I don't know that I have anything pertinent to add to this thread, but I will say, that after installing metal fenders on my sidepull brake road bike, I am of the mind now to purchase any future bikes I get with canti brakes on them. I just don't want any calipers limiting the height I can raise the fender to the fork crown.
You can see how the calipers in the pic below limit that space: -- 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/d/optout.