Thanks! There really is room to move the front fender up closer to the fork crown--I just haven't gotten around to it. This winter I'll either fix it or I'm thinking about putting Berthouds or something similar on there...
...if you look at this pic (scroll down and over to fender/tire) you can see that there is both space between the fork crown to raise the fender more, and space between the front lip of the fender and the tire. http://www.flickr.com/photos/40738390@N08/6116803250/sizes/o/in/photostream/ BIG! Steve On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Phil Bickford <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice looking bike Steven - > > If the fender clearance becomes more of an issue you might try a > different manufacturer. Some of the Honjo or Berthod models have an > rounder cross section thereby giving those Hetres a little more room > to breathe. > > Enjoy the ride !! > > Phil B > > > > On Nov 4, 10:26 am, Steven Frederick <[email protected]> wrote: >> Heh, there's room to raise the fender but I haven't gotten around to >> it. It doesn't rub unless the tire picks up some mud but, yeah--the >> front of the fender in particular is closer to the tire than it needs >> to be... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 10:48 AM, chadk <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Not much fender clearance on the front wheel. Yikes! >> >> > Maybe you could file a bit off the bottom of the fork crown? >> >> > Other than that, looks like a nice bike. Congrats! >> >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
