I use Big Ben's on my Hunq and I doubt you will have to change or re position the fenders. Depending on the fenders, you might have to adjust the stays.
Marc On Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 8:52:35 PM UTC-4, Roberta wrote: > > Last week, I rode Leah's (Bicycle Belle Ding Ding) Clem L, which was a > lovely ride--limo like, to quote a member here. She told me she had > changed the Kenda tires for Schwalbe Big Ben tires and it improved the > already great ride. > > I have a 2016 Joe Appaloosa with the the stock Kenda tires on it. The > width is marked on the tire: 1.75". I'm thinking of changing my tires to > the same Big Bens as Leah has. > https://www.rivbike.com/collections/tires/products/schwalbe-big-ben-wire-raceguard-performance-line-hs439-700c-x-50-50-622-28x2-00-10129?variant=12239848210543 > > , which are on Riv's site as this: 650B x 48 (50-584, 27.5x2.00) RaceGuard > Performance line 10138. > > Does anyone know the actual width? I'm OK with changing tires, but would > this mean I'd need to get my fenders re-aligned? The fenders look pretty > big to me, so I don't think I'd need wider ones if the tire is wider (I > hope it's not). Luckily, I live in a city with lots of bike shops (let's > hope their businesses survive the Covid-19 shutdown) and a mechanic who > knows Rivs and can do fenders well. > > Thanks, > Roberta > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1520c5a3-18e2-4159-bcd9-4b73bbb939ea%40googlegroups.com.
