Hi Owen, I use Shimano V-brakes (107 mm arms), 700C Big Apples (57 mm actual width on my rims) and Berthoud 60 mm steel fenders. It works great, although it was necessary to put a dent in (or should I say cold set) the fenders to get the housing stop/quick-release thingy on the V-brakes to clear. With 50 mm 700C Marathon Supremes (around 46 mm on my rims, from memory) I had nice clearance on the fenders and no denting was necessary.
I think Tektro V-brakes are available with longer arms, and I've heard that the arms on Paul Motolites are 114 mm but that measurement isn't given on their website (anyone got a set they can measure?). You would need to have the frame clearance and racks could get in the way. I intend to find out about the Motolites and consider switching at some point. Tom -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
