Yes, that is on the front of the fender (the trailing edge). That would be preferred to the leading edge (the rear), but the way the tire savers are designed, if on the leading edge and something snags them, the rubber tubes holding the scraper will just give and no jamming into the fender will occur.
On Friday, October 17, 2014 10:41:09 AM UTC-4, Brian Campbell wrote: > > I think that is the rear tire, shot from the non-drive side of the bike. > You can see the chain in the backround. > > On Friday, October 17, 2014 6:53:40 AM UTC-4, Ron Mc wrote: > >> este - Jan Heine's photo >> >> <http://www.compasscycle.com/images/tires_wipers3.jpg> >> >> I've deflected sticks, rocks, piles of leaves and twigs, scraped mud - >> they work great.. Was riding with some friends after a good summer >> monsoon ran-off mud all over a paved city greenway that follows a creek >> bottom across town. Everyone we saw through the morning said, "oh, your >> bike is not going to stay that clean for long". The fact is, all the >> fenderless muddy people were just getting started, and we had already >> ridden 18 miles. We did have to stop frequently for my buddy to knock mud >> out of his fenders, but I had no mud in my fenders - the tire wipers kept >> it out. >> >> Obviously, they only work with slick tires. >> >> On Thursday, October 16, 2014 9:30:00 PM UTC-5, Brian Campbell wrote: >> >>> Are your tire scrapers installed backwards? Can't they be forced under >>> the fender? >>> >>> On Tuesday, October 14, 2014 8:05:10 AM UTC-4, Ron Mc wrote: >>>> >>>> here's the best safety option for Honjo fenders - tire wipers - Compass >>>> sells them. >>>> >>>> >>>> <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/700c/aP5280024.jpg> >>>> >>>> You can see them at the bottom of my fenders. They keep Everything >>>> except dust and water out of the fenders - they even scrape mud (within >>>> reason). No sticks, no rocks, no chert - they reject it all. As far as >>>> clearance goes, if you can see air, it's too much, and the fenders won't >>>> be >>>> able to do their job. >>>> >>>> >>>> <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/700c/aaaP3150005.jpg> >>>> >>>> On Monday, October 13, 2014 10:46:09 PM UTC-5, lungimsam wrote: >>>> >>>>> 1. How much clearance above tread, all around tire? >>>>> 2. How much clearance from sides of tire (where the rolled edges >>>>> envelope sides of tire)? >>>>> 3. Should I just get the widest fender that will fit on the bike? I am >>>>> hoping to settle on 32-42mm Compass/GB tires for my Bleriot. I have >>>>> Hetres >>>>> on it now, but no fenders yet. >>>>> >>>>> I will have to re-check the latest BQ issue for the fender safety >>>>> article. I think it said minimum 1.7cm vertical clearance all around >>>>> tread? >>>>> >>>> -- 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.
