Im running 50mm SKS plastic fenders on my Ramboulliet when it's in fender mode. I switch back and forth between 700x32s and 650Bx42s so it's good to have a fender wide enough for both of those.
It works really well given the location of the brake bridge in back and fork crown in front. Using Tektro 559s I simply slide the brake shoes to the bottom of the slot for 650B and then at the top of the slot for 700c. I did have to file the rear brake slot a bit to get the brake shoe low enough. It's almost as simple and operation as with disc brakes. Takes me maybe 20 mins to make the switch. I can't think of a more versatile bike than this Rambo. JP On Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 1:27:47 PM UTC-5 ascpgh wrote: > I finally settled on RH stampede Pass tires on Velocity Synergy rims under > Honjo H-45 fenders and Paul center mount Racer brakes. Been riding that > Rambouillet on all roads that way for years. > Fendered '02 Rambouillet on 700x32 > <https://photos.app.goo.gl/7aUx9ZUx1iGtgsCM9> > > Andy Cheatham > Pittsburgh > > On Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 8:20:13 PM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> IF you can get those wider fenders inside those brakes. My memory of >> messing with this on my Romulus is pretty vague now but it wasn't the >> easiest project I've ever embarked on. >> >> On Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 4:28:22 PM UTC-7 Jon Richardson wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Peter! >>> >>> Appreciate everyone's help and advice. Looks like 28 or maybe 30s if >>> they are true to size and 41 to 45mm fenders should work. Guess the Jack >>> Browns are nice weather gravel for the Ram. >>> >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> From: Peter White <peter...@gmail.com> >>> Date: 10/18/22 3:42 PM (GMT-05:00) >>> To: rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Fender size for a Rambouiller >>> >>> I'm firmly in Joe's camp. >>> >>> I use Challenge Paris Roubaix tires on my Rambouillet. They are labelled >>> 27mm but measure 29.5mm. My fenders are Berthoud carbon fiber, only 25mm >>> wide, but then this is my good weather bike. I would not recommend anything >>> wider than these tires with any fender on the Rambouillet. 33.3mm would be >>> very dangerous, in my opinion. If this were my bad weather bike, I'd be >>> using the same tires but with the 41mm Stronglight anodized aluminum >>> fenders. >>> >>> Peter Jon White >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 2:10 PM Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Jon, >>>> >>>> You would probably need wider fenders for 33.3 and I'm not comfortable >>>> recommending it. These frames weren't designed for a fender/tire >>>> combination like that and the minimal clearance is begging for a >>>> bike-stopping branch to get stuck in there. >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 5:17:52 AM UTC-7 Jon Richardson wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Joe! The description says for 20-28c tires, however I run the >>>>> 33.3 Jack Bs, do I need a wider set of fenders? >>>>> >>>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CA%2BD%3DXm8jG%3DYFXmyToGNBCAqDTgHjmeB4HjhtHJGc7-%2BFQCx8-A%40mail.gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CA%2BD%3DXm8jG%3DYFXmyToGNBCAqDTgHjmeB4HjhtHJGc7-%2BFQCx8-A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/cf758554-888e-43a0-982e-c08b0e98e8f6n%40googlegroups.com.
