Your bike looks great as-is Joe. I don't find fenders especially appealing myself. Neither in looks or dead rattling weight, let alone setting them up.
I'd rather see the whole voluminous shape of the tire..... visible tires "look cool" . It's like putting sauce on a really good grilled steak....oh God W H Y ? Leave it alone as-is ! I don't recall ever seeing touring bikes or any bikes with fenders where I grew up in Minnesota. Just the facts .... Joe. (Old time Dragnet reference) On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 3:04:59 PM UTC-5 Esteban wrote: > Fenders always offer a more finished look. They can also be removed for > dirt stuff... although I must admit that I almost never remove mine. > > Esteban > San Diego, Calif. > > On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 10:50:39 AM UTC-8 Jack Barnes wrote: > >> Patrick, what rear rack are you using on the 2003 Curt? Looks like Nitto >> but not a model I've seen. >> >> On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 8:41:19 AM UTC-8 Patrick Moore wrote: >> >>> I think you need to get out more. Still, I can sympathize, having >>> sweated over similar trivial but obsessive questions myself. >>> >>> My opinion is no, racks sans fenders don't look odd. >>> >>> The 2003 Curt in earlier appearances: racks no fenders, no racks or >>> fenders, racks plus fenders, rear shortened, and rack with flowers, a still >>> life. I think that the bike looks fine in each mode, apart from the >>> blackwall tires. >>> >>> Note that, for my own personal aesthetic opinion, tanwell tires look >>> better on bikes like this than blackwall tires. >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 11:05 PM Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/58c96a66-ba8d-40bb-a1ec-b1af98a426cfn%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/58c96a66-ba8d-40bb-a1ec-b1af98a426cfn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Patrick Moore >>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>> >>> -- 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/f3f4d53a-f631-4e85-b93c-afecdc81f0ean%40googlegroups.com.
