Seattle....what Shawn (Soapscum) said above On the steel bike they stay on full time mostly due to the fact that its ..uh..Seattle and also due to the removal hassle factor - VO fluted not exactly quick release ;-) but I have the luxury that my "go fast" circa 1999 Aluminum Cannondale R800 goes fender-less for those sunny days when I want to ride with fast friends.
The funny thing is that I tried to adapt the R800 to a more "all rounder" type bike a while back and got a bike that did nothing well. Once I built up the steel steed to be the comfort/commuter/rain/errand/ noodling around bike I stripped the R800 down and put it back to "race bike" mode and now its light (relatively) twitchy (in a good way) and fast, or at least as fast as it will go with me riding it. Is it wrong that I am lusting after a 3rd road bike (AMOS/San Marcos) for my stable? ...... wait a sec look who I'm asking! Ryan "Fenders are your friend in the Pacific NW" Surface On Mar 26, 9:46 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Haha Doug. > > I agree that fenders look really great, and high end fashion fenders > like hammered Honjos or color matched ones probably belong on the bike > year round. > > For me I like the changes and having to get used to it. It keeps > things fresh between me and my bike. Spice it up, you know? > > I admit the karma side has occurred to me. I take my fenders off and > blammo, there's a storm. It's taken quite a lot of time for me to > realize that I am not actually the center of the universe. > > Whatever your annual fender policy...happy spring everyone. > > Bill > On Mar 26, 9:26 pm, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > > > I live in Southern California, & don't own any fenders. Winter prep > > is to add a saddlebag to carry more clothes. I apologize for the tone > > but I bite my tongue for several months during the discussions of > > studded tires, fender mounting, etc., and I just couldn't resist this > > one. > > > dougP > > > On Mar 26, 2:14 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Do you celebrate the changing seasons by annually pulling off the > > > fenders for the summer and putting them back on for the winter? When > > > do you do it? By feel, by date, or in reaction to the threat of > > > weather? Or do you leave them on year-round? > > > > I live in El Cerrito, CA (just north of Berkeley). We had a little > > > rain this week, but I am tempted to take off the fenders from my > > > Hillborne pretty soon. It's freaking gorgeous out. I got the bike > > > last December, so I've never seen it built up without fenders. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
