Joe, *VERY *nice bike!
My opinion: I appreciate in most cases what a bicycle looks like, but being of the engineering mindset I typically go with 'if it is desperately needed, then do it.' Thus, if you cycle in rainy weather then by all means install mudguards. If your weather happens to be mostly dry then I would probably forego them. I have installed my fair share of mudguards on bicycles as we've cycled many different places (rainy places, normal afternoon thundershowers, etc.). I definitely agree that patience is required. Either way, you have a fantastic ride - enjoy it! Best regards, Jeff Claremont, CA On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 10:05:22 PM UTC-8 Joe Bernard wrote: > I need opinions on this matter because I've wrestled with it enough to > think I might be bonkers loony and need to get out more (probably and yes): > > This is my Riv Custom (pictured below) and it's about to get a Nitto RBW51 > rear rack to support a gray Medium Saddlesack. To go along with it I'm > thinking of adding fenders even though I don't particularly need them, and > find them to be a bit of a fussy headache. Here's my dilemma: I think racks > need fenders. Like it looks wrong if you just have a bag-support rack and a > bag over a bare tire. I know this is a thing with gravel/camping bikes now, > but my brain is stuck on the 'full touring bike' look of the olden days > which always had racks and fenders together. So whaddyathink? Do they need > to go together to look "right", or is my drop-toptube low-kicker Rivendell > already non-traditional enough that it doesn't freaking matter? > > Joe "he needs to get out more" Bernard > -- 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/e46456d5-bb8a-4f2a-a9d6-dff8b6f44048n%40googlegroups.com.
