Interesting, Jeff. I just made the switch from Barlow Pass (great tires, BTW) to 45mm Smart Sams (no fenders).
If my back rim, my rack, rear brakes and the planets are in perfect alignment, I can squeeze them in without any rubbing - barely. My first ride was this past weekend on an incredibly gnarly but equally beautiful hill near my house. It was amazing. Was it the just the fear of misalignment or an actual misalignment that caused you to switch? My current thought is that I'll pack a smaller diameter folding tire in my bag for extended trips, just in case. Best, Marc On Monday, May 16, 2016 at 5:53:25 PM UTC-4, Jeff wrote: > > Those are Bruce Gordon Rock n' Roads 700x43. I bought the woody fenders > split in two segments per wheel just for those tires, but after a few > off-road rides, I found the general suggestion that fenders+knobby tires > are risky to hold true. The tires were great on tour last year over much > mixed surface riding, but I'm back to rolling on Compass Barlow Pass tires. > > > > On Monday, May 16, 2016, Marc40a <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Jeff, >> >> What size/brand are those knobby tires in the last few pictures in the >> series? >> >> >> >> On Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 11:58:24 PM UTC-4, Jeff wrote: >>> >>> I bought a well-loved Sam from a fellow list member a couple years back >>> - I've kept it with 46cm noodles through a few changes - swapped the >>> standard riv-ish drivetrain for Shimano mountain kit, and switched out the >>> leather Brooks sadde for a Cambium, different fenders and tires here >>> and there, and settled on leather bar tape, first brown and now honey after >>> matching shellacked white cotton tape to cream longboard fenders and then >>> trying some green fizik tape. Some pictures of the iterations: >>> >>> https://goo.gl/photos/5JgDZgMVkUiTbRLJ7 >>> >>> -Jeff >>> Silver Spring, MD >>> >>> On Sunday, May 15, 2016, Jack B <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I've bought a sage Sam from another RBW list member... Woohoo! >>>> >>>> So of course I'm daydreaming about how to build it up while I await >>>> shipping.... For now it will be a drop-bar Sam. >>>> >>>> Would love to see what color bar tape folks have used on these. I'm >>>> sure it would look great with the gold/amber color I've used before, but >>>> wondering what else folks have done. Anyone care to share links to their >>>> Sage Sammy pics? >>>> >>>> cheers, >>>> Jack >>>> Portland, OR >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
