Patrick, Did you drill a hole in your Monocog fork's "crown" to mount the front fender upper stay? My old green MC didn't have a hole there.
Thanks, Eric "just sorta thinking about another one" Daume On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:03 AM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 8:52 AM, John McMurry <johnmcmu...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> On Jan 14, 12:47 am, "J L" <subfas...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> The primary concern of using fenders on off-road trails is being >> thrown over the bars when a stick catches your fender stays or an >> object funnels up into the fork crown. >> > > I have photos of my Big Apple shod, PB fendered, Monocog 29er: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/bertin531/PUBLICODDSANDENDS# > > The front fender struts are attached high up on the fork legs, which makes > it more flexy but also (I hope) will keep it from jamming the tire if a > stick gets caught in it. I more recently swapped the double zip ties for > plastic seatpost reflector brackets to fit the very fat fork legs. > Presumably these provide a backup QR, since (again, one hopes) they will > break if a stick gets caught in the front tire. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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-bunch@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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
