It's taken me over 2 years to get one fender mounted on my Paramount...should be completed by years end. There is NO WAY I'm taking off the fenders that are currently installed.
Rob "my projects take awhile" Markwardt Seattle, WA On Mar 26, 3:44 pm, soapscum <[email protected]> wrote: > Seattle. Taking... fenders... off... What a concept. > > Yeah, I think I'll be leaving the honjos on indefinitely. It's part of > the reason I chose the hammered honjos (after ease of installation : > \): they look nice enough to wear all year. Maybe I'll put some on my > polo bike... > > Shawn > > On Mar 26, 3:06 pm, Esteban <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > San Diego. Two bikes have fenders on year-round - Kogswell getter > > ('cause its probably urine), and the Protovelo, as I believe 650B > > needs fenders to make the look on larger frames. > > > Quickbeam and Romulus have fenders now, but they'll come off later > > this Spring. This time of year, everything is wet in the morning here > > on the coast because of fog. That will last on-and-off through June. > > Riding along the coast means road grime is rather salty, and I like > > the fenders on there to keep things clean. > > > Fenders aren't just for rain. Also, remember about karma. If you > > take them off, then the weather will turn for the worse. This is an > > El Nino year. > > > Esteban > > Sunny (but still a Pacific climate) San Diego, Calif. > > > On Mar 26, 2:59 pm, franklyn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I live in Berkeley, so we have the same climate. I have three bikes, > > > and all of them are fendered year-long. I rode the shasta super > > > century on my fendered ebisu (650b), and drew many double-takes. It > > > did rain slightly that morning, but I keep it on not completely for > > > rain or wet weather, but to keep my bike clean. I also like the look > > > fendered bikes. > > > > Franklyn > > > > On Mar 26, 2:52 pm, Phil Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I leave my fenders on my fendered bikes year-round. Not too much rain > > > > here > > > > in the desert but my fendered bikes stay remarkably cleaner than my > > > > non-fendered bikes. > > > > > Phil > > > > Chandler, AZ > > > > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 2:14 PM, William <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Do you celebrate the changing seasons by annually pulling off the > > > > > fenders for the summer and putting them back on for the winter? When > > > > > do you do it? By feel, by date, or in reaction to the threat of > > > > > weather? Or do you leave them on year-round? > > > > > > I live in El Cerrito, CA (just north of Berkeley). We had a little > > > > > rain this week, but I am tempted to take off the fenders from my > > > > > Hillborne pretty soon. It's freaking gorgeous out. I got the bike > > > > > last December, so I've never seen it built up without fenders. > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups > > > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%2Bunsubscrib > > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > . > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted > > > > >text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
