The only advantage was that I had them installed on my bike when I went from ruffy tuffy's to the 30mm grand bois.
Larry Powers Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. - Mark Twain > Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:22:48 -0800 > Subject: [RBW] Re: 32mm Tires on A Rambouillet > From: nick.bike.b...@gmail.com > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > Come to think of it, to be more accurate, I never got it to work with > the Pana 32's, which I was using when I got the Ram. So I bought and > installed new SKS45 fenders. And since then, I've never actually > tried it with the SKS35's and GB30's. I just assumed that since the > Pana's (which run a little small) didn't work, the GB's wouldn't > either. But I'm not sure that there's any significant advantage to > the SKS35's over the SKS45's for randonneuring (slightly lighter? > slightly less aero drag?). > > On Jan 14, 7:27 pm, Larry Powers <lapower...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I did run Grand Bois 30's sith SKS 35's. Clearance was tight as you > > described for the 45's and there were a lot of pebbles that scraped their > > way through. The clearance was tight and while I never had a problem while > > riding I often had to adjust the fenders after transporting the bike. > > > > Larry Powers > > > > Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. - Mark Twain > > > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:02:46 -0800 > > > Subject: [RBW] Re: 32mm Tires on A Rambouillet > > > From: nick.bike.b...@gmail.com > > > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > > > > Ram # RB0453, SKS 45's, Open Pro rims, and the Shimano brakes that > > > came with the bike. I've run GB30's and Pana Pasela 32's for the last > > > three years. Clearances are tight, and if you're on chipseal you'll > > > hear pebbles scrape by as they come round under the fender. In my > > > experience, the SKS35's are too tight to run 30's or 32's, unless > > > you're setting them up so that the centerline of the fender is maybe > > > an inch or inch and a half away from the tire, putting the sides of > > > the fenders far enough away from the sides of the tire to eliminate > > > fender rub under high frame flex conditions like hillclimbing. > > > Anyway, try as I might, I couldn't get the SKS35's that came with my > > > Ram to work with the GB30's or PP32's. > > > > > Nick > > > > > On Jan 12, 11:35 pm, Larry Powers <lapower...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > A couple of people have posted that they have run 32 mm tires on a > > > > Rambouillet. I have run 30mm tires with 35mm SKS fenders and Shimano > > > > long reach brakes. It was a very close fit using Grand Bois 30mm > > > > tires. > > > > > > What brand tires have you used to do this? It seems the height of the > > > > tire is the limiting factor so a round tire would work better then a > > > > tall oval shaped tire. I have thought about experimenting with the > > > > wide mouth brakes to see what is possible. Another thing I have > > > > wondered about is rims. Does a wide rim give a lower profile to the > > > > tire then a narrow rim? My current wheels are built with Open Pro > > > > rims. > > > > > > I would be very interested in hearing how you made this work and what > > > > type of fender/tire clearance you had. > > > > > > Larry Powers > > > > > > Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. - Mark Twain > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email > > > > service.http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390708/direct/01/ > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail > > Free.http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/ _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/--
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