Sounds like you have two core, intertwined questions. I'll separate them because I'm a simpleton.
1. Fender safety/practicality. I have fenders on both my Quickbeam and Hunqapillar. QB has Barlow Pass tires so relatively smooth and doesn't collect big detritus. Its fenders are set with 3-4 mm of clearance and that works beautifully for me. Hunqapillar has Racing Ralph tires, so knobbies are good at throwing larger twigs, wee branches and various detritus about. Closer fenders clogged all the time. I now use an MTB mud guard in the front and a partial woodie rear fender. Both have an inch or more clearance. I still get a bit of mud on fast descents from front and rear above my waist, and below is always coated. I don't have any issues with twigs or other bits jamming in anymore. 2. Clothing for wet. I used to get wet on any ride involving rain or post rain, either from the rain seeping in somehow or from my own sweat. Hilltrek's Ventile Cotton Analogy fixed that. Breathes like a cotton shirt (sweat in vapor or liquid form escapes easily), keeps water and moisture out like a pvc rain coat (moisture doesn't get in). Dry. Happy. Rides. In the wet. Grin. http://www.hilltrek.co.uk With abandon, Patrick On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 12:42:17 AM UTC-6, lum gim fong wrote: > > I have been using fenders now for a few years on my Rivbikes, but I get > nervous sometimes. Where I live it rains pretty often and lotsa sticks on > the shoulders. > I have heard about the stick jamming effects that can happen, and > sometimes I wonder if using fenders is worth the risk. > > For instance, it would be easier for me to just clean myself and the bike > after a rain ride than to heal up after an endo. > > Also, Unless it is a very light rain, I get soaked anyway, even in quality > rain gear and shoe covers, from sweat/rain. Shoes become marshlands despite > shoe covers, etc. > > Today I rode 30 + miles in a light rain with full fenders and quality rain > gear. Arms soaked, back soaked, head soaked, hands soaked. Rest of me was > dry. So it worked pretty well. But that was a continual light rain. > > I got heavily rained on in the last 5 miles of a metric century last year, > in same gear and full Honjo fenders and was drenched to the bone, sloshing > sneakers, whole nine. I may as well have been without fenders the whole > ride and not had the stick jam crumple fender risk. > > *How do you cope on long rainy rides if you don't use fenders?* > > I wear wool to keep warm, but if I get drenched anyway, what's the use of > fenders if there is the endo risk? One injury endo would pretty much negate > all the cleanness and dryness I have had. And I would probably swear off > fenders forever. > > Rethinking rethinking. > > Here is a shot from today's rainy ride. Enjoy! > > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
