Jeff: just saw this. I mean, fenders and properly weighted raincape keep my backside dry *during* downpours and *while* riding through deep puddles. My feet and legs to knee get wet, but not anything above the knee (the knee is more or less the dividing point). Perhaps you didn't see my reference to the rain cape.
(This isn't addressed to Jeff, but to the person starting the thread.) With the mileage Steve P does, I have to give some weight to his observation. *(Reluctantly.)* And once again, how many millions of riders ride daily and have ridden daily for a century or more with fenders, and without incident? Patrick Moore, who just rode his fenderless gofast on the hilly and windy westside (to and around and about the Petroglyph Nat Mnt area) *without any fenders whatsoever!* On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 2:33 PM, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 05/27/2017 03:19 PM, Jeff Lesperance wrote: > >> Patrick - are you speaking about keeping your backside dry traversing >> deep puddles and gutters AFTER the downpour or during? I say during a >> downpour, your backside is getting wet from above enough such that any tire >> spray from below is negligible in terms of wetness, though it may be more >> foul from below, but yes, after a downpour, fenders will work wonders in >> any depth of water to keep spray off of the feet and the back. >> > > "Tire spray from below" is never "negligible". And "more foul" hardly > begins to describe it if you are riding in a place where Amish and > Mennonite buggies have been using the roads -- as is the case in areas of > Southern Maryland where I ride, and in Lancaster PA (where the Covered > Bridge Metric seems to have rain about as often as it does not). > > As for the subject of this thread: let me say today I cheated death yet > again, as I have done time and time again over the years. I've never > picked up a stick, and when Jan Heine inquired on this subject among the > old French randonneurs they'd never seen crumpled metal fenders. If you > ride roads and use metal fenders and have proper clearance in your > installation, then pretty much this is a non-issue about on a par with > worrying about being struck by lightning. > > -- > 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. > -- *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.
