On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 06:53 -0800, Kurt Nordback wrote: > If I understand your situation, I had a similar problem because I have > a funny fork crown with a little angle to it such that the bottom of > the crown is not parallel to the rim. (Mark Nobilette told me Henry > James made crowns like that briefly in the 90s, when my bike was > built.) I was installing the turtle-shell hammered Honjos. My > solution was not to indent the fender. Rather, I took a thick nylon > washer about an inch in diameter and cut it at an angle with a hacksaw > to give me two wedge-shaped washers. I installed these on either side > of the fender to provide an adjustment between the angle of the fender > and the angle of the fork crown. I didn't get the cut angle quite > right, but it was close enough to work.
That is one of the solutions Jitensha recommends in its installation article. > > I felt better about doing that than hammering on the beautiful > fenders. Honjo does it on some models. If they're OK with it, I am too. Of course, they know what they're doing... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
