The potential noise doesn't bother me, but the potential accident does. However, led by your suggestions, I just found out that Planet Bike makes a set of fenders for 29er moutnain bikes that will cover up to a 2.3 tire, and these fit the prescription perfectly. I'll be ordering a set of those.
Here's a review: http://twentynineinches.com/2007/02/13/planet-bike-freddy-fenders-cascadia-for-29ers/ René On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 3:24 PM, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > They sell a size (P55 I think) that will accommodate up to 2.0" tires. > > And then some. They are pretty big fenders. > > > You will pick up many pebbles riding dirt, and metal fenders are just > going to be too loud > > IMHO. > > That can get annoying real fast. > > > On Dec 10, 5:18 pm, newenglandbike <matthiasbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think for offroad you'd want plastic fenders like SKS. They sell > > a size (P55 I think) that will accommodate up to 2.0" tires. I'm > > planning on getting a pair for my bike. You will pick up many > > pebbles riding dirt, and metal fenders are just going to be too loud > > IMHO. > > > > On Dec 10, 6:01 pm, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- 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.
