I have Longboards and Tektro Silver (not sure what "R" number those equate to) brakes on my orange Ram, and it works great with 28m Paselas. I've also put on 32mm Schwalbe Marathons for a trip on the C&O Towpath, which worked fine too. The Schwalbes seemed a little tight, but I had no problems.
Steve On Nov 10, 2012, at 10:58 PM, J L wrote: > Ryan > > Some have installed longboards, or SKS fenders on their Ram but there are > also many who were successful in installing metal fenders. > > There are a couple things one can do to improve the clearance for fenders. > What brakes do you have? The stock Shimano brakes are nice at stopping but > the Tektro 539s are a good upgrade because of how they are shaped. There > more clearance in both caliper width (wider tire can be installed without > deflating) and fender clearance. The second thing to try - if I understand > correctly what you meant by "mount the good way" is to shorten the daruma > bolt (a file used like a saw works well) then drill the mounting hole a > little wider in order to use a recessed brake bolt in place of the nut. > > I worked with this same issue on my own Ram. I am very pleased with the > Tektro brakes and although I got fenders to fit on the bike I never ride with > them. > > Cheers > JL > -- 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.
