With the SKS fenders:
1) Don't cut down the fender stays after installation.
2) Instead of putting the plastic caps on the fender stays, I ground
all the edges off the tips with a dremel tool.
3) I carry an 8mm wrench as part of my tool kit (I started carrying
the Park MT-1 tool).
To fix a flat
On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 09:32 -0700, sanjoser wrote:
ok, this brings up a question.
I took the fenders off my quickbeam after one
miserable experience fixing a roadside flat on the rear wheel.
the rear fender extends just low enough to make taking
the rear wheel out of the horizontal dropout
I solved this problem on the only bike I have with track ends by
amputating the rear fender so that it is just long enough to keep
spray off my back and off the Nelson, but quite short enough so that
it does not interfere with the wheel's rearward movement when removing
it. The best solution is
