Grant has said DS photos should place the right crank at 2 o'clock, inviting your first pedal stroke.
Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Saturday, June 19, 2021 at 2:19:46 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > That's both clever and well done. I've made similar "splash guard" > systems, though much cruder, for various mountain bikes using black plastic > and zip ties; protection is not as good as with "real" fenders but far > better than clip-on shorties or nothing. > > Will you please post the obligatory right-side profile photo, valves at 12 > o'clock and cranks horizontal? (Seriously, would like to see a picture of > the whole bike.) > > But I'm curious: Why not just use regular fenders on this bike with road > tires, especially with all that clearance? I'd consider this -- again, very > well done -- only for knobby tires. > > My Matthews 1:1 has full Kelpie (custom fit to the bike) fenders and I've > had absolutely no problems; for that matter, none either with many other > dirt road bikes with full fenders over fat smooth tires. > > On Sat, Jun 19, 2021 at 7:53 AM Mat Grewe <matg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Howdy folks, >> >> I sent Will some pictures recently of my trail friendly fenders and he >> ended up posting them on his latest Riv email. The rear fender is also >> anti-collapsible via direct to rack mounting. Here are a couple of >> pictures, but this was a homebrew custom job that has far exceeded my >> expectations. If you can handle getting more gunk on your feet/lower >> bottle and want to stop cowpies from getting stuck in your fender (yes, >> this has happened on more than one occasion), then fabricating this type of >> fender might be worth the time investment. >> >> This is on a custom bike where I had the builder add extra bosses along >> the downtube as well as a tab on the bottom bracket. But this could be >> accomplished on a factory bike with King Cage USBs no problem. Cutting and >> bending the thin sheet of aluminum wasn't as hard or timely as I was >> expecting, but I did recently install a thicker steel metal roof, so >> bending this fender by comparison was WAYYYY easier. >> >> If folks here have interest in reproducing these fenders on their own, >> hit me up and I can share more what I did and what I would do differently. >> If you think it is stupid, I don't care, they've worked splendidly for me >> over the past few thousand miles of heavy rain, sopping wet gravel, >> sleet/snow, sand, mud, and beauty paved roads. >> >> Oh, and the custom bike has a geometry based off of the Atlantis, with >> some nudges here and there to accommodate my fit oddities. Rides great! >> >> Mat >> >> -- >> 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/5be9cef7-1085-45ef-b661-8eb3eb3528fcn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5be9cef7-1085-45ef-b661-8eb3eb3528fcn%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/f0a73e8f-2ee1-4da7-b3bf-c4268755fdf4n%40googlegroups.com.
