Good call Steve. I've always referred to the BQ Weigle article too. I like how Anton has taken a deeper dive into the install process. Patience goes a long ways as well.
Best, Rich in ATL On Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 4:00:31 PM UTC-4, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > In view of the "Wavy Fender" discussion we had last week, I think this > post (cross-posted to the 650B and iBOB lists) might be of some interest > here. > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: [650B] Blogging in the age of COVID - four part blog series on > metal fender installation > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:11:38 -0700 (PDT) > From: somervillebikes <atu...@gmail.com> <javascript:> > To: 650b <6...@googlegroups.com> <javascript:> > > When I started Velo Lumino almost five years ago, I had a companion blog, " > Eléctricalités A.T. <https://somervillebikes.wordpress.com/>" but I let > it fall dormant after a few months. With all the extra time at home lately, > and also in parallel to a completely new Velo Lumino website > <https://www.velolumino.com/>, I've decided to resurrect the blog. I just > finished a four-part blog series on installing metal fenders, something > I've been doing a lot more of lately as I am taking on more custom lighting > consignment jobs than ever before, many of which include fender > installation. I'm no constructeur and most builders could probably run > circles around my fender installing ability, but I thought I'd put this > together as I think it can help out most folks. I should also note that > much of what I describe in the blog I learned from Peter Weigle's excellent > article in an old BQ article from about 10 years ago. But I think my series > of posts expands on that article in terms of detail. Regardless, much > credit goes to others who have done this before and already perfected the > art. > > Here are the links, or you can just follow them from within the blog's > main page, which is also linked from velolumino.com: > > I ordered the steps according to what works for me; others may find a > different process works better for them: > > Part I: getting a proper arc radius > <https://somervillebikes.wordpress.com/2020/03/01/how-to-install-metal-fenders-part-i-achieving-a-proper-arc-radius/> > > Part II: stress-relieving before mounting > <https://somervillebikes.wordpress.com/2020/03/03/how-to-install-metal-fenders-part-ii-stress-relieving-before-mounting/> > > Part III: dimpling > <https://somervillebikes.wordpress.com/2020/03/12/how-to-install-metal-fenders-part-iii-installing-the-stays/> > > Part IV: installing the stays > <https://somervillebikes.wordpress.com/2020/03/25/how-to-install-metal-fenders-part-iv-installing-the-stays/> > > Enjoy. > > Anton > velolumino.com > -- > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/19962f5f-f067-4fbe-9e73-9909feaf40cf%40googlegroups.com.
