A cork works great, but so does just about anything you can slip over a screw. I took an artsy approach using resin beads and a funky coin from Belize as a washer. The basic thing I learned was that whatever you use, if you counterbore and spin a nut up so it sits on the topside of the fender as well as underneath, it's quite rigid. Here's a link to my flickr pics. They're a couple of years old and it's still working great. No noise or rattling. btw... a key thing for me with the metal Honlos was the leather washers available at V-O (or you could easily fabricate some). Finally, I cut the domed bottom out of a beer can (drink beer first) and drilled a hole in it and it made a nice curved washer that sits up under the fender. Here's the link. There are several pics. Gets lots of comments.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26804...@n02/2596325836/in/set-72157605719324834/ On May 12, 8:08 pm, Frankwurst <fbr...@jwperry.com> wrote: > Go to your local hardware store (provided they have a good nut,bolt > and fastener supply) and you can find aluminum sleeves that will fit > your needs along with the bolts ( button head ) in the proper length > to make them work. Or just drill a hole in a cork (wine that is) and > get a bolt that will fit. Do all modifications to the cork before > drinking the wine. > > On May 12, 6:53 pm, Johnny Alien <johnnyal...@verizon.net> wrote: > > > So I installed some SKS fenders on my wife's bike and you know the > > rear fender how it attaches to the bike near the kickstand bottom > > bracket area? Well in cases where it creates a big gap between the > > fender and the tire is there any type of spacer that can be purchased > > to go between the fender and where it attaches so that it doesn't look > > awful? The rest of the fender looks fine and then there is that big > > gap at that point. > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- 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.
