Lots of good ideas here and from others. Yes, I was assuming stock supplied hardware but obviously one does not have to use it. When using the stock mounting hardware on some of the traditionally styled metal fenders, the hardware itself is what can limit vertical clearance. Some modern metal fender designs do seem to encroach upon the tire less.
Since the OP is referring to the Roadini, we assume a fender width limit of about 45mm. The rolled edges of popular traditionally styled metal fenders, combined with limited vertical clearance due to 57 mm reach caliper brakes, can limit the width of the tire more than an SKS P45 Longboard. I have VO 45mm fenders on another bike. I haven't tried mounting them on the Roadeo, but eyeballing them leads me to my conclusions. Maybe one day, I'll give it a go just to see what I can get away with tire-wise. And if Iconley/Laing is willing to share some more tricks, maybe we'll be surprised at what's achievable. Paul On Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 6:20:03 AM UTC-7, lconley wrote: > > The idea that metal fenders have less clearance than SKS is false. You can > buy wider metal fenders than you can plastic. You can press/pound a recess > into metal fenders at the fork crown, front brake area to increase the > overall clearance in other areas. Some Honjo fenders can be had > pre-clearanced for this purpose. You cannot put a recess in the SKS plastic > fenders without cutting. If you want to maximize clearance, you can always > cut the fenders (plastic or metal) at the fork crown, front brake area, > this cures the open brake - fender interference issue. The forward part of > the fender can be held in place with a modified "diving board" rack mount, > fender stay, rack or some combination thereof. Rivendell will even do this > for you. > > Laing > Cocoa, FL > >> >> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/64d17f66-f0ee-4b5e-b205-6808ddb3d457%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
