Living in a desert (9" citywide average of precipitation a year, from 14" in foothills to 5" on west mesa; I'm in the middle) I ride rarely in rain (thank God) and snow (unfortunately -- I like riding in snow), but living in the SW, our rains tend to come in downpours and collect on roads designed without gutters -- many side streets, bike routes, are designed so that the curbside itself is the gutter, and you ride in temporary streambeds. Long windup to short point: Despite 9"/year, I've ridden on many flooded roads.
In my experience since 1989 with all the major metal fenders -- at least 2X each for Honjo, Berthoud, VO; and with multiple cases of all the plastics (Bluemels to Zefals), I have found no fender at all that will prevent spray when going through 1" or 2" of water at speed. This despite flaps 12"+ long and 8" wide, and 1/2" above pavement. Rolled edges make no practical difference, IME. Speaking of motorcycles: You motorcycle riders: do you get wet feet and shins in the rain? On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 5:46 PM Kurt Manley <kurtaman...@gmail.com> wrote: > ... metal fenders usually have a rolled lip along the edge that prevents > water from flowing out the sides and blowing back on you. > -- 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.
