Ah yes, mission/scope creep via component dominoes. Or just an all non-original build from the get-go. It's why I try to just buy framesets, knowing my inclination to put 'my' parts on bikes and use next to no original parts, save for maybe a headset and the cantilever brakes. Fear not!
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polymorphself I think getting fenders in there is going to be reeeeeeeal tough. That is not much room at all. I bet I could get PDW fenders in there, but I'd have to modify them to accept being right up against the fork crown. Certainly a challenge to consider, IMO.