Anyone Fender a Romulus?

[Tommy Love]

Looking to not buy multiple sized fenders and tires, never fendered a bike before, hoping to receive some wisdom. Riv claimed fenders with tires as wide as 35.  SomaFabShop is running a sale this weekend and would like to pick up some Honjos.  If I were to go with 33 or 35 wide tires, would a 43mm or 45mm fender work?  I read that 8mm wider than tire is the min, 10-12 is more ideal.  Have Tektro 559 Long reach side pulls on.  Here is link to Riv description for sizes

Tommy 

SoCal

https://notfine.com/rivreader/Brochures/Rivendell%20Frames%20Romulus.pdf

[nlerner]

I installed fenders on my now-departed Romulus: https://flic.kr/p/2eiGU18

I believe those are Planet Bike fenders and 32mm Pasela tires.

Neal Lerner

Brookline MA

[Joe Bernard]

This is 20-year-old memory now but my experience says 35 with fenders is optimistic. I'm fairly certain I tried that size Pasela with SKS fenders and I got up to some serious fender cutting around the (stock) brakes to make it work; I'm not convinced 559 brakes will make much difference at the top and sides, they're just longer arms. Add that - in my understanding - metal fenders need more room than plastic and I'm going to advise 32mm as the fattest tire a Romulus can run with fenders. 

Joe Bernard 

[Nick Payne]

On Sunday 24 March 2024 at 1:25:29 pm UTC+11 Joe Bernard wrote:

This is 20-year-old memory now but my experience says 35 with fenders is optimistic.

I would agree. I have Berthoud 40mm wide mudguards on my Romulus, and 32mm is the max tyre size I can use. And even there, there is rather minimal clearance above the tyre to the guard. I usually run it with 28mm tyres - here it is with Panaracer Roly Poly 28mm under the guards.

Nick Payne

[Tommy Love]

Thanks to everyone for the input, super helpful and sincerely appreciate it.

Tommy