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

01-18-2005, 10:32 AM

So my adventure in trying to get a winter bike didn't work out. I ended up
with a fair deal. Out around $400, but still with something to show for
it, and the relationship with the shop is still good. Anyway, that's the
side story and really not my question.

My question is this. Now that I'm healing form the injuries sustained on
the ill-fitting bike (at least, I think I'm healing, I feel better in my
back/knees), I need to get through this winter. I'm thinking of getting
full fenders put on my Trek 1000. I've had this setup once before. Maybe
it was just the shop that did it, but it didn't do that great of a job of
keeping mud off the rim/gears as previous full fenders on hybrids and
mountain bikes I've owned. So I'm trying to figure this out before I go
spend $100 on this. Is it possible the shop that did the full fenders
split and braced around my road brakes did something wrong? Or is the
efficacy of that kind of arrangement that much worse than regular full
fenders on a bike that can accept full fenders?

Any opinions/thoughts on this?

Preston