Same thing nearly happend to me while out training. If there's any room for P-clamps, hose-clamps, bolts 'n nuts with big washers to spread the load then do use'm. Strips of metal from buildingsurply stores can be bent if you cant find the right clamps. If your riding in snow or uneven ground it might save the day.
On 16 Dec, 18:17, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > 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?- Dölj citerad text - > > - Visa citerad text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
