Thank you. Metal fender installation is a labor of love. Conservative estimate would be that i have 6 hours to do the install. 2 of that would be in the fabrication of the spacer for under the fork crown.Getting the fore-aft angle just right and the profile to fit the fender. This a combination of one of the final test fits and final product:
[image: Fender Bit.JPG] I got a good a squat workout in from standing, squatting, installing, and removed my wheels so many times! Tire and fender size were a nice match, ample clearance all around with zero rattling or movement. The Rene Herse fender eyebolts https://www.renehersecycles.com/shop/components/fenders/classic-eyebolts/ make for a nice tight mount on the stays. Much nicer and warrant what seems like a lot of money for 4 bolts Of course the hours toiling over correct drilling location more than exceeds the material cost :D On Monday, March 23, 2020 at 6:20:34 PM UTC-5, lambbo wrote: > > Wow, that's an incredible bike! The fender line is on the verge of > poetic, so balanced and still. Did you install them yourself? Also > impressed by the clarity of the bike, despite a big rear rack and a front > bag. > > On Monday, March 23, 2020 at 6:08:02 PM UTC-4, Ken Yokanovich wrote: >> >> My project stalled for a few days with a lack of motivation. My whole >> plan started with new found optimism and a plan to use up some bike part >> inventory and re-purpose some wheels. In hindsight, maybe I wish I had >> stuck to the plan and questioned my optimism?! >> >> I finally turned sleepless nights into something productive over the last >> several days to complete the build and get out on a couple hour shakedown >> ride on my new orange 57cm Rivendell Joe Appaloosa. I wound up ordering a >> few more parts than I had intended - rear hub and brakes from Rivendell, >> fenders from Sim-Works. It's an eclectic mix of old and new parts. I was >> very pleased with initial results and am looking forward to more adventures >> together >> >> [image: Joe.JPG] >> >> Much geekery for those interested in some of the details could read about >> it here: >> https://reflectorcollector.blogspot.com/2020/03/so-i-named-it-miele.html >> >> Additional photos can be found over on Flikr https://flic.kr/s/aHsmM8MPDX >> >> Bill - hoping to read about how your project is coming along. >> >> On Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 1:04:09 PM UTC-6, Bill F wrote: >>> >>> Appaloosa presale is up today. >>> >>> I pulled the trigger on a blue 60 cm for my first Rivendell. >> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/86e1dfa2-aff6-4f7d-9045-2853dec5ddf0%40googlegroups.com.
