Hi Tony, no, I have them just Not contacting the tires. When I hear the tire rub noise, I adjust them, but that's very infrequent. So fiddling time is minimal. I avoid riding off curbs, because that knocks the front out of shape, and I have to stop and reshape it. On another bike I use the SKS Raceblade XL, plus a PDW Origami front mud guard on the seat tube to make them close enough full-coverage fenders. Here I have the tire wipers in the more traditional position. They still help with mud, but don't reject sticks and rocks. .
<https://imgur.com/NiTTeYa.jpg> <https://imgur.com/sCp7xVN.jpg> <https://imgur.com/nFDc91R.jpg> What they help most for is installing the fenders - I get the position correct immediately, and can install these in 2 min. BTW, these fenders you shape by sliding them in the stays. Once you get the shape correct, they come with self-tapping screws to permanently fix the fender in the stays. On Monday, April 9, 2018 at 7:04:37 AM UTC-5, Tony DeFilippo wrote: > > Ron, on the tire wipers do you have them in contact at all with your > tires? I installed the compass wipers on my Saluki last fall and found > them to be fiddly, lots of adjustment to keep them from buzzing on the > tire. I've got them off the tire enough now to not require ride to ride > adjustment but I also now question the utility. > > I will say that I don't notice picking up small rocks to rattle my fenders > come to think of it but I also haven't ridden any significant gravel. > > Tony > > >> >> -- 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.
