Looks pretty tight, but a nice bike that would probably be difficult to give up over to a few millimeters of rubber. Look at it this way... with only 3mm of clearance, it greatly limits the amount of debris that could actually lock up a wheel.
How about some full bike pics? On Oct 27, 7:06 pm, reynoldslugs <be...@perrylaw.net> wrote: > I should have listened to Grant - when I ordered my Road Standard in 2002 > (2003?), I figured I would always use Campagnolo sidepulls with "wide" 25mm > tires. Grant tried to get me to realize the folly of that notion, but I > eventually got what I asked for. The bike was built originally built > with Campi brakes and 25mm tires. > > Now - ten years later - I of course prefer fatter tires, but my foolish > notion that my brakes "just had to be Campagnolo" left inadequate clearance > for anything bigger than a 28mm tire... so today, we pulled off the > Campagnolo s/p's and replaced them with Tektro 538's, and squeezed in a > pair of Schwalbe Kojaks. GP did a great job specing the bike, 'cuz the > Tektros fit fine, and the Kojaks (which measure out at 32 mm) just barely > fit - - albeit with only about 3mm clearance at the front caliper. > > The bike was always nice, now it's just dreamy - nothing like fat tires to > make a sweet bike even better. > > So thanks, Grant, I'm glad one of us had enough common sense to design a > smart frame. > > Pics of the new brakes, with the Kojaks, here: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/41563482@N06/sets/72157631867204870/ > > Max B > Sonoma County CA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
