Rene, Everyone might have different levels of comfort for fender clearance. On my one bike with 60mm Berthoud fenders and 50mm Marathon Dureme tires, I find it to be a fairly close fit. Mind you, this is a Surly LHT, not a Rivendell, so it's really apples and oranges. On another bike, have 52mm VO fenders and 40mm wide studded tires are probably too wide to be considered totally safe, although haven't had much in the way of trouble so far.
My usual setup is to take a 10mm allen wrench and put it between the tire and the fender for setup. Probably could (should?) go closer, but have had a few rock issues over the years due to my preference for heavily treaded tires. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 5:01 PM, René Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the feedback. > > I have no problem fitting 60mm Berthoud fenders on my Hunqapillar to use > with 50mm Marathon Dureme or equivalent tires. In fact, I have so much > clearance, that my question really intended to ask how much is needed to > really minimize the risk of a rock, piece of gravel or stick to get stuck > when riding off-road, and if having too much clearance between the tire and > the metal fender just meant that larger and potentially larger rocks could > get stuck. > > I've already fitted both fenders to what I decided was optimal for both > looks and clearance, and will post photos when the build is complete, > unless someone wants to see something faster than that. I'm taking my sweet > time to both enjoy it to the max as well as to ensure I make no mistakes. > > I'm also debating whether to go with my original plan to have the > 24/40/Guard Sugino crankset which is forcing me to go with a wider BB, > going down to 24/38/Guard to increase the clearance between the 38 and the > chainstay or just go back the the 24/36/46 triple I had, maybe even going > 24/36/Guard as I never seem to use the 46...suggestions welcome! > > René > > > > > -- 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.
