I've been toying with the idea of getting the 700x 50's for my Hillborne. I think they would fit without fenders. I have 40mm Smart Sams on it now and there is an easy cm on each side of the rear tire to the chainstay. ....and living in SoCal, fenders are not needed most of the year.
~Mike~ On Mar 18, 10:31 am, Esteban <[email protected]> wrote: > I love the idea of a very fat tired road bike. Fun! I wish there was > a big apple in 650B. > > If only this fellow could have fit fenders in there, as it rained > rather hard for the whole event here in San Diego. I heard stories > from friends that moments into the ride, MCRB riders were dropping out > like flies because of the conditions (rain!) and that people riding in > peletons had mouthfuls of road grime. > > Esteban > San Diego, Calif. > > On Mar 18, 10:26 am, "Jim M." <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > That's a Ritchey Carbon Mountain Fork -- you can see the disc brake > > mounts. That's why it can handle the fat tires. Everyone knows that's > > a 26" MTB frame and not a road frame, right? > > > jim m > > wc ca > > > On Mar 18, 10:18 am, Bill Connell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Jeremy Till <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > Seems like the MC/ARB crowd is starting to get the "fat tires on the > > > > road" thing, albeit in a bit more "extreme" way: > > > > >http://redkiteprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/IMG_0876.jpg > > > >http://redkiteprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/IMG_0877.jpg > > > > > Makes a jack brown look like a wispy track tire. > > > > > (from RKP's Grand Fondo Colnago report...guess the guy was a belgian > > > > who had flown in for the event. Come to think of it, that bike would > > > > be awesome for rocking some flandrian cobblestones) > > > > Those tires look great. Impressive that the carbon fork he's using can > > > handle those wide tires, but i can only imagine the road spray those > > > things would throw up. A ride like that calls for fenders! > > > > -- > > > Bill Connell > > > St. Paul, MN- 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
