Nice idea! Do you pull out the corks when you want to remove the rear wheel, or do you have vertical dropouts?
On Saturday, July 31, 2010, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Here we go. Just took the installed photo (if I had to do it again I > would put the rough, cut end of the cork towards the fender). > > The bolts, I believe, are long bolts that SKS provides for the fork > crown; the clip and other metal bits are also standard SKS hardware. > I recall that I had to drill out some of the bolt holes to accept > these bolts (be careful doing this, the metal is hard and the parts > can "spin" on the end of the drill bit if they are not held down > securely...like in a vise). > > It always bothered me that the fender line on the All-Rounder looked > funny...now I see the corks and smile :-) > > Hope this helps! > > Angus > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/16951...@n08/4845585399/in/photostream/ > > > > On Jul 31, 5:59 am, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> I'll take a picture today (thought I had one) and post it. >> >> I used the "spring clip" that came with the fenders, but spaced it out >> from the fender and inch or so with the cork spacers. It required two >> longer bolts and cutting and drilling the corks. >> >> Sorry for the delay, just got home from a short business trip. >> >> Angus >> >> On Jul 29, 9:28 am, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> > Wasn't minding my edits this a.m. Meant to say: >> >> > "> Are you just putting the cork between the bike and fender with no >> >> > > bolt inside?" >> >> > And to Roy's point, a photo if possible would be much appreciated. >> > Thanks. >> >> > Who would have thought something so apparently simple could become so >> > complicated! >> >> > On Jul 29, 7:10 am, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> > > > I had the same issue with my 26 inch wheeled All-Rounder. I used two >> > > > corks as fender spacers at the lower front of the rear fender to get >> > > > even fender spacing to the tire (26x2.0) and found I didn't need the >> > > > spring-thingie. >> >> > > Are you just putting the cork between the bike and no fender with not >> > > bolt inside? If so, how does it stay in place/ If bolted, how do you >> > > get the fender out of the way when removing the fender? Or does the >> > > All-Rounder have vertical (or even semi-horizontal) drop outs? >> >> > > On Jul 29, 2:55 am, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >> > > > Roy, >> >> > > > I had the same issue with my 26 inch wheeled All-Rounder. I used two >> > > > corks as fender spacers at the lower front of the rear fender to get >> > > > even fender spacing to the tire (26x2.0) and found I didn't need the >> > > > spring-thingie. >> >> > > > Angus >> >> > > > On Jul 28, 9:25 pm, Roy Yates <roydya...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > > > > I've needed this spring thingy for my All-Rounder which has a big gap >> > > > > from the 26 inch wheels/tire to the cross-brace between the chain >> > > > > stays. However, I don't think I would want the fender to slide on the >> > > > > bolt. In that case, won't the head of the bolt always be close to the >> > > > > tire and block the the horizontal motion of the tire during removal. >> > > > > My impression is that the example in the picture allows the end of >> > > > > the >> > > > > bolt closest to the seat tube to slide when the horizontal motion of >> > > > > the wheel pushes the fender. However, an All-Rounder's cross-brace >> > > > > between the chain stays has a threaded hole for a fender bolt but the >> > > > > hole dead-ends in the cross-brace. I've wondered if anyone has >> > > > > drilled >> > > > > through the cross-brace to allow a fender bolt to slide through? If >> > > > > not, is there some other solution? >> >> > > > > Thanks, >> > > > > ...Roy >> >> > > > > On Jul 28, 9:40 pm, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> > > > > > > Here you go: >> >> > > > > > Joe, thanks for the linked photo. That shows what I was missing >> > > > > > in my >> > > > > > scheme. The bolt is thinner than it would be allowing the fender >> > > > > > to >> > > > > > move back and forth over it. Brilliant! >> >> > > > > > On Jul 28, 5:54 pm, Joe Bartoe <jbar...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> > > > > > > Here you go: >> >> > > > > > -- Ken Freeman Ann Arbor, MI USA -- 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.
