Originally Posted by chaadster

Still, I’m unaware of studded tires narrower than 32c (Nokian Hakkapelitta), and if you want to run traditional, full-coverage fenders, you’ll need the type of clearance which probably pushes the chainstay length outside of road race bike territory (so I’m tallking needed +420mm whereas race bikes can be 405mm), so if that’s the tire/fender setup you want, you’ll have to accept the compromise. That said, it’s not true that all “universal” fenders wobble and come out of alignment; it’s not true for full-coverage, and then there’s a world of partial coverage fenders for which it’s not true either…