Educate me on wooden fenders. I would prefer metal, but no one makes metal fenders that easily fit my particular frame, which needs ~40 mm X 559 and with a shallow curve profile -- the closest available in the US and Britain, to my queries, is the Berthoud 650B X 40, but that has a too tight cross section.
I know about Woody's custom fenders, and Cody is at the top of my list right now, but does anyone else make a fender, flat or shallowly-curved, that will fit into a tight space over a 26 X 33 mm tire? (There is ample space, but only for a road-width fender in the 26" size.) I know I can make a 27" X 40 mm SKS longboard work, but I'd rather have something with Berthoud-type hardware. For pricing reasons -- even my spendthrift soul balks at $200 shipped for custom curved fenders -- I think I'll choose flat fenders; customs at $135, about what a pair of Honjos cost. Are there sources for cheaper, flat wood fenders in 26" but narrower than 2+ inches? All I've seen in 26" are these wide ones. Next question: can one safely, for the long term, coax a tighter bend into a 27" flat fender? If so, I could buy a cheaper 27" X 40 mm and cut and shape to fit. 3d question: are wood fenders durable, without repeated varnishing? Here in high desert ABQ, I'd probably have to take the sun as much as water into account. Last question: is bamboo better than other woods for fenders? I have no reason to think it is, except that I've played around with bamboo -- I lived as a boy in bamboo countries, India and Kenya -- and I know it is pretty darn flexible and strong. Any other advice about wood fenders will be welcome. Note: I know that flat fenders won't give me protection as good as deeper profile fenders, but I've used flat ones enough to know that they're certainly better than nothing: when puddles are shallow, they work fine; and when they're deep, even Honjos or Berthouds don't protect you fully. A 40 mm wide flat fender will be very useful. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* Carthusian motto -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
