[RBW] Tires/Wheels for new Sam Hillborne

2017-08-31 Thread Surlyprof
I've ridden 40 Mondials under sks fenders with no problems. They measure just a shade under 40. I did grind out the hole on the attachment bracket in the front to get the fender all the way up to the fork. Easy to do with a die grinder, Dremel or file. You have to bend the bracket over anywa

Re: [RBW] Tires/Wheels for new Sam Hillborne

2013-08-08 Thread Eli Daniel
I have a 56 Sam with 37mm Soma New Express tires under longboards, and there's plenty more room. If the Marathons are really 3mm fatter, I'd think it would be fine. -Eli On Aug 6, 2013, at 8:56 PM, Mark Taintor wrote: > I have a new 56 cm Sam that's going to be built up in the next week or so,

Re: [RBW] Tires/Wheels for new Sam Hillborne

2013-08-07 Thread Eric Platt
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 S

[RBW] Tires/Wheels for new Sam Hillborne

2013-08-06 Thread Kelly
My wife has 700x40 supremes under longboards on her Atlantis and I've run them on my Ahh so you should be fine. Kelly -- 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

[RBW] Tires/Wheels for new Sam Hillborne

2013-08-06 Thread Mark Taintor
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