On 09/21/2018 02:33 PM, Mat Grewe wrote:
My experience has salt grime still getting on the bike with full
coverage fenders. Sooo, would cleaning the fendered bike less often,
because it is less grimy (but still a little grimy), be more damaging
and more of a hassle than cleaning the fenderless bike after every
ride because it is so clearly dirty? Hrmmm the ponderings...
No, not even close. There's very little grime, concentrated in only a
few places, on a full-fendered bike, and it takes very little time to
clean it up. With my bikes, mostly a tiny bit on the chainstays, a
little bit around the bottom bracket shell and under the downtube and
some on the fork blades up near the brakes. And underneath the
fenders. Often I can remove most of this simply by wiping the bike with
a dry cloth. Two bikes on the same ride on a rainy day in Amish
country -- and perhaps you have some idea what kind of a nasty mess that
can make on a frame -- one fendered and one not; fendered bike cleaned
up in 2 minutes, unfendered bike 30-60 minutes. More to get the grime
off tan sidewalls, but that's pretty much the same regardless of whether
you have fenders or not.
Another huge difference: we've had mechanics recommend after a long ride
in the rain a total strip-down and re-greasing that in a bike shop would
cost you about $200. Remove the seatpost, drain the seat tube with the
bike upside down, repack bottom bracket, etc. None of that is needed on
a fendered bike. The rain doesn't get down the seat tube because it
never gets sprayed up under the saddle and so never runs down the seat
post and never gets inside the seat tube in the first place.
On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 11:47:08 AM UTC-5, Lum Gim Fong wrote:
I have two bikes:
Rambouillet
Roadeo
I am thinking of keeping fenders on my Rambouillet just for the
salty road winter season here in Maryand and then back off again
in spring when the roads are clean.
I am not worried about rain and ground water so much. Just don't
want salt corroding stuff.
--
Steve Palincsar
Alexandria, Virginia
USA
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