There's also the length issue. Most metal fenders wrap lower behind the front wheel which is good for coverage but bad for clearance over trail obstacles. With shorter plastic fenders, you can extend them with a flexible mud flap that won't get caught on roots, rocks or logs. (the holy trinity of fun stuff to launch over)
Also, Planet Bike makes a 29'er version of their Cascadia fenders that would no doubt offer plenty of coverage. I think that quick release hardware such as that provided with SKS fenders is a pretty good idea, though. Steve Frederick, East Lansing, MI -----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com]on Behalf Of JoelMatthews Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 6:25 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Fenders on Bombadil for off-road and mountain biking... > 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. 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.
