Thinking about how to best answer your question, Patrick, I realized it is a blog post. So here you go. http://thegrid.ai/withabandon/fenders-and-knobbies
With abandon, Patrick On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 2:04:44 PM UTC-6, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I'm curious about others' thoughts about fenders and knobbies. Fenders are > most useful with knobbies, given that you ride knobbies in dirty > conditions, and because the knobs pick up dirt. But I too would certainly > hesitate more with this combination. > > Do some of y'all use fenders with knobby tires? Your safeguards? Your > reasons? > > Me, I've used fenders off road for a long while, but I've also run > low-tread tires off road for a long time -- Big Apples and, currently, > Furious Freds, which have tiny little knoblets not likely to pick up a > stick. I *would* have installed regular, strutted fenders on my erstwhile > Santa Cruz Bontrager Race Lite, with 2.3" Maxxis Ikons, if the frame easily > took fenders, but it didn't and, rather than hack it, I installed a long > motocross-type fender in front (held on by a plug in the steerer; no > struts), and a shortie clip on in the back, both supplemented by plastic > bits zip tied to seat tube and down tube (pretty effective, if I do say so > myself, but ugly). > > I suppose I'd *be inclined* to use regular fenders, say Planet Bike > Cacadias, with knobbies if I had at least 2 cm of air under them, and if I > could attach the front struts halfway up the fork. > > FWIW, I do use Cascadias with the F Freds on the Matthews, with the front > struts bolted way high up on the inside top lowrider bosses. Not too much > triangulation there, but while the front fender does sway a bit, it doesn't > rattle. (And, because the Matthews has bigly TCO, I am always kicking this > fender; it gets up, shakes its head, and keeps on going.) The rear is a > shorty because I hate bashing rear fenders against things. > > [image: Inline image 1] > > On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Stuart Lovinggood <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I want to like fenders, I really do. I know they're practical and all. >> But I also really want to run knobbies from time to time. And even though I >> have slicks on my Joe, they are 53mm wide and the 65mm wide fenders are >> just a lot to contend with. And so far these fenders have done a lot to >> distract from riding, with all the swaying and rattling and spooky noises. >> Maybe if I end up getting a bike with narrower tires that I'm less likely >> to ride off into the woods on, I'll get a nice set of metal fenders and >> have them tuned up by a fender whisperer. >> >> On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 7:11:18 AM UTC-5, Ron Mc wrote: >>> >>> Stuart, I'm in Bulverde (1400' el) and run full-time fenders on 2 bikes, >>> and clip-ons on a 3rd. I rarely see other bikes with fenders (except my >>> friends), and wonder why more people here don't use them. >>> >>> >>> <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Viner/salado/6c43dac5-fb9a-40c3-b0ef-aa15024ea7cd.jpg> >>> >>> We're overdue for a June with monsoons.... >>> >>> -- >> 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 [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > *30% Supply and Demand discount, listmembers only, on all resume, > LinkedIn, and writing services, until Demand equals Supply! And there's > more! 10% kickback for any referral resulting in fully paid, list-price > contract. And still more! I am offering services in trade for a road bike, > or frame and parts, that are period compatible with my AM hub, circa 1937 > to 1961. See my website for what I do and what I charge; email for details.* > > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ************************************************************************** > ************** > > > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
