'Bout that front fender bulge, resultant of cramming a 700c fender onto a
559 frame: quick solution: I simply loosened the Sheldon nut and lowered
the tab about 5 mm; the fender still clears the tire adequately and this
sufficiently relieves the arc to the point where the bulge is aesthetically
Thanks. I thought I'd heard of using some sort of heat blower -- will a
hair dryer get hot enough?
I do have the front mounted using the riveted mounting tab, with this
attached rather rearward to a Sheldon brake bolt nut, but I want to keep
this for ease of removal -- these fenders are strictly
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.comwrote:
Never tried this before as I have 26x2.0 on Cascadia fenders and they fit
somewhat nicely,
I have same problem with my Longboards over 650b wheels. The front of the
fender pokes out like a dirt bike fender over the front tire.
Longboards are made for 28 wheels, according to their website.
At this point though, I am not too worried about fender line. I just want
to ride and not
I don't know if any of this applies to the situation but here goes:
1.Are you mounting the fender tab in front of the crown? If not, try it, and
that may take up a few CM's of fender slack to help flatten the bulge. If you
are, try it aft.
2.Could you try mounting the fender with a sliding
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
