"Do you pull out the corks when you want to remove the rear wheel, or do you have vertical dropouts?"
Horizontal dropouts - I unclip the metal SKS clip from the chain stay bridge. For me unclipping the front of the rear fender is annoying some of the time - the bad fender line was annoying all of the time. Angus On Jul 31, 8:45 am, Ken Freeman <kenfreeman...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nice idea! Do you pull out the corks when you want to remove the rear > wheel, or do you have vertical dropouts? > > > > On Saturday, July 31, 2010, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > Here we go. Just took the installed photo (if I had to do it again I > > would put the rough, cut end of the cork towards the fender). > > > The bolts, I believe, are long bolts that SKS provides for the fork > > crown; the clip and other metal bits are also standard SKS hardware. > > I recall that I had to drill out some of the bolt holes to accept > > these bolts (be careful doing this, the metal is hard and the parts > > can "spin" on the end of the drill bit if they are not held down > > securely...like in a vise). > > > It always bothered me that the fender line on the All-Rounder looked > > funny...now I see the corks and smile :-) > > > Hope this helps! > > > Angus > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/16951...@n08/4845585399/in/photostream/ > > > On Jul 31, 5:59 am, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> 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: > > -- > Ken Freeman > Ann Arbor, MI USA -- 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.
