I am debating whether to install fenders on my new Bombadil, which I still haven't had time to finish assembling, but should be done by Saturday at the latest, as all I have left is to install the shifters and fine tune the brakes. I have switched the knobby tires to Specialized El Capitan Control 2Bliss, 2.2 front and 2.0 rear, which now give good clearance. This is essentially a 56mm wide front knobby tire and a 51mm wide rear tire.
I'd like to install fenders, which at this point would have to be Giles Berthoud stainless steel fenders in 700x60, but am wondering if there would be negative risks if I went mountain biking with the fenders. Someone told me that a rock or something else could get stuck between tire and fender with catastrophic consequences. I'm also planning to use Marathon Extreme tires when I'm riding it in the road primarily and only need easy dirt trail capability, and just discovered there is a Marathon Supreme version in 2.0 as well. Will the 1.6 Marathon Extremes (42mm wide) look odd or behave oddly with 60mm fenders? Let me know what you think about mountain biking and going off-road with fenders. René -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
