While I haven't tried Extremes, there's absolutely no reason not to run 2.0 Marathon XR's on or off road on a Bombadil. I've used them touring and on rugged, fast single track. I'm a pretty aggressive rider and I don't feel limited by the XR's. They roll pretty well on roads, though they are a heavy tire and slow to accelerate. They also aren't the best for fast sweeping turns on blacktop, but that's not what a Bombadil is best for either . . .
I run the Planet Bike fenders when my Bombadil is set up as a tourer with Schwalbe 50mm Supremes and they fit fine. See my bike on the Bombadil pool on Flickr. The XR's also fit, but I tend not to use fenders on the bike as an MTB. Dave On Dec 10, 7:18 pm, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'll paint it black, like the song says... the PB logo, I mean... :-D > > I don't know if having the logos visible will bother me, but if it does I'll > do something about them. > > > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 5:51 PM, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > > Have PB fenders on one bike. And wife uses them on her steel steed. > > Really good protection from mud and rocks. And the long mud flap > > seems to work better than most. > > > Beware, though, the fenders do have the Planet BIke name etched into > > the plastic. Not overly visible, but there. Covered mine with > > reflective tape. Which itself will soon be covered by black 3M > > reflective tape. > > > Many years ago Moots did a set of fenders for mountain bikes. Too > > short. They were the first I used that really worked. The front was > > held on with zip ties to the fork if I remember correctly. > > > Eric Platt > > St. Paul, MN > > > On Dec 10, 6:50 pm, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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-cas... > > > > Ren > > > > 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. > > > > > > > Ren - 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-bunch@googlegroups.com > > . > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2Bunsubscrib > > > > e...@googlegroups.com> > > <rbw-owners-bunch%2Bunsubscrib e...@googlegroups.com> > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.-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%2Bunsubscrib > > e...@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. 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