Well, that's better than actually riding on the beach, but a fender and flap is not going to help much since the sand will blow onto the drive train. A fender and flap will cut down on spray, but not so much flying sand. You could try a dry wax lube and regular brushing of the chain and cassette. I'm more concerned with keeping the rust at bay.
On Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 1:25:37 PM UTC-4, Ann L wrote: > > I am riding on a paved boardwalk on the beach. Sand drifts accumulate > regularly and are hard to avoid, hence the need for fat tires. > > On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 3:04:48 PM UTC-5, LBleriot wrote: >> >> I'm no authority on this, but I like 5-8 mm of clearance between tire and >> fender; not so much for sand or mud, but more for sticks and other debris >> that might jam the fenders. You could go without fenders, but unless you >> brush the sand out of the waxed drive train, the grit will prematurely wear >> the chain/cassette. >> >> Are you riding on the beach, or just near it? If you're riding on the >> beach no fender is going to keep the grit off. >> >> On Monday, August 28, 2017 at 7:55:04 PM UTC-4, Ann L wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Matt B and LBieriot: I'm a fan of fenders, both for prolonging the life >>> of bike and tires and also for completing the look of the bike. Currently, >>> I'm running 52 mm Big Bens and have little give for fender clearance. Part >>> of the point of getting this bike was the ability to have big fat tires I >>> could run at a low psi. I would be willing to drop to a 48 mm but am >>> concerned about other aspects of sand, i.e.clogging the fenders. How much >>> clearance space is recommended? >>> >> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
