That extra tire clearance is probably the only reason I sometimes dream about an orange Hillborne to go with my green. It's a good bike, but the Schwalbe Marathon Supreme 40s are about as wide as I'm comfortable with right now.
Will say I'm officially jealous of your setup. Still not sure I could run my Hillborne without fenders. They seem too much a part of the bike. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Apr 10, 4:56 pm, Minh <mgiangs...@gmail.com> wrote: > man the Sam looks so different without fenders (and the clearances are > huge!), really wish someone would put 50's on just so we know :) but i > think it might work.... > > On Apr 9, 9:42 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > We were speculating whether a Hillborne would take Marathon Duremes in > > a 50. That motivated me to get my Hillborne into its Spring/Summer/ > > Fall configuration. I set it up kind of monster cross so I can work > > out the route for what I think will work out to a ~40mile, ~80% dirt > > commute to work. These Mythos tires run 42mm wide at the knobs. I > > took a few photos to show the clearances. > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/sets/72157626464189260/- 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 rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
