Thanks, will try a hair dryer -- I should think I need just a little
reshaping to get the kink spread over a longer arc.
On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Benz, Sunnyvale, CA
<benzouy...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Never tried this before as I have 26x2.0 on Cascadia fenders and they fit
> somewhat nicely, but Cascadia fenders are polycarbonate. Back in the day
> when I was still messing around with 1/10 and 1/8-scale RC cars, the bodies
> were polycarbonate and we used to use a hairdryer to soften them, so as to
> shape them. Maybe you can try that with an industrial heat gun?
>
>
> On Friday, July 12, 2013 12:26:36 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote:
>>
>> I bought and installed a pair of PB Cascadia fenders, I think they're the
>> 45 mm width, on the '03 Riv yesterday -- slow day at Stevie's, and I
>> decided paying full $39 pop instead of taking my discount allowed me
>> ethically to install them at the shop. They work fine, but of course their
>> natural arc has to be tightened to fit closely over the 559X32 wheels. This
>> leaves a noticeable bulge in the front fender just aft of the crown.
>>
>> Is there any way to get rid of this bulge? I have to admit that the
>> motive is as much aesthetic as practical -- and no doubt as much
>> pathological neat-mindedness as aesthetic.
>>
>> I have thought of:
>>
>> 1. slitting the edges, letting them overlap, and then gluing.
>> 2. clamping: using the rear's plastic seatstay bridge mounting clip (with
>> the tab cut off) as a sort of brace/stiffener.
>>
>> Other ideas? Comments and advice? ("Go boil yer head!" "Get a life!"
>> "Yeah, shut up, already.")
>>
>> These fenders will stay on only during our brief seasons of precipitation
>> -- otherwise I would have tracked down a nice set of metal fenders.
>>
>> Request: regarding #2 above: I tossed said clip yesterday, so if this is
>> workable I'll need another. Anyone?
>>
>> Too bad that the nice pair of SKS 700cX35s generously donated by Ryan
>> Watson were too narrow for the Kojas, but they will do well for the Ram
>> with its Parigi Roubaix.
>>
>> Oh, and this: The '03 Curt-built has the very carefully arranged
>> clearance allowed by "normal" reach brake arches, so that there are at
>> least 3 and probably 4-5 mm of clearance at the tight spots under crown and
>> brake bridge, this with 559X1.35 Kojaks that measure 32 mm on the narrow
>> Sun semi-aero rims.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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