Patrick: Your system is pretty close to what I was thinking. For the record I have not tried my fender ideas, but thought through them after seeing a few different folks' methods.
The rear fender would be about the same, but ideally attached to a rack of some kind as that tubing is significantly harder to bend than any fender stay I have used. I'm curious, what length did you find works best for that rear extension? The front would vary just a little. I was thinking of having a thin, rolled edge aluminum (looks nicer than plastic and the rolled edge would reduce cutting myself) downtube mudguard running the full length of the downtube. Then a chain-guard covering the front half of the chainrings only, not interfering with a derailleur. This would protect the chainring against schmoo thrown up from the front tire. Then, if necessary to protect a light, a front fender only protruding out in front of the fork, perhaps a little behind to protect the bottom of the headset as well. But that way there are no stays on the front wheel to buckle and potentially cause a crash. Again, all theory... Steve: You are spot on that a fendered bike would be quicker to clean after each ride! I just found myself slacking when I had fenders and commuted full time in the winter (I have since moved out rural where the roads just are not safe for cyclists part of the winter)... But I had salt everywhere on the bike. I recall hearing that my county (La Crosse, Wisconsin) recently switched salt formulas to one that seems to hang in the air, covering everything. It works great on the roads, but is an absolute mess on anything travelling those roads. I suppose I could put fenders on during the winter as I don't ride trails that time of year, but I did not enjoy installing them. My perfectionist nature takes over and I end up spending hours dialing in the fender line!! Mat -- 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.
