Jeremy, I had the Honjo H-27 (36mm per Alex's Cycles) hammered fenders from a lister over 28s and the Shimano dual pivot "long reach" calipers to start.
Then I added a pair of Stampede Pass ELs and a dent from a tri-dork who rear ended me in urban traffic while on the aero bars. it was enough of a tweak I had to replace them and went the long ones from Compass in 40 mm width, the H-50. My old front one had been bodged to be clear and sort of rattle free from the caliper, except not while braking ironically. That really nailed the need for the Paul Racers as well. Now I am free and clear of all fender and caliper concerns within the clearances of my frame, stop like a demon and with an added mudflap up front have ridden 80 miles in the rain on a rail trail with zero trashing of the drivetrain. It's a very good situation and encourages more frequent use. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 1:14:28 PM UTC-4, Jeremy Till wrote: > > Andy, what fenders are you using on your ram with the Stampede Passes? I > just picked up a Ram that is running 28's (Ruffy Tuffy) with super narrow > (35mm?) hammered Honjos and Shimano sidepulls, and I definitely couldn't go > any wider with the current setup, but like I'll of us I'm contemplating > what a switch to centerpulls and wider fenders would let me get away with. > I'd want to stick with hammered fenders though, since they just look so > right on the current setup! > > On Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 1:51:47 AM UTC-7, ascpgh wrote: >> >> I put Paul Racers on my Ram and use Stampede Pass 700 x 32 tires under >> fender with clearance. >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FN9Gr0vZ0Ng/Wu31yajKnSI/AAAAAAAALHI/3SjmidXUzc8qEDBf1yvCdu2Ke8gZVLrMACL4CGAYYCw/s1600/20180505_141142.jpg> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g2bT0W95XWQ/Wu31cJFrbwI/AAAAAAAALHA/zKHaG1_UBisAOIcpBgjj0uaL57JSQ78kgCL4CGAYYCw/s1600/20180505_141232.jpg> >> >> If you notice, the rear bridge area is not pearl orange, that was due to >> it needing to be rebreed this spring. I had it put right back where it was >> instead of monkeying with any change in clearance. The chain stay bridge is >> of the same clearance and works well as is. Without decals I couldn't do a >> true repaint so I just did a panel. I have a real fix on the way. >> >> >> As for going to bigger tires (removing fenders), I'd read enough about >> changes of handling when riding beyond 32mm tires that I stayed right there >> with the Stampede Passes. >> >> >> Andy Cheatham >> >> Pittsburgh >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at 3:37:57 PM UTC-4, Mike K. wrote: >>> >>> Another question: should I maybe consider center pulls? >>> >> -- 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.
