Re: [RBW] Re: How do you choose fenders--colors, materials, etc., whether to fender or not

The instructions with my Woody's said put some car wax on 'em once a year. -- 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] Re: How do you choose fenders--colors, materials, etc., whether to fender or not

Bill is more of an engineer than I am, and more meticulous with his builds. I definitely know what color my fenders need to be first, then I figure out the rest! But on this list most bikes are capable of taking fenders of some sort or another, without resorting to kludges. -- You received

[RBW] Re: How do you choose fenders--colors, materials, etc., whether to fender or not

This is a fun and interesting thread for me. Thank you, everyone. Justin, thanks for the tip on safety tabs for aluminum fenders. Mark, oh that chartreuse color is gorgeous! To me, many of the fendered bike pics here are analogous to wearing nice braces with a suit, bringing the

[RBW] Re: How do you choose fenders--colors, materials, etc., whether to fender or not

Roberta You've received several very good viewpoints on fenders themselves. The perspective you have not received yet is that your fender thoughts probably should include and maybe should begin with the bicycle itself. Some bikes take fenders really well. Some bikes were designed from the

[RBW] Re: How do you choose fenders--colors, materials, etc., whether to fender or not

I have commuted many miles in dry (usually!) San Diego because we have lots of sand and I have found fenders help keep the chain cleaner. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

[RBW] Re: How do you choose fenders--colors, materials, etc., whether to fender or not

Here's one choice - my buddy's '85 Merc with aggressive road geometry barely fits 23mm tires He has the Portland Design Works fenders and he needed them on this morning, riding in a steady mist Another friend's '85 Merc, very different frame geometry (note the

Re: [RBW] Re: How do you choose fenders--colors, materials, etc., whether to fender or not

I once weighed Honjo, Berthoud stainless, and some plastic fender pairs and found that the Honjos weighed 1 lb, the Berthouds 1.5 lb, and the plastics 2 lb. Size in all cases more or less 559 X 45-50; weights included all hardware. OTOH, I more recently weighed the admittedly truncated PB Cascadia

[RBW] Re: How do you choose fenders--colors, materials, etc., whether to fender or not

Of course for the serious fenderscenti, it's a big faux pas to run them without the proper mud flaps installed... -- 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