Ahhh! The clock is a better way to describe it. You are correct, Jason, the fender goes forward to 1:30, so a bit back from the 2:00 window you describe. It does need the stay on there, especially given the terrain I ride. Yes, I have a flap for the rear I'll be adding (they put the flap on the rear rather than the front as requested.) Thank you, Jason!
With abandon, Patrick On Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 1:45:34 PM UTC-6, J L wrote: > > Patrick, > > First off, great to hear that they did a good job. I’m sure others will > have suggestions here. Without seeing the bike it is hard to say. My > intuition tells me it is in the right place to - > > A: ward off spray coming off the top of the wheel. There can still be > significant material leaving the wheel between 12 and 2 oclock, as well as > traveling up the inside of the fender. Add in forward momentum and both can > and up hitting the rider. > > and > > B: prevent the fender from catching on curbs, rocks, roots, etc when the > front wheel drops down past them. > > Your fender may, or may not need the additional stay in the front, or > attachment to a rack if you use one. > > You might consider adding a long flexible mudflap onto the bottom of the > fender if you desire more coverage there. A flexible flap would not undo > the work of A or B. > > Best of luck! > Jason > > On Jul 8, 2020, at 12:31 PM, 'Deacon Patrick' via RBW Owners Bunch < > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > > Hmmmm. My wife just picked up my now fendered Quickbeam. It looks great, > except they installed the front fender so it sticks out in the front about > 5" too far forward. I have the additional stay to add myself. Will this be > adiquate? Or do I need to rotate the fender back, to increase coverage > lower in the back of the front wheel and minimize the jounce on the front? > > With abandon, > Patrick > > -- > 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-owne...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4b40f032-feba-4702-8a90-da8ba8ac7895o%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4b40f032-feba-4702-8a90-da8ba8ac7895o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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/b2f37bc2-883b-4400-bf47-d5445061d93ao%40googlegroups.com.
