Lum, I think you are worrying too much about the risks associated with both fenders and racks. Properly used and mounted both present very minor risks.
That said, presuming you want to preserve/pamper your Riv's frame and parts, I would definitely not ride it on salty roads, dry or wet -- although dry is better than wet. I've not ridden my Rivs in salt, but regularly do with my winter commuter (a pedestrian MTB) -- and corrosion happens, even with regular cleaning. It is my experience that there is usually some moisture somewhere even on "dry" winter roads (occasional runoff from shady spots melting, etc.) if they've been salted recently enough for the salt to still be on the pavement. Julia Westerhout Bloomington, Il On Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at 11:07:24 PM UTC-5, Lum Gim Fong wrote: > > Yes, fenderless. > > I grow increasingly concerned, over the years, of front end wrecks due to > the possibility of fender or rack failures as I have read about them > happenning, and now the latest blagh post. I meticulously mount fenders so > as to be as in-built stress free as poss. But I still wonder if one day the > clock will run out. > > So I have stopped riding with fenders and racks and find that a nice > banana sax and bartube or Brooks Milford are good enough for my load > carrying and no need for racks/fenders. > > But I cringe at the thought of riding fenderless on salty winter roads on > my Rambouillet. I only ride dry roads in winter, and around here that means > white with dry salt. > > If you have run your Rivs fenderless on dry salty roads, how have they > fared? > > Thanks for relating your experiences! > > -- 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.
