On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Bill Lindsay <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Detail of the drive side rear B65 fender. On the non-drive side I had to > cutaway just the section for the chainstay. On the driveside that cutout > extends much higher to provide chain clearance for when I'm in the small > chainring. > So, the SKS B65 fenders lack the cutouts that the SKS P65 fenders have? Interesting. It seems that cutout was often misunderstood by Riv customers, according to Grant: For some reason we get an inordinate number of returns on the P65s--the 26" > big fatties. One thing that happens often enough to mention it here is: > They are really wide, and SKS cuts away a bit of the part that fits between > the chainstays--so it'll fit. But it makes the lower part asymmetrical, and > people think "DEFECT!" and it's not defective, it's just a necessary cut > that makes it work. There's no way around it--if the fender is that wide, > it needs to be cut away to fit between the stays. But the P55 fenders---one > notch skinnier but still fat---are fine for tires up to 2 wide. We > shouldn't even carry the 26" x P65s, but now and then somebody with > big-big-a** tires wants them, and so we do. Until the next return.. -- 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.
