On Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 4:44:02 PM UTC-4, M G wrote: > > The planet bike metal 65mm fenders are a perfect fit on the hubbuhhubbuh > tandem. > > On Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 2:58:53 PM UTC-4, lconley wrote: >> >> Exactly. Put the panhead bolt head or hex button head inside the fender >> and the nut on the outside. If you have daruma style stays, buy a $5 >> L-bracket from VO (or the sliding crimp fitting that comes standard with >> most metal fenders and some plastic fenders, crimp it to the fender or cut >> it up to make your own L-bracket) - mount one side to the fender and the >> other to the daruma bolt (play with the orientation for best appearance. >> Can also use pop rivets ($4 with coupon for rivet gun, $4.80 for 500 rivets >> with coupon at Harbor Freight) to attach to fender for maximum clearance >> (use the aluminum rivets and pound or press them flat). You can also get >> aluminum angle at Lowes or Home Depot and make really nice aluminum >> L-brackets with a hacksaw, file and drill. If you have a bench grinder, it >> goes quicker. With a rat tail file, you can make a squiggly point an the >> bracket to match your lugs. Boulder Bike used to sell nice L-brackets (may >> have been Berthouds) , they still have some beautiful diamond shaped fender >> reinforcements. >> >> The most difficult thing that I am putting fenders on is a Hubbuhubbuh >> with 2.3 tires and linear brakes. The center stays at the rear have very >> little side clearance and the linear brake cables are just above the tires. >> The fenders will need to be cut or narrowed at the center stays and >> probably cut (or possibly slotted) at the brake cables. Honjo H95s (I >> believe the SimWorks are the same) are plenty wide enough. They are wide >> and use two darumas - you just put the darumas to the outside of each side >> of the fender to avoid the center of the tire, or I could use two >> L-brackets. >> >> I am also putting H95s on my Bombadil - it has so much clearance to the >> 57 mm G-Ones that nothing special needs to be done. >> >> Laing >> Cocoa, FL >> >> On Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 1:21:03 PM UTC-4, ted wrote: >> >>> The berthoud fender stays are very nice. They bolt directly to the >>> fender and you can put the small button head end on the inside. I’ve >>> replaced the stock stays on longboards with berthoud ones and I think it >>> gives a stiffer result as well as eliminating the internal hardware that >>> some folks claim sends water from inside the fender onto your feet. If I >>> ever try metal fenders I’ll probably want to use berthoud stays regardless >>> of who makes the fenders. >> >>
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