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#1
08-22-2011, 09:31 PM
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My love/hate relationship with fenders
How can I love something so much, but hate it also?
I love the convenience of fenders, the freedom to ride in nastier conditions, to keep sand and road debris off my chain and my person, and I think they really make the bike pop too. I hate having to baby my bike, be concerned with bumping it while out lest I knock them out of alignment, that I have to listen to additional pings, pangs and other noises and think about when/if my fender is going to start rubbing, that I have to be concerned with traveling with it on a hitch mount or in the car, that they hit steps, curbs etc. Anyway, I am just bitching. I think I need to get rid of the VO fenders and go for some solid two bolt style or some solid Berthouds. I will keep riding with fenders, but I think this love hate relationship will just have to endure. Thanks for listening. 
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#2
08-22-2011, 09:42 PM
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sks fenders are the easiest fenders to own
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please don't take anything I say personally, I am an idiot.
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#5
08-23-2011, 12:37 AM
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Set out yesterday on a sunny day 200k at 6AM. Was eyeballing my fenders like they were the enemy, catching the wind, holding me back, but at noon, when I heard the first clap of thunder, a few things happened. I hit the switch on my hub generated lights, and I smiled at the fenders. I too, love/hate them, sometimes only moments apart.
The Berthouds are tough enough that I dont really have to baby them and they dont ever do that terrible thing, shaking back and forth, looking like something isn't built right, something loose. I have thought of going to a wider fender and if I do that it will be the hammered honjo's.
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#8
08-23-2011, 07:47 AM
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SKS or nothing. Not even willing to discuss it.
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#9
08-23-2011, 08:03 AM
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Quote:
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#10
08-23-2011, 08:16 AM
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One of the things I have noticed ia that with two little kids, I need to fit in rides/fitness whenever I can. I don't have the luxury of waiting for dry days, warm days. Cool days, daylight, big blocks of time etc...I just need to fit it in. Funny, the only fenders nobody has recommended are the ones I own, telling.  . I am might have to check out the SKS fenders, they are cheaper and easy to setup. Berthoud might me good as well, sturdy. Ahhhhhh, my love hate shall continue a while longer.
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#11
08-23-2011, 08:21 AM
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I love fenders and need to have them on one bike. Can you buy good coverage snap on/snap off fenders for 28mm tires?
I use SKS and they are great, but I would love to have a set that could mount in 2 minutes. Any recommendations?
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#12
08-23-2011, 08:23 AM
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I love SKS full-coverage fenders. I hate SKS RaceBlades.
And I agree w/ pretty much everything in the OP ...except for this: Quote:
...unless that's a typo and you meant to write "poop"?
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#13
08-23-2011, 09:05 AM
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If your bike doesn't have fender eyelets, and you're OK with not having full-coverage, then SKS Race Blades are great. I love that I can put them on and take them on in less than 5 minutes. I recently bought some Planet Bike Cascadia fenders for my wife's road bike... what a PITA. I put them up for sale on Craigslist a week later.
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#14
08-23-2011, 09:31 AM
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Love my sks race blades not so much the mounted fenders on my commuter so feel ya there.
Saw this vid from NAHBS. Love this bike built by Shamrock Cycles. I'm really liking his vision and execution on his bikes. Anyway, here's some eye candy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y48id...layer_embedded
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#15
08-23-2011, 12:19 PM
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I use Crud Products Road Racer 2 (rear fender only) on a Concours w/25 tires. Put it on in the winter & haven't taken it off. I suppose not super cool this time of year, but I've found it helps on dirt roads & I was dryer than everyone else at the end last Sunday's group ride when we were caught by a storm in the NW corner of CT.
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