I've put fenders on a lot of different bikes over the years. Some plastic. Mostly metal ones, like Honjos and Velo-Orange.
A couple of things I've found: I have not found any dual-pivot brake that has as much clearance for fenders as most single-pivot brakes. Yes, I've tried some of the higher-clearance dual-pivot models, but if it's a question of needing every spare millimeter you can get between the fender and the brake, single-pivots will almost certainly work better. This is more the case with brakes up to 57 mm reach (what people used to call "normal reach" back in the day) than it is with greater than 57 mm reach. With aluminum fenders, again if you're looking at relatively tight clearance and you need every spare millimeter, the daruma bolt mount under the fork crown oftentimes projects a little too far into the tire space. In some cases, I have used a dremel tool to shorten the daruma bolt (got to be careful not to take off too much, rendering it useless) and tried to find the thinnest possible nut. I once ground one down a bit when I couldn't find a thinner nut -- it's not fun. On my Rivendell with canti-brakes, I had my easiest fender-mounting experience ever. I used the daruma bolt under the fork crown and had no trouble at all -- it was the first time I didn't feel compelled to shorten it any. I've got 45 mm velo-orange fenders, and 33.3 mm Jack Brown tires, and there's still a bunch of space there. I could go up to 40mm or so in tires and still have clearance. On the back, the seat-stay and chain-stay bridges were already drilled and tapped for fender mounting -- such a nice thing. Kyle Brooks Akron, OH, USA On Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 8:44:34 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I've been messing with fenders on the 2003 custom, and never really have > installed metal ones as neatly as desirable, at least not since I gave up > 22 mm tires. Plastic fenders fit fine, but I'd like to do a better job with > Berthouds. > > The bike has 29 mm actual Elk Passes. > > The current 26" X 35 mm Berthouds are too tight in the rear, and come very > close to scraping a spot on the right sidewall. (Close, but not quite > touching, as long as the wheel is *just so*.) I have a pair of 26" X 45 > mm Berthouds that should fit the tires much better, but there are tight > spots under each brake caliper (Silvers) and at chainstays in rear and > between the fork blades just under the crown. > > *The arc is just right, and I won't be shaping the width by adjusting the > curve.* > > The 35s fit nicely with only the calipers crowding the front a bit, but 5 > more mm on each side will crowd even more at the tight spots. > > I'm going to swap out the Silvers for single pivots, for less > interference, but I'll have to "dent" or cut the metal at chainstays and, > especially, at the fork. > > Can anyone refer me to instructions for doing this? > > Thanks. > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities > revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the > world revolves.) *Carthusian motto > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- 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.
