Thanks guys. I wonder if the tire clearance is equal across the different wheel sizes? Sounds like tires marked 50mm should fit under big enough fenders...
Doug On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 9:45 PM Ash <ashw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have 46cm Appa and 50cm MIT Atlantis. Tire clearance is the same. With > Compass RTP tire there was no room for fender. These frames have 26' > wheels, btw. > > Previously I had 51cm Appa. I was able to use Schwalbe Almotion 650bx50mm > with SKS fenders. If I recall correctly there wasn't much room for tires > any wider if I wanted to keep the fenders. > > On Wednesday, 20 March 2019 17:47:17 UTC-7, Jonathan K. wrote: >> >> Doug, >> >> I'm sure someone will chime in with bigger tires than me, but I have a >> 58cm Appaloosa with 700x50c Big Bens under SKS fenders. The tires measure >> 47mm on Alex DM18 rims. Plenty of clearance under the fenders, and I'm >> guessing I could go 55mm. The tightest spot appears to be at the chainstay, >> but I definitely have room to go bigger than my Big Bens. I'm thinking >> about trying a set of Antelope Hills. >> >> I'm also curious how big people have gone with the Appaloosa. Also, I >> think the new Atlantis has the same tire clearance (the geometry chart says >> they're the same), so maybe Atlantis owner experiences would be helpful too? >> >> Jonathan >> >> On Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 6:53:35 PM UTC-5, Doug Van Cleve wrote: >>> >>> Howdy folks. >>> >>> I will probably be getting my hands on a JA in the relatively near >>> future. I think what I'll probably want to do is put some alloy fenders on >>> it that will work with the largest tire that fits with fenders. I suppose >>> it might matter that I'm talking about 650B. What is the biggest >>> tire/fender combo that has adequate clearance? >>> >>> Thanks, Doug >>> >>> -- > 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. > -- 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.
