I remember Bike Snob posting something about riding in NYC like "Fenders, because if you're lucky it's only urine".
Bill Stockton, CA On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 7:37:53 AM UTC-7, Brian Campbell wrote: > > I run full metal fenders on my AHH and installed Portland Design Works > safety tabs on the front and the rear. Thankfully, so far I have not needed > them! Before you go fenderless remember that riding in rural areas puts you > in contact with manure...add a bit of rain and look out! > > When I used to commute into Philadelphia full time, I once was forced to > follow a leaky, smelly, garbage truck for a couple of blocks. It was > August, mid 90's and high humidity. You get the picture. Due to traffic I > could not avoid the stream of foul, brown liquid leaking on the road way. > The bike smelled awful but a quick wash and it was all good. I can only > imagine having that spray on to me, my clothes, the rest of my bike! > I have not owned a fenderless road bike since and never will. > > > On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 10:06:05 AM UTC-4, Alex Wirth- Owner, Yellow > Haus Bicycles wrote: > >> With regard to the sweating, my tongue in cheek answer is buy a rain cape >> and ride below your sweat threshold (slow). I understand that isn't >> everybody's gig though. I vote to keep the fenders and maybe get some >> safety tabs to keep your mind at ease. > > -- 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.
