During the cold, soggy Winter months I put the road bikes away and get out the dual-boinger MTB. But I loathe riding through the crap that those knobby off-road tires kick up from the pulverized limestone trails around this area. So I bought a pair of the widest 65mm fenders that SKS makes, having been warned that regular fenders *can't* be mounted on a dual-suspension frame, and proceeded to do so.
The plastic "quick detach" mounts were fastened to the front shock forks using some of that galvanized steel strap with holes in it that comes in rolls that plumbers use to hang pipe and looks like an over- sized roll of caps that kids use in their toy guns. Wrapping a cut length of this stuff around a fork arm, over a strip of rubber chair tread to protect the finish, a nut and bolt were run through holes and through the quick detach mount and tightened. The brake bolt mount on top of the fender was removed, new holes were drilled on both front and back of where the fender snugs up against the shock fork bridge, and zip ties were run through the holes and over the bridge. Now there's a full-length fender that moves with the wheel instead of the short, nearly useless fender that's typically mounted on the fork crown. For the rear I used vinyl-coated P-clamps around the seat stays along with an additional set of quick detach mounts, the left side mounted higher to clear the disk brake and the fender struts bent to accomodate. Since stay and chain stays are not part of the pivot points for the rear suspension of this particular bike (Trek Fuel 90), I drilled more fender holes where it meets the seat and chain stay bridges and used zip ties to attach. It works perfectly. If I get the chance I'll try to snap a couple of pix of this set up and get them onto a Flicker site or similar. On Dec 16, 11:32 am, fenderbender <pedal_kr...@yahoo.se> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
