Stevomac1976
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Thanks for responses chaps.
Out of curiosity how did you manage to put the front guards on. Due to the design of the bolt that holds the brake calliper on to the stock (it’s got a recess hole the bolt sits into from the back is too big to fit through the hole in the mounting bracket).
Like this (Note: I have also sawn the top off: it serves no function (and actually allows one to drop the guard off by just loosening the brake bolt rather than unscrewing it completely.)On my set-up, the hole on the mudguard mounting bracket was large enough to accept the bolt that holds the brake caliper, but the mudguard was too close to the tyre . . . I wanted to raise the mudguard to increase the clearance, so just used a file to increase the size of the hole on the mudguard mounting bracket to allow me to raise the height of the mudguard to increase the clearance from the tyre as much as possible. So instead of 2mm of clearance, I've got about 5mm.
The mounting bracket is only soft alloy, so a bit of careful filing to increase the hole size should be ok.
I know it's an old thread but I have been searching for an answer to this for a while and decided to take the plunge.
I have the 2017 (blue) Zelos and it is currently on 700 28 schwalbe delta cruisers with no problem whatsoever. Plenty enough clearance. The tyres might not be for everyone but as a test case I thought someone might benefit from knowing
Thinking of getting the same 700x28 on my 2020 blue Zelos. Are they good tyres?
Delta Cruiser are a good budget tyre and fairly robust. However they do not have the same degree of puncture resistance as either Delta Cruiser+ or Marathon.
Like this (Note: I have also sawn the top off: it serves no function (and actually allows one to drop the guard off by just loosening the brake bolt rather than unscrewing it completely.)
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Why don’t you try to fit on one wheel yourself as above? They’ll either fit between the brakes or they won’t. You should learn change a tyre yourself anyhow before going out on the roadsUpdate if anyone can help?
I went to halfords today with my new 700x28c tyres for my Carrera Zelos road bike. They said the tyres won't fit due to not fitting with the breaks, then saying max you can have on these is 25c. Has anyone put 700x28c on their carrera zelos? I just have that feeling they will fit is all lol....
Update if anyone can help?
I went to halfords today with my new 700x28c tyres for my Carrera Zelos road bike. They said the tyres won't fit due to not fitting with the breaks, then saying max you can have on these is 25c. Has anyone put 700x28c on their carrera zelos? I just have that feeling they will fit is all lol....
my new 700x28c tyres for my Carrera Zelos road bike. [Halfords] said the tyres won't fit due to not fitting with the brakes.
I run 28s on my rim-braked bike (@ 75/90psi - see below) and the limiting factor is not the stays or mudguards: the brake block clearance is the limiting factor.I have 28 wide tyres on my Giant road bike, even when releasing the brake calipers, these 28 tyres will only clear the brake blocks if the tyre is flat. But I'm mostly only going to remove the wheel if the tyre is punctured anyway, . . .
you really need to remove the wheel with the tyre fully inflated, you can always release the brakes more by letting the cable out.