For future reference, if you do decide to drill & install your own fenders. Aluminum drilling is super easy. I just use regular drill bits, no need for lubrication, and put a piece of wood underneath to help minimize burrs on the back side. A file can help to clean it up, but isn't strictly necessary—if you don't have one—when using wood on the back side when drilling. I like to drill from the inside of the fender out, so any burrs that might happen are biting into the leather washer.
The most time consuming part is measuring thrice and drilling once. And to reiterate Steve's point above, only drill one hole at a time, mount, then measure the next hole. Unlike JohnS, I quite enjoy mounting fenders. Very time consuming, even Weigle stated that in his BQ article. But if you go into it planning for 15 hours of total work, which includes set up and clean up time (might not need it, but first time can take a while), you will be less likely to get frustrated during the process. If I recall, you do some woodworking, and the real "skill" carries over from that, which is having experience working with your hands in a calm, slow, and deliberate manner. A general rule of thumb when doing first time projects is to estimate how long you think that project will take, then multiply it by at least four (I often make facetious comments, but this one is no joke or exaggeration!). Slowing down, not rushing, I am better able to find joy in tasks that otherwise aggravate me immensely... Mat Driftless Wisconsin On Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 8:26:50 AM UTC-5, Mat Grewe wrote: > > If you still have a rear rack on that bike, consider securing the fender > to the rack instead of using stays. When riding off trail, rack legs won't > collapse if a stick gets caught in the spokes. Here is a pretty awful > picture, but you get the gist (I can borrow a real camera if a better > picture would help). > > Mat > Driftless Wisconsin > > > On Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 4:47:09 PM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >> Fenders arrived today and a bike shop (one of two I'd be willing to trust >> to this, and that's with a lot of hope and prayer involved), said they >> could squeeze in the fender instal over the next few days, otherwise it'd >> be a month or more. They understood "fenderline" and "pinch or widen to >> adjust it" and "position and drill one hole at a time" ... so here's to it >> going well! Grin. >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> > -- 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/afb39545-ce8b-4a06-bf97-81942143b0b2o%40googlegroups.com.
