+1 on Sheldon Fender Nuts to make SKS fender installation/removal a breeze on sidepull equipped bikes, especially if the bike also has a threaded mount between the chainstays (do current AHH's have one?). Any LBS with a Quality Bike Parts account can order them. I do the on-in-the-fall off-in-the-spring thing on my light-ish sidepull bike. It makes totaly sense here in norcal, where it doesn't rain from may to october and lack of fenders makes it easy to throw the bike on the back of the car or take it on the train for trips and also fit larger tires for more adventurous rides.
However, I've recently fitted Longboards to my Quickbeam and I don't forsee taking them off in the spring, mostly because that bike's clearances mean it can wear plump-ish tires year round and their mounting is a bit more fiddly--neither the chainstay nor seatstay bridge is threaded, and on the seatstay bridge and single dropout eyelets they share mounting bolts with my rear rack. On Monday, January 7, 2013 10:27:27 AM UTC-8, Cyclofiend Jim wrote: > > You might get it set up with Sheldon's Fender nuts. That eliminates the > brake removal step and makes a 30 minute task into a 15 minute task. > Either way is relatively easy. > > I tend to leave my QB fenders in place year round these days, and that's > probably easier due to canti brakes rather than center-mount type. But, I > do have a front rack that needs to come off and on again during that > process. > > Hope that helps, > > - Jim > > > > On Monday, January 7, 2013 3:34:46 AM UTC-8, NWAJack wrote: >> >> So I've got an AHH on order with Longbow fenders. I plan on removing >> these during the dry summer months. How hard and time consuming are these >> to take on and off? >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/U74U1OjMWKsJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
