Paul S: Maybe. Snow and slop quickly accumulate and easily clog things up.
Here’s my QB on a muddy day, slick tires and fenders:
https://thegrid.ai/withabandon/mudbeam-aka-quickbeam-rides-rampart-reservoir/
My personal conclusion is fenders with knobbies are a step too far into the
asking for
I would NEVER ride any bike that was special to me in the winter on salted
roads, wet or dry. That is a death sentence for your drive train, and
possibly your steel or aluminum frame over the long run. If your commute is
22 miles, your bike will suffer. It takes no time for the lower half of
Plenty of road treatment in the winter precipitation here, it's cheaper
than plows to clear the accumulation and less damaging (read: less costly)
to patched roads come springtime. Dry salty winter roads are a momentary
status quickly overcome by the effect of the next precipitation or cycle of
Is it an option of mount skinny tires for winter and use fenders? The big gap
would drastically reduce the chance of debris getting caught up in the fenders
and tires.
Unless you’re already running skinny tires.
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I’m unsure how parallel it is, but many of the dirt roads here use magnesium
chloride (or similar) for road adhesion, lower dust, etc. Of course this salt
in the dirt road becomes salt mud when wet. Not a big deal when below a certain
temperature, but above, it is sloppy stuff and it does
I had pedaled through a few heavy Maine winters on a Surly Karate Monkey
and Ogre -both fenders. Maine sees quite the range of snow from wet apple
sauce to the powder to ice. I gave the bike a good wash before winter and
light frame waxing. After each storm just wiped it down w/ no issues.
Here in the PNW we only get a week or two of salty roads, but plenty of rainy
weeks, so take my advice with a grain of salt ;-D
I always keep fenders on. But even so, I still squirt a bottle of water on
frame, wheels, and drivetrain after a ride. My bike has seen two very wet
winters so far,
This is clearly an excuse to buy a winter bike. I have a Surly LHT that I
love anyway, but I also don't mind riding it all winter. Having ridden
bikes year round in Minnesota for 15 years I'd say that riding in dry, cold
conditions with salt residue is not a big deal (Now in Indy the weather is
I find that in the NE, once the roads are treated it doesn't take much
moisture for the brine to coat the drive train and frame even in "dry"
conditions. If I ride a bike without fenders, I always wipe the frame and
cranks down afterwards.
On Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 12:07:24 AM UTC-4,
Probably better to just put them on for the salty season.
I definitely don't want to ride another kind of bike since my commutes are
22 miles round trip and I love my Rambouillet for that.
I am careful about mounting fenders and my Sheldon Fender Nuts are still on
the bike so easy on/easy off.
I bought my Rivendells to ride. Period. In all seriousness, the immense amount
of sweat that pours off of me onto my bike on every single ride I ever take,
causes corrosion on all my bikes. The anodizing on the headset on my Hilsen has
all flaked off from said sweat. I don't have a special car
Maybe consider a cheaper dedicated winter bike that you don't need to worry
about getting wet or salty?
On Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at 9:07:24 PM UTC-7, Lum Gim Fong wrote:
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> Yes, fenderless.
>
> I grow increasingly concerned, over the years, of front end wrecks due to
> the possibility of
Lum,
I think you are worrying too much about the risks associated with both
fenders and racks. Properly used and mounted both present very minor risks.
That said, presuming you want to preserve/pamper your Riv's frame and
parts, I would definitely not ride it on salty roads, dry or wet --
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