I was referring to the brazed-on centerpulls. The Compass centerpulls I have on my custom allow plenty of room for super wide metal fenders, I'm running 58mm Honjo fenders there.
In a distant future, if I ever decided to repaint the Cheviot, I'd put those braze-ons at the time, move the cable guides and run the Compass Centerpulls to get all that clearance. That being said, I think that for the main purpose I got the bike for, which is a leisure, just ride around town, errands bike, 38mm tires are just perfect. So no rush to do that work. Right now, if I had to reduce the flock, it would just be the custom and the Cheviot. René On Monday, October 3, 2016, Lungimsam <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > *Exactly* my experience, Rene. > > 38mm tires max on the 53 Bleriot and 52 Sam for what I am comfortable with > for fender clearance. The sidepull brake arm hanging down from the brake > bolt and over the tire (hanging lower than the brake bridge and fork crown) > down into the space between crown and bridge and tires, is the limiting > factor on how high you can raise the fender away from the tire at fork > crown and brake bridge, even though the crown and bridge offer much more > room. The brake arms block passage of the fender any higher towards the > crown and bridge. > > This is why I am interested in a canti-brake bike for my next bike. > > I am surprised that RBW doesn't make all their bikes canti-bikes since > they love fat tires and fenders. > > Also, I don't understand the hoopla about centerpulls. The Paul > centerpulls I had on my 55 Bleriot offered no more vertical clearance than > the R559's I put on. > > > "The weak link in the fendering options on the Cheviot are the side pull > brakes. In a way, that's the only flaw in its design. Had it been designed > with braze-ons for centerpulls or cantilevers, there would be plenty of > clearance. As it is, if you want wider than 35/38mm tires you have to forgo > the fenders for safety. At least the metal fenders. And you're still > dealing with what you accept as minimal safe clearance. > > René " > > > > -- > 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 > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');> > . > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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. > -- 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.
