I'll take a picture today (thought I had one) and post it. I used the "spring clip" that came with the fenders, but spaced it out from the fender and inch or so with the cork spacers. It required two longer bolts and cutting and drilling the corks.
Sorry for the delay, just got home from a short business trip. Angus On Jul 29, 9:28 am, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > Wasn't minding my edits this a.m. Meant to say: > > "> Are you just putting the cork between the bike and fender with no > > > bolt inside?" > > And to Roy's point, a photo if possible would be much appreciated. > Thanks. > > Who would have thought something so apparently simple could become so > complicated! > > On Jul 29, 7:10 am, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > I had the same issue with my 26 inch wheeled All-Rounder. I used two > > > corks as fender spacers at the lower front of the rear fender to get > > > even fender spacing to the tire (26x2.0) and found I didn't need the > > > spring-thingie. > > > Are you just putting the cork between the bike and no fender with not > > bolt inside? If so, how does it stay in place/ If bolted, how do you > > get the fender out of the way when removing the fender? Or does the > > All-Rounder have vertical (or even semi-horizontal) drop outs? > > > On Jul 29, 2:55 am, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > Roy, > > > > I had the same issue with my 26 inch wheeled All-Rounder. I used two > > > corks as fender spacers at the lower front of the rear fender to get > > > even fender spacing to the tire (26x2.0) and found I didn't need the > > > spring-thingie. > > > > Angus > > > > On Jul 28, 9:25 pm, Roy Yates <roydya...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I've needed this spring thingy for my All-Rounder which has a big gap > > > > from the 26 inch wheels/tire to the cross-brace between the chain > > > > stays. However, I don't think I would want the fender to slide on the > > > > bolt. In that case, won't the head of the bolt always be close to the > > > > tire and block the the horizontal motion of the tire during removal. > > > > My impression is that the example in the picture allows the end of the > > > > bolt closest to the seat tube to slide when the horizontal motion of > > > > the wheel pushes the fender. However, an All-Rounder's cross-brace > > > > between the chain stays has a threaded hole for a fender bolt but the > > > > hole dead-ends in the cross-brace. I've wondered if anyone has drilled > > > > through the cross-brace to allow a fender bolt to slide through? If > > > > not, is there some other solution? > > > > > Thanks, > > > > ...Roy > > > > > On Jul 28, 9:40 pm, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Here you go: > > > > > > Joe, thanks for the linked photo. That shows what I was missing in my > > > > > scheme. The bolt is thinner than it would be allowing the fender to > > > > > move back and forth over it. Brilliant! > > > > > > On Jul 28, 5:54 pm, Joe Bartoe <jbar...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Here you go: > > > > > > >http://velo-orange.blogspot.com/2009/04/spring-thing.html > > > > > > > > Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:43:59 -0700 > > > > > > > Subject: [RBW] Re: Spring Fender Spacing Thingy > > > > > > > From: dougpn...@cox.net > > > > > > > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > > > > > > > Can you post a photo? Springs are easy to find at good hardware > > > > > > > stores & especially industrial supply stores. There's more to the > > > > > > > mounting than just using a spring, correct? > > > > > > > > dougP > > > > > > > > On Jul 28, 3:03 pm, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Some creative bike mechanics use a spring device to attach the > > > > > > > > fender > > > > > > > > to the chain stay bridge. Seems like that is ideal for my > > > > > > > > current > > > > > > > > project as the bike has Campy 1010 horizontal dropouts. > > > > > > > > > I have looked around and do not see where any of the usual > > > > > > > > suspects > > > > > > > > sell such a thing. Are the mechanics cobbling this together? > > > > > > > > If so, > > > > > > > > anyone come across a blog or youtube showing how? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > > > > > > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > > > > rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > > > > > For more options, visit this group > > > > > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.-Hidequoted > > > > > > > text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
