Two other considerations I haven't seen mentioned, that you might already be aware of:
- Toe clip overlap is likely to be pretty severe, if you actually manage to fit fenders over anything bigger than a 28. I have SKS fenders and Roughy Toughies on my 60cm Ram, but find that I need to snug the fender *very* close to the tire to be comfortable with it. I actually thought that the 54cm used 26" wheels, but evidently not. So, with a presumably shorter top tube than mine, it seems like yours would be worse. And adjusting for 33s would just compound the issue. Maybe I'm more sensitive to it than others, though. - Your "Winter" conditions are obviously much different than mine (I'm already buried in snow and ice, and will be for the next 6 months), so I don't know what you need in a tread. I'll say though that, while they're great for asphalt, I'd NEVER consider a Rolly Polly/Roughy Toughy/Jack Brown tread pattern to be a winter tire. After a few good rides, the little waffle pattern pretty much turns into a "slick." On Sunday, November 16, 2014 8:31:24 PM UTC-7, bo richardson wrote: > i have gotten noise and rubbing with both > vo metal and sks fenders and > jack brown tires on my 54 Rambouillet. > > i will try different tires with the sks fenders > for the winter, and pull the fenders > in the spring and remount the jb s. > > What are good winter tires > for this set up? > Ruffy Tuffys or Rolly Polys > come to mind. > > Are the RT or RP s noticeably better than > the Panaracer Tourguard or PTs > or whatever they are called of late? > > Any other favorites? > > thanks > bo > in Bellingham > > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
