Time for one last correction. Debris hits the leading or _rear_ edge of the fender and either must go through or be slow enough that it falls back onto the road without collapsing the fender. Tire wipers are mounted on the trailing or _front_ edge of the fender.
Sorry for the continued confusion - I hope it's correct this time around! Jan Heine Editor Bicycle Quarterly www.bikequarterly.com On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 4:40:56 PM UTC-7, Jan Heine wrote: > > Agreed. I should have written "leading" or "front" edge. Especially when > mounting tire wipers, they should go on the trailing (front) edge of the > fender, so they don't get sucked into the fender when bigger debris hits > them... I apologize for any confusion. > > Jan Heine > Bicycle Quarterly > www.bikequarterly.com > > On Sunday, October 19, 2014 5:52:44 PM UTC-7, Anton Tutter wrote: >> >> Not to nitpick, but my engineering background compels me to explain that >> when looking at fender/wheel dynamics, the trailing edge would be, >> counterintuitively, the front edge of the fender, not the rear edge. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
