Deacon, When you say 'try bowing out', I am not sure what you mean. Do you mean bending the stay so that it is parallel to the face of the dropout? This is essential for proper stay attachment, it reduces all sorts of stress along the stay and at the fender.
I did a four-part blog series on metal fender installation. It's a long read, but if you wanted to skip most of it you could just take a look at part IV, installing the stays. https://somervillebikes.wordpress.com/2020/03/01/how-to-install-metal-fenders-part-i-achieving-a-proper-arc-radius/ Anton velolumino.com On Sunday, July 12, 2020 at 2:30:25 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > I'm puzzling out how to eliminate rattle in the front fender. All fittings > are tight. It occurs on jouncy bits, as well as when I take a hand off (to > wave, usually). It seems to be lateral motion causing the rear portion of > the fender to waggle, briefly rub the tire, and vibrate. Ideas? > > The best I've come up with is to try bowing the rear stays, taking up some > of the extra slack from the mount point if needed. > > With abandon, > Patrick > (Stumping picture provided for your amusement) > > [image: IMG_1705.jpeg] > > -- 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/e4757bf3-ce1d-43c0-8bfb-276dc888d34eo%40googlegroups.com.
