Beautiful bike Steve.
I see you also have canti brakes which might help out with attachment points as
per Jan's suggestions.
David
On Mar 20, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On Tue, 2013-03-19 at 15:38 -0400, David Hays wrote:
Down the road I was hoping to put Hetres and fenders on
On Tue, 2013-03-19 at 15:38 -0400, David Hays wrote:
Down the road I was hoping to put Hetres and fenders on it but I'm
hearing serious reservations from people.
What reservations?
Here are the issues regarding the bike:
http://janheine.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/does-my-bike-take-fenders/
I
The most important part of fender set up for avoiding jamming is to make
the clearance tightest at the rear end of the fender, and gradually let it
get more generous towards the front, so that if something gets sucked up in
there, it has a good chance of getting spit out again, too. In
Great feedback. I already set my fenders with slightly more clearance on
the exit end for precisely the same reason Gernot explains. I guess the
rest will always be left to chance...
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 2:57 AM, Earl Grey earlg...@gmail.com wrote:
The most important part of fender set up
Bob,
What size were the hammered fenders? The largest size I can find on the VO
site is a 47 which could be the reason that a 47 tire would have difficulty
fitting with sufficient clearance. If you really want metal fenders they
have the Zeppelin style in 52, but that might even be a tight fit
Lovelybike has info on a Surly Cross Check with Fat Franks and VO
Zeppelins. (Lots of pics.)
http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2011/06/surly-cross-check-review-colourful.html
She mentions: On the downside, the clearances between the tires and
fenders are so tight, that the set-up is not really
Thanks for the feedback.
I have no problem fitting 60mm Berthoud fenders on my Hunqapillar to use
with 50mm Marathon Dureme or equivalent tires. In fact, I have so much
clearance, that my question really intended to ask how much is needed to
really minimize the risk of a rock, piece of gravel or
Rene,
Everyone might have different levels of comfort for fender clearance. On
my one bike with 60mm Berthoud fenders and 50mm Marathon Dureme tires, I
find it to be a fairly close fit. Mind you, this is a Surly LHT, not a
Rivendell, so it's really apples and oranges. On another bike, have
Aaron - You are correct about the VO sizes, I was trying to make the
hammered finish VO 45s work. I really like the hammered look... don't care
much for the smoothies or Zeppelins. My Marathons, like most I have had,
run smaller than the listed size. My 47s, mounted and inflated barely make
41mm.
Rene,
I struggled with the fenders on my Hunqapillar. My thoughtful wife bought
me some hammered VOs as a gift because I had mentioned that I thought they
would look great on the Hunq. And they would have - but with 47-622
Marathons there wasn't a mm to spare. My normal commute takes me down a
My Hunqapillar is back from the painter. Photos will come soon, but I'm
building it up and addressing some minor issues. One of these is how much
clearance I want between the 50mm Dureme tires, and perhaps at some point,
55mm BAs or the new version. The reason I'm asking, is because this bike
will
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