[RBW] Does Marathon 700x47 work with Tubus Tara?

2011-06-27 Thread Mike
I know there's some folks on this list that use Tubus racks. I'm wonder if 
anyone knows if the Tara will work with the Schwalbe Marathon 700x47 (actual 
41) that RBW sells. I'm currently running those Schwalbes on my LHT and am 
considering a Tara rack. If the clearance is tight I'd probably just go wit 
the Tubus Duo. I have a Surly Nice front rack but it's a bit much for my 
needs.

Thanks.

--mike

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Re: [RBW] Does Marathon 700x47 work with Tubus Tara?

2011-06-27 Thread John Blish
Hi Mike,

Here are some photos that will help you get a better idea of the clearances
when Tara is mounted:

https://picasaweb.google.com/jblish/TubusTaraOnRANSCrankForwardDynamikFork?authkey=Gv1sRgCOGkrLTLqvmU3AE

The tire on this bike is 26 x 1.5 Kenda cheapie.  You can see that your 47
(or actual 41) will easily fit if I am understanding the question.

In the 3rd picture you will see the silver spacers I added to make sure the
connection at the dropout would clear the bulbous fork blade.  There was no
problem asking Tara to spread just a bit to accommodate that larger opening
at the bottom and no damage at all to the rack by doing that.  The rack has
some give and spring to it.

The last photo is prior to Tara being mounted with Tubus Cargo (meant for
700 tire but I wasn't going to buy a new one for 26 just because of that)
on the rear.

Additional questions happily answered.  I like the Tara a lot.  Helps permit
this bike that was not designed for touring to operate as a loaded tourer.

-jb



On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:

 I know there's some folks on this list that use Tubus racks. I'm wonder if
 anyone knows if the Tara will work with the Schwalbe Marathon 700x47 (actual
 41) that RBW sells. I'm currently running those Schwalbes on my LHT and am
 considering a Tara rack. If the clearance is tight I'd probably just go wit
 the Tubus Duo. I have a Surly Nice front rack but it's a bit much for my
 needs.

 Thanks.

 --mike

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