>>1029597I'm shopping fenders atm too. Have a look at a few Jan Heine articles about them.
https://janheine.wordpress.com/2015/10/21/fenders-for-different-tire-sizes/https://janheine.wordpress.com/2012/11/19/why-we-dont-need-rain-bikes-any-longer/The man has an interesting perspective on cycling but don't treat his dogma as gospel (the same goes for sheldon or grant peterson etc)
"Here is a list of Compass tires and recommended fenders:
700C x 26 mm tires: Honjo smooth 700C, 41 mm wide.
700C x 28 mm tires: Honjo smooth 700C, 41 mm wide.
700C x 32 mm tires: Honjo 700C, 45 mm wide, smooth or hammered.
700C x 35 mm tires: Honjo smooth 700C, 51 mm wide.
700C x 38 mm tires: Honjo smooth 700C, 51 mm wide."
Where this leaves me with 24.5mm rims, 35mm of paselas, ~45mm of fender clearance, a cross bike, and plans to ride some trails, i am unsure.
TL;DR get 45mm fenders
