Anyone know the efficacy of full fenders hacked onto a road bike? - Page 3

01-18-2005, 04:12 PM

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:55:52 +0000, Collin wrote:

> I didn't need to do this for my road bike. If you have 25mm or smaller
> tires, you could be able to get away with properly mounting SKS full
> fenders. They are 35 mm wide, I have standard reach brakes and 26mm
> tires. The clearance between the wheel and fender is about 1mm. Try
> this before hacking away.

Are you running sidepulls or dual-pivots? Dual pivots need a little more
room to do their thing than side-pulls.

SKS's are fine fenders, I was just suggesting that the OP take advantage
of a cheap set if he wants to do a little experimentation.

1mm is some tight clearances!

01-18-2005, 06:40 PM

On 2005-01-19, maxo <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:55:52 +0000, Collin wrote:
>
>> I didn't need to do this for my road bike. If you have 25mm or smaller
>> tires, you could be able to get away with properly mounting SKS full
>> fenders. They are 35 mm wide, I have standard reach brakes and 26mm
>> tires. The clearance between the wheel and fender is about 1mm. Try
>> this before hacking away.
>
> Are you running sidepulls or dual-pivots? Dual pivots need a little more
> room to do their thing than side-pulls.
>
> SKS's are fine fenders, I was just suggesting that the OP take advantage
> of a cheap set if he wants to do a little experimentation.
>
> 1mm is some tight clearances!

I don't even know if I have that much.

Seriously. :-)

I would have to have nano-fenders. Hey, there's a way to make some money.

Preston

01-18-2005, 06:40 PM

On 2005-01-19, maxo <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:55:52 +0000, Collin wrote:
>
>> I didn't need to do this for my road bike. If you have 25mm or smaller
>> tires, you could be able to get away with properly mounting SKS full
>> fenders. They are 35 mm wide, I have standard reach brakes and 26mm
>> tires. The clearance between the wheel and fender is about 1mm. Try
>> this before hacking away.
>
> Are you running sidepulls or dual-pivots? Dual pivots need a little more
> room to do their thing than side-pulls.
>
> SKS's are fine fenders, I was just suggesting that the OP take advantage
> of a cheap set if he wants to do a little experimentation.
>
> 1mm is some tight clearances!

I don't even know if I have that much.

Seriously. :-)

I would have to have nano-fenders. Hey, there's a way to make some money.

Preston