So, has anyone tried to add quick-release things to metal fenders?
Presumably even Jan would agree that metal fenders with QR thingies would
be a safe bet. Thinking about trying my hand at adding them to my VO
fenders.
Riv offers just the plastic thingies, but I'm guessing you'd also need new
It's actually pretty hard for a stick to get through the spokes of a wheel
with a reasonable spoke count. Not impossible, mind you, but difficult.
I've flipped sticks into one side - snapping a spoke, but never all the way
through. (Mythbusters actually did a good segment on shoving a
Yeah, scary pic. I wonder if the stick or whatever actually got stuck in
the spokes rather than under the fender?
On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 7:36:37 PM UTC-4, rw1911 wrote:
I may be naive, but just can't see how a *stick* could do such damage. I
haven't had the displeasure, but imagine it
Hello,
I am immensely relieved to hear that this worked. I had SKS fenders
installed on my build at Rivendell (Jared assured me they are quite precise
about this installation) and, having researched this, I was glad to know
that SKS fenders have the QR feature. I do have the Secu-Clip on
I learned somewhere to always have the fender close to the tire by the
mudflap and have the gap between fender and tire open up as it gets closer
to the front of the fender. This way, a stick has a better chance of
getting dislodged before it gets sucked into a narrower and narrower
passage
downhill shredding is best done fenderless and with minimal safety
equipment.
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Joe B said:
I'm having a hard time re-creating the dread happening here. How was the
fender attached to the crown that would let it rotate forward like that?
I totally agree with you that part is a head scratcher. If there ever was
that clippy thing, it definitely broke, and it definitely
I think you've got it right. The fender struts rotated into (and through)
the fork crown area. It's clear if you look at the two pictures.
What's less clear but also a contributing factor is... as the blades
deform, the wheel shifts enough to move the brake pads from the rim area
onto the
Yeah, it totally can. If the front wheel is locked, and if the front tire
cannot slide, and the rider + cargo is pretty heavy, the fork absolutely
can fold before the rider goes over the bars.If it was on dirt the
front tire would have most likely slid before the fork buckled. If it was
I won't lie- even the small chance of this happening has me gulping. I wonder
if Honjo, VO, Gran Bois or others have looked into making QR connections ala
SKS for metal fenders?
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I think those companies would be aware of QR connections on fenders but
most likely ruled them out on style issues. You are sacrificing some safety
for style points, its all about your choice. I ride VO fenders but with
Hetres on the Bombadil I have tons of room under there and it would take
some
It can. It happened to me. Stick followed the tire into the fender. Fender
collapsed into fork crown. Immediate endo. Landed on head.
Helmets definitely help once in a while.
Both blades deformed. Top and down tube deformed. Major pain in rear.
Do not ride fenders without release
Jan Heine, who advocates aluminum fenders, claims that well mounted Honjos,
Berthouds and ilk don't really have this risk. You can probably find his
reasons on his blog (http://janheine.wordpress.com/), but it seems to me
that well installed fenders, with a small gap between trailing edge and
A month or two ago I was piddling along on my bike with SKS fenders with the
little QR thingies. I picked up a stick somehow that got slammed into the
stays, which popped out of the QR and no problem. Surprised the heck out of me
and I had to stop and put the stays back into the QR, but that
First and mainly, glad the rider will be OK. Second, I'm having a hard
time re-creating the dread happening here. How was the fender attached to
the crown that would let it rotate forward like that? What I've read from
more experienced riders (e.g. Jan Heine) is that metal fenders don't
require
Since Jan has posted here in the past, and is a good friend of Grant,
perhaps he will enquire into the specifics of this event and offer his
views on the relative safety of various fenders and fender installations
here. He as previously stated on his blog that:
Regarding safety, I have asked
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