I test fitted a VO 63mm fender on my Clem, and it looked fine, though I'll be locking this bike up and bringing it an elevator daily, so I'm thinking about the SKS B65 fenders instead. My LBS can order them for me so I might go that route. If the B65 are 65mm wide, then I think It'll be fine around a 56mm or so tire. I'm also going to setup a second wheelset (I think I have a beater set that would work) with 2.1 Smart Sams, so I'm hoping with fenders installed for the Big Ones, that there would be extra fender clearance for the Smart Sams. If that works, and a simple wheel swap works, I'll probably abandon my plan to run dynamo lighting. David Chicago
On Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 2:07:45 PM UTC-6, Zed Martinez wrote: > > Nice! The Big Ones look like awesome tires, but I too would be curious > about squeezing fenders around them. > > On Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 12:46:23 PM UTC-5, David Banzer wrote: >> >> I installed these tires last week but never got to go on a ride as we had >> some cold temps and snow since then. I still need to install some >> superlight tubes w/ sealant. They measured around 56mm when first >> installed. I'll give them a couple weeks before re-measuring. >> I got a chance to commute with these installed on my Clem this morning. >> In short, they're wonderful. Very similar feeling from going from Paselas >> to Compass tires on another bike. >> Obviously, they're big tires but very low weight. With Clem's super long >> chainstays and my winter coat on, I couldn't see what gear I was in. I was >> surprised to find out that I was pushing 86 gear inches for the entire >> commute without needing to shift. >> We'll see how long they last in the long term - that'll probably have to >> wait until spring as I'll be swapping in some Smart Sams shortly. A second >> wheelset is starting to sound appealing as well. >> The good news is that my Clem will still fit fenders - the fork really is >> the limiting factor, the rear I think would fit a 29x3.0 tire. I think I'll >> have to re-think my no-fenders situation as it was a messy commute with >> lots of dirty slush. >> David >> Chicago >> >> >> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
