I've had bad luck using zip ties for this. My wife had me put Berthoud fenders on her Bianchi, which doesn't even have a chainstay bridge. I used solid-core, plastic-coated clothesline wire (it was lying around anyhow), and it works great.
-- Kurt On Dec 19, 5:44 pm, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 17:29 -0700, Paul Cooley wrote: > > One last question, if you're still with me. Since the Rivendell > > doesn't have a fender mounting point on the chainstay bridge, I'm > > planning to just use zip ties. I've used them on my Xtracycle, and > > they seem to work fine. Is there any special concern, or any better > > solution, with aluminum fenders? > > There was just a big discussion of this on either the iBOB, RBW or KOG > lists. If you're going to use zip ties, be sure you get the black UV > resistant ones. The others will, repeat WILL, fail, and when your > fender comes loose or falls down onto your wheel you will not be a happy > boy. You might consider using solid core insulated wire instead. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
