Ram # RB0453, SKS 45's, Open Pro rims, and the Shimano brakes that came with the bike. I've run GB30's and Pana Pasela 32's for the last three years. Clearances are tight, and if you're on chipseal you'll hear pebbles scrape by as they come round under the fender. In my experience, the SKS35's are too tight to run 30's or 32's, unless you're setting them up so that the centerline of the fender is maybe an inch or inch and a half away from the tire, putting the sides of the fenders far enough away from the sides of the tire to eliminate fender rub under high frame flex conditions like hillclimbing. Anyway, try as I might, I couldn't get the SKS35's that came with my Ram to work with the GB30's or PP32's.
Nick On Jan 12, 11:35 pm, Larry Powers <[email protected]> wrote: > A couple of people have posted that they have run 32 mm tires on a > Rambouillet. I have run 30mm tires with 35mm SKS fenders and Shimano long > reach brakes. It was a very close fit using Grand Bois 30mm tires. > > What brand tires have you used to do this? It seems the height of the tire > is the limiting factor so a round tire would work better then a tall oval > shaped tire. I have thought about experimenting with the wide mouth brakes > to see what is possible. Another thing I have wondered about is rims. Does > a wide rim give a lower profile to the tire then a narrow rim? My current > wheels are built with Open Pro rims. > > I would be very interested in hearing how you made this work and what type of > fender/tire clearance you had. > > Larry Powers > > Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. - Mark Twain > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email > service.http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390708/direct/01/
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