Patrick Are you sure that you are writing about the Planet Bike Cascadia fenders here. Other models of PB fenders have what I might consider "excessively short" front fenders, but not the Cascadias:
http://tinyurl.com/y8b82jh Dave On Dec 11, 7:48 am, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > Using 60 mm fenders with 42 mm tires will perform fine and look only a bit > off -- I use 45 mms with 22 mm tires on my Riv commuter (22 mm tires because > they are the only size I can find in 559 that have top of line casings; > these are old stock Spec Turbos). > > What you have to worry about is catching obstacles up into the front fender > and, #2, banging the bottom of the front fender on edges of dropoffs. > > I heartily recommend putting aside aesthetic priorities here -- the Riv list > seems fixated on aesthetics to a degree perhaps excessive -- and choose > fenders for practicality, and I suggest the Planet Bike Cascadias. The > excessively short length of the front actually helps because, with fat > tires, it gives more dropoff room; you can always extend the absurdly short > front flap. Moreover, the high trailing end makes it less likely that you > will pick up an obstacle between tire and fender/ > > I use the PBs on my Monocog 29er, where they work very well. They are too > flexible, but that allows they to shrug off bumps and falls; the short front > is adequate thanks to the very high bb of the Monocog -- it keeps the spray > off the bb -- and you can install SKS QR mounts on front, which I have not > bothered to do but ought to consider doing myself. > > Patrick Moore, who has owned 3 custom Rivs and loves their looks, but loves > their fit and feel and handling and quality far far more than their looks. > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Rene Sterental <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am debating whether to install fenders on my new Bombadil, which I still > > haven't had time to finish assembling, but should be done by Saturday at the > > latest, as all I have left is to install the shifters and fine tune the > > brakes. I have switched the knobby tires to Specialized El Capitan Control > > 2Bliss, 2.2 front and 2.0 rear, which now give good clearance. This is > > essentially a 56mm wide front knobby tire and a 51mm wide rear tire. > > > I'd like to install fenders, which at this point would have to be Giles > > Berthoud stainless steel fenders in 700x60, but am wondering if there would > > be negative risks if I went mountain biking with the fenders. Someone told > > me that a rock or something else could get stuck between tire and fender > > with catastrophic consequences. > > > I'm also planning to use Marathon Extreme tires when I'm riding it in the > > road primarily and only need easy dirt trail capability, and just discovered > > there is a Marathon Supreme version in 2.0 as well. Will the 1.6 Marathon > > Extremes (42mm wide) look odd or behave oddly with 60mm fenders? > > > Let me know what you think about mountain biking and going off-road with > > fenders. > > > René > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%2Bunsubscrib > > [email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] > (505) 227-0523 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
