A few years ago, taking a short-cut, I temporarily zip-tied a Berthoud fender to the fork crown of my Atlantis. Temporary became permanent, and I soon forgot to attach the fender with the proper hardware. Months later I was grinding up the steepest hill in these parts on a cold January day, when the zip-tie(s) finally gave out. The front fender rolled into the fork and stopped the wheel dead. I lurched forward and smashed my groin area on the corner of the stem. It hurt.
If you're going to do this, I'd recommend a regular check of zip-tie integrity. On Dec 16, 10:52 am, "PATRICK MOORE" <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm cross posting in case some on the RBW list don't subscribe to iBob, and > because, of course, zip ties are an Official Rivendell Topic. > > I've mounted P Bike fat fenders on my 29er, which doesn't have any fender > braze ons. Moreover, the seat- and chainstay bridges are flat plates, not > tubes. So I've attached the front struts to the fork legs with two zip ties > per strut; at the rear, double zips at both bridges and a single one at the > end of the Velo Orange bag support to hold the end of the truncated rear > fender instead of struts. > > Given (1) that plastic gets brittle in the cold, and it's cold here; and (2) > that the bridges are plates and thus relatively thin of edge: how durable > might this attachment setup be? (I have packed extra zip ties in the > Nelson.) > > I should just get some fat P clamps for the fork legs, but what other > methods of attachment might I use for the bridge-plates? The rear fender has > no metal brackets, just holes for the zip ties. > > Wire? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
