I wanted to run semi knobbies on the Atlantis for the C&O canal so came up with this ugly setup. The front is a stay-less MTB fender that at least keeps the spray off the water bottles, headset, and out of your face (but not your shoes or the drivetrain). The rear has lots of clearance but that was because I had been experimenting with tires and didn't want to readjust the fender line each time. This helped alot to keep the trail grime off me and the bike. The CnO stays wet days after it rains. The front flops around but doesn't touch the tire and seems not to catch sticks.
-Dave J <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4ZQhNfIDoRk/WSo5wdUyHtI/AAAAAAAAAhA/OfCAwbvEen8sDbFyagznOR6XcTgF44YqwCLcB/s1600/fenderd%2Batti.jpg> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4ZQhNfIDoRk/WSo5wdUyHtI/AAAAAAAAAhA/OfCAwbvEen8sDbFyagznOR6XcTgF44YqwCLcB/s1600/fenderd%2Batti.jpg> On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 2:42:17 AM UTC-4, lum gim fong wrote: > > I have been using fenders now for a few years on my Rivbikes, but I get > nervous sometimes. Where I live it rains pretty often and lotsa sticks on > the shoulders. > I have heard about the stick jamming effects that can happen, and > sometimes I wonder if using fenders is worth the risk. > > For instance, it would be easier for me to just clean myself and the bike > after a rain ride than to heal up after an endo. > > Also, Unless it is a very light rain, I get soaked anyway, even in quality > rain gear and shoe covers, from sweat/rain. Shoes become marshlands despite > shoe covers, etc. > > Today I rode 30 + miles in a light rain with full fenders and quality rain > gear. Arms soaked, back soaked, head soaked, hands soaked. Rest of me was > dry. So it worked pretty well. But that was a continual light rain. > > I got heavily rained on in the last 5 miles of a metric century last year, > in same gear and full Honjo fenders and was drenched to the bone, sloshing > sneakers, whole nine. I may as well have been without fenders the whole > ride and not had the stick jam crumple fender risk. > > *How do you cope on long rainy rides if you don't use fenders?* > > I wear wool to keep warm, but if I get drenched anyway, what's the use of > fenders if there is the endo risk? One injury endo would pretty much negate > all the cleanness and dryness I have had. And I would probably swear off > fenders forever. > > Rethinking rethinking. > > Here is a shot from today's rainy ride. Enjoy! > > > -- 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.
