10 degrees? My God, man! How do you keep your water bottle from freezing?
--Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campyonly.com www.wheelsnorth.org On Dec 7, 2008, at 2:38 PM, EricP wrote: > > My bikes are all set up with fenders presently. Two with metal, and > the Atlantis has plastic SKS fenders. Overall, I find the metal ones > more secure if one uses a decent amount of Loc-tite in installation. > But am less than happy with the clearance of the Berthoud fenders at > the seatstay bridge on my Surly Cross Check. This was not an issue > with the previous plastic Planet Bike fenders. The rolled edges > actually take up more than a slight amount of room. (for the record, > they are 700x50 fenders). > > Had the Atlantis out today in the ice and snow. With the temperature > around 10, had no problem with the fenders cracking. Will see if they > hold up all winter. But past experience says they will. > > The only complaint I have about plastic fenders is they are all too > short. Even with the mudflap, Planet Bike fenders could be about 3 > inches longer in front. > > As to fender line, it's something that does not concern me. As long > as the tire fits. My Atlantis fenders were set up for 26x2 inch > tires. Right now have Schwalbe Marathon winter tires. There is a lot > of space showing. But I consider it just more room for snow to slosh > around. > > Here is a photo of the bike out today. > http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t146/ericplatt_2007/?action=view¤t=P1010128.jpg > > Oh, and to get back to the first post - have no problem with the > fenders on that bike. If they work, that's more important in my book. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > > On Dec 7, 2:11�pm, "PATRICK MOORE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 7:45 AM, JoelMatthews >> >> >> >>> The reason is when metal fenders get out of >>> whack, you really need to be at your home shop to get them back into >>> whack. �SKS are much easier to pull or prod back into place, and >>> are >>> more amenable to a duct tape or zip tie fix if it comes down to >>> that. >> >> But metal fenders never get out of whack, hardly. I've banged the >> trailing >> edge of my Berthoud front on a curb, hard, with a good part of my >> weight, >> when riding off of it, and the blow shoved the fender forward but >> it was >> still very rideable. �A blow and a push shoved it back again. And >> metals >> don't warp when you carelessly lay your bike down in a cramped cargo >> compartment the way SKSs do. My experience, anyway. AND, metals are >> even >> easier to remove and re-install than the plastics. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
