Tony: If fenders can't be done, I've used 1/16" thick HDPE (an industrial plastic) zip tied to the underside of racks as a sort of "faux fender". On the rear, it prevents the wet stripe up the back. It may work for your front situation just to protect the light and keep some water off the contents of the basket. It's relatively soft and flexible, so can be forced into gentle curves. You may be able to find from an industrial plastics source as "60 mil HDPE liner". If you're curious but don't want to go to a lot of trouble, let know how much you need. I have a lifetime supply & will gladly send enough for multiple experiments.
dougP On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 9:28:47 AM UTC-8, Tony DeFilippo wrote: > > Thanks Howard! I'm going to take a harder look at the fenders this > evening if it's not to cold in the garage. It was simpler to just remove > them last night vice messing with the height. It'll be very tight to get > the set of SKS ones I have in there and to your point I'm not sure it makes > sense in any case. The tread on these tires is honestly small enough I'm > not sure they'll be a big help in the snow but they are fun. I took a very > leisurly ride around the neighborhood including a short .5 mile stretch on > a dirt path and enjoyed the 'float' I got. The front basket was a long > time coming, I have that on my Trek and much prefer it. Seeing your Sam > was just another reminder. > > I'm glad to hear you made the Leesburg ride, I did the Arlington Loop > yesterday early in the morning but I wished I had grabbed one more layer as > I got pretty cold by the end. Originally I was going to push out to that > deli in Falls Church on the W&OD before I completed the loop but I scrapped > that when my toes went numb!! :) > > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Howard H <kiq...@gmail.com <javascript:> > > wrote: > >> PS - the bike looks GREAT with those fatties >> >> >> On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 8:11:56 AM UTC-5, Tony DeFilippo wrote: >>> >>> Yet another snow day in the DC area... I think the schools will be in >>> session till July 4th at this rate! Supposedly we're in for our biggest >>> snowfall since 2011 but I'll believe it when I see it. I don't have true >>> snow tires, but I did pick up some sweet used 29x2.1 Kenda Small Block >>> Eight tires at the co-op recently and had been hoping to try them out on my >>> Atlantis. 700Cx54mm tires! I need to measure the actuals on my 23mm Dyad >>> rims but they fit just fine once the fenders came off. I also finally got >>> around to moutning my front Nitto rack/basket/light setup. Peter White can >>> rest assured that I've maintained the centerline, above tire location of >>> the light but he'll be upset that I don't have fender coverage for the >>> beastie... I'll keep an eye on it and possibly add some kind of splash >>> protection. It's a sweet light, and I can see based on the light pattern >>> why keeping it center and over tire is desireable. Stand over w/ the >>> monster tires is not improved for me... predictably, but it is fun. I'm >>> going to take it for a spin this morning before the snow comes in then >>> we'll see about later! More pix on the blog - >>> http://dr2dc.blogspot.com/2014/01/monster-snow-cross-atlantis.html >>> >>> Tony >>> >>> >>> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7RiNKo6Y7qQ/Ut5sIUqO9SI/AAAAAAAADGQ/RuEQK8JVgD8/s1600/RAD_1040.jpg><https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-G_p7K346CpU/Ut5sIcpa1PI/AAAAAAAADGk/7zjswNk1ajo/s1600/RAD_1042.jpg> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/e_cri0xuazQ/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
