Since Jan has posted here in the past, and is a good friend of Grant, perhaps he will enquire into the specifics of this event and offer his views on the relative safety of various fenders and fender installations here. He as previously stated on his blog that: "Regarding safety, I have asked every randonneur in France whether they knew of fender-related accidents, and none could recall one. On the other hand, there are plenty of reports of accidents with plastic fenders crumbling into the fork crown. Break-away devices seem to help with plastic fenders, but even then, they don’t approach the safety record of well-installed aluminum fenders. Generally speaking, aluminum fenders are stiffer, and thus unlikely to crumble when hit by a twig that is picked up by the front wheel."
On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 7:17:48 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Jan Heine, who advocates aluminum fenders, claims that well mounted > Honjos, Berthouds and ilk don't really have this risk. You can probably > find his reasons on his blog (http://janheine.wordpress.com/), but it > seems to me that well installed fenders, with a small gap between trailing > edge and tire, pose little risk of picking up sticks. > > OTOH, one reason I have not gotten around to installing fenders on the > Fargo is to avoid this problem -- I encounter far more sticks on dirt than > on pavement. > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 7:46 PM, <[email protected] <javascript:>>wrote: > >> I won't lie- even the small chance of this happening has me gulping. I >> wonder if Honjo, VO, Gran Bois or others have looked into making QR >> connections ala SKS for metal fenders? >> >> -J >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > -- > > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > [email protected] <javascript:> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > > > Albuquerque, NM > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
