On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 10:02 AM, George Schick <bhim...@gmail.com> wrote: > As others have said, I have fenders on all my bikes, including one > dual banger MTB, and leave 'em on all year around. In addition to the > unpredictable weather here in the upper Midwest, I ride mostly on > trails converted from old railroad ROW's that have been surfaced over > with finely crushed limestone tailings. This stuff gets very dusty > during dry months and I have found that the fenders keep the brakes > and headset, in particular, from getting gunked up as much. They also > protect the paint from rock chips.
Upper Midwest here as well and all of my bikes have fenders year round. The Mariposa arrived with fenders installed and they've never been off :) Agreed about the crushed limestone trails. We have the Wildgoose Trail just a couple of miles away and, while it's not my favorite riding venue - the limestone surface is noisy and dusty and where it's not a complete cover the trail can be pretty slippery when it's wet - it's convenient for some rides. -Ken -- 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.
