > > Ride report once I've had a chance to get it on the road. > > --Eric > campyo...@me.com <javascript:> > www.campyonly.com > www.wheelsnorth.org > Blog: http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com > Twitter: @campyonlyguy > > -- 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.
