Lovelybike has info on a Surly Cross Check with Fat Franks and VO Zeppelins. (Lots of pics.) http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2011/06/surly-cross-check-review-colourful.html
She mentions: "On the downside, the clearances between the tires and fenders are so tight, that the set-up is not really practical for serious off-road cycling: stuff can get caught in there and cause problems. But for fire trails and gravel paths it is fine..." I don't think I would do this with knobbies. Good luck-- looking forward to the pics of the build. Shoji On Monday, March 18, 2013 2:09:53 PM UTC-4, AaronY wrote: > > Bob, > > What size were the hammered fenders? The largest size I can find on the > VO site is a 47 which could be the reason that a 47 tire would have > difficulty fitting with sufficient clearance. If you really want metal > fenders they have the Zeppelin style in 52, but that might even be a tight > fit for Rene's 50 mm Duremes. Here's a link to their fender page. I > > http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/accessories/fenders.html?p=1 > > In the past my metal fenders have all been from VO and I've been happy > with them. > > Aaron Young > Vancouver, WA > > On Sunday, March 17, 2013, Robert Barr wrote: > >> Rene, >> >> I struggled with the fenders on my Hunqapillar. My thoughtful wife bought >> me some hammered VOs as a gift because I had mentioned that I thought they >> would look great on the Hunq. And they would have - but with 47-622 >> Marathons there wasn't a mm to spare. My normal commute takes me down a >> gravel trail with stones and sticks. I fret the sticks more than the >> stones. After several attempts to fit the VOs (two sizes and lots of >> thinking..). I had to go back to my tried and true SKS. They worked best >> for me and where I ride. Good luck... >> >> Bob >> >> > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
