Well of the 8 of us we ran everything from 700x28's to Amit's and I with Big Apples. All did the job. Here is Dawn on her Atlantis with 700x40's .. no issues with mud and fenders. Now a few people with tighter fits like the Holdsworth with JB's and fenders which were a tight fit did have mud clogging issues. Don't worry just have fun.. it's all good.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tksleeper/8068265249/in/set-72157631723790948 Kelly On Monday, February 18, 2013 7:42:53 AM UTC-6, John Philip wrote: > > Here's a pic of my 68 Atlantis on the GAP last spring on the Riv Rally. > The tires are 40 mm Dureme The fenders are 60mm Berthoud fitted for 50mm > tires. I chose the 40mm tire for this trip because... I just had a > feeling:) I was glad for the extra clearance. I had to stop on the C&O on > the other trip I mentioned more than once to clear mud from between the > fender and tire while running 50s and 60mm PB Cascadia fenders. > > On Monday, February 18, 2013 8:20:23 AM UTC-5, shawn wrote: >> >> All thanks for the input. I am glad to hear that many of you have ridden >> this ride with BA and were happy with their performance. I have only ridden >> a short distance on the BAs and they feel great, especially going down my >> long rough gravel drive way. I was concerned that the tires might be too >> heavy and slow, but again it is a tour and not a race. After reading a few >> of the comments about mud on the C&O, I am starting to wonder if I might be >> better with the Big or Little Ben tire. I worked really hard to get my 60mm >> Berthoud installed with the 50mm BAs and was concerned that if I did drop >> down in tire size the fenders would not look right with smaller tires. Here >> is a pic of my Atlantis. >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenwayrider/8483800970/in/photostream >> >> I know this is subjective, but what is the smallest tire you can run with >> 60mm Berthound fenders and maintain a good fender line? >> >> Thanks >> >> >> On Sunday, February 17, 2013 7:21:05 AM UTC-5, shawn wrote: >>> >>> I am doing the GAP and C&O from Pittsburgh to Washington D.C. in May and >>> was wondering what the opinion was of using 50mm Big Apples for this ride. >>> Thanks in advance. >>> Shawn >>> >> -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
