....plus simple P-clamps to take care of your lack of fender eyelets on the frame
On Jun 7, 4:08 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2010-06-07 at 15:55 -0700, dos.ruedas wrote: > > I have an old Trek 500 - series frame that I converted to be my light > > touring/loaded commuter bike and while I love almost everything about > > it, the one drawback is that I cannot fit fenders under the sidepull > > brakes with the 32mm tires I run. > > > The bike would be just about perfect if it was downpour-capable, and I > > recall seeing an innovative solution in a Riv reader that I can't find > > anymore. I recall that someone had come up with the idea to cut the > > fender in two to bypass the brake bridge, and then joined the sections > > in some clever way that I can't recall. I was wondering if anyone on > > the list has done anything like this on a sidepull-braked bike? Also, > > my bike does not have a fender mounting tab on the rear, and I was > > wondering what could be done about that. > > I think you are thinking of the River City Reach > Aroundshttp://rivercitybicycles.com/product/reacharound-fender-brackets-737.htm > to go over the brakes. -- 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.
