I didn't care for the rattling gravel noise. They weren't providing enough utility to make that worth it for me.
Cheers, David "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 3:05 AM, Deacon Patrick <lamontg...@mac.com> wrote: > Interesting, David. Why wasn't it enjoyable? I've had fenders off road all > last year, but then clay mud is not a factor where I ride. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > > On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 8:55:42 PM UTC-6, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I'd take them off. I've used metal and plastic in the dirt on occasion, >> but it's not very enjoyable. >> >> Cheers, >> David >> >> "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Eric Platt <eperic...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Have always used non-metal fenders on bikes that go on non-paved >>> ramblings. Had a fender fold-up in the back a couple times. Luckily >>> nothing except the fender was damaged. >>> >>> That's me. Others use metal fenders with no problem at all off-road. >>> Have noticed that leather washers at the mounting points do make a >>> difference. My LHT has metal fenders and works fine. Although rarely take >>> that on anything worse than a gravel road.\ >>> >>> Eric Platt >>> St. Paul, MN >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Nanga Parbat <nanga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello RBW OB, >>>> I'm using a late 80's / early 90's Specialized mountain bike with Velo >>>> Orange steel fenders, that were on the bike. Even with the leather washers >>>> the fenders still rattle on trails. Is anyone using fenders for moderate >>>> off roading? Should I try the SKS fenders? >>>> Cheers, >>>> Scott >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>>> >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
