Thanks... The fender spacer for the fork was an interesting little project. I had an OLD threadless stem from which I cut an approximately 1cm ring from. I then scalloped the shape using a half-round file to match the arc of the fender. I then finished the shape by wrapping progressively finer sand paper over the protected fender itself to match the final shape. It's cut a little shorter toward the front of the fender. I have successfully mounted this fender (and others before it) using a Velox bar plug stuck up into the steer tube. The fatter "collar" of the bar end plug makes a nice "pad" if the fender is pulled up tight against the crown. In this case, the collar of the Velox plug fit just inside the aluminum spacer keeping things nice and centered. I use a much longer bolt, as well as a second wedge from another screw- type bar plug stuck up into the steer tube. It's VERY tight, and the wide base of the "spacer" makes for a VERY stable front fender.
I briefly considered using the expanding wedge from a bar-end shifter, but did not have a bolt long enough or of the correct threading to work. Going this route, I'd be assured that it would be even more secure. As things are, the fit is tight enough and difficult enough to remove that I am not worried about the fender coming loose or dropping out of the hole. On Apr 19, 11:10 am, JL <subfas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nice! I have always thought yellow was a good bike color. That fork > crown fender spacer looks great. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
