Has anyone seen this? http://v-ccnewengland.blogspot.com/2011/03/sks-longboard-fenders-improved.html
The author explicitly expresses his distaste of these fenders and of the Rivendell aesthetic, and preaches sanctimoniously about French "re-enactors" and "anachronistic affectations" yet it was a Riv product he chose as the basis for "re-enacting" a set of Bluemels. And his 2008 steed is sporting decades old MAFAC Racers, Weinmann non-aero levers and a VO "constructeur" bottle cage copied from an old French design. Not anachronistic in the least. *SKS calls them beige, but they are cream-colored. Their design partner for this product is Rivendell Bicycle Works. As one would expect from such provenance, there are aesthetic problems, but these can be overcome with a bit of careful Dremeling, a penknife, and fine-grade sandpaper. In short order these fenders can be made to match the classic shape of the standard SKS P45, a profile that functions beautifully and soothes eyes accustomed to the aesthetic ideals of classic British and Italian bicycles. * *As they come, the Longboard fenders are excessively long. This hardly would be noticeable amongst the clutter of racks, baskets, twine, tweed, and sloping (or extra) frame tubes on Rivendells. Indeed excessively long fenders actually are prized by French bike re-enactors (not that most would go anywhere near plastic fenders). However if rough stuff riding is on the agenda, the long trailing end of the front fender will act as a scoop for brush and leaves.* Technically, with respect to the rotation of the wheel, which is pertinent to the author's point, it's the leading edge, not trailing edge. *You who ride trails; who do not need to show you spent the maximum possible amount of money for fenders; and who have figured out there are better ways of engaging French culture - for instance reading Flaubert - than trying to make a thirty-year-old UJB look something like like a sixty-year-old Herse... prepare to cut. * Because Rivendell owners never touch trails. I don't know about you, but I've seen plenty of Bluemels shatter into bits on hard trials. My alloy fenders have held up great! *First pry the SKS bling-let from the front fender, and the mudflap from the rear. This corrects SKS's unfortunate fascination with black plastic.* *Bluemel's, right for a veteran cycle, would be all wrong here: an anachronistic affectation, and a misuse of a scarce, irreplaceable part.* I get the anachronistic bit, but scarce and irreplaceable? Hardly. I pick up used and NOS sets of Bluemels all the time for less than a set of Longboards. It's no wonder he disallows commenting on his blog. Anton, shamelessly and affectatiously re-enacting and anachronising since 2005, Tutter -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
