In Lovely Bicycle's review of her 52 Sam she had Grand Bois Hetre
tires with fenders:

http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2010/11/born-for-hills-review-of-rivendell-sam.html

BTW my 52 Sam is officially "in the mail."

Norman

On Dec 9, 1:45 pm, doug peterson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Some speculation here on my part, but I'll bet when Grant sits down to
> design a bike, he figures "I'll just give it plenty of room so no one
> has to worry about tire size."  And here we are, filling up those
> spacious forks.  After 7 years on 35s (Pasela, T-serve, Marathon, each
> "35" chubbier than the last), now they look kinda skinny on my
> Atlantis.  This leads to the theorem:
>
> "Rubber expands to fill the available frame clearance".
>
> dougP
>
> On Dec 8, 9:32 pm, Earl Grey <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi Peter,
>
> > here is a pic of my Sam with true 42mm 
> > semi-knobbies:http://www.flickr.com/photos/25150...@n08/4211601286/
>
> > Looks like there is room for a fender, at least a plastic one. I may
> > give the 52mm VO Aluminum Zeppelins from my Fisher Sphinx a try on the
> > Sam over 42mm knobbies, and if so, will report back.
>
> > Gernot
>
> > On Dec 9, 11:18 am, Paul <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Just measured the Extremes. They are 40.0 mm at 30 psi.
>
> > > The fenders are SKS P50s, fairly close fit.
>
> > > Mike: No leg bump!
>
> > > Paul- Hide quoted text -
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