On Sep 12, 2008, at 10:13 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I guess I was taking the stuff from the catalogs and Readers too > > seriously; now I see a picture of Grant and 3 (I presume) Riv's with > > no fenders. I thought one of GP's big things was to have fenders on > > in any weather to keep the grit and trash out of the drivetrain and > > headset. Here I've been riding all summer with them on with no rain > > anywhere in sight...hmmph! ;-)
>From what I have read, Grant has a very pragmatic attitude toward fenders: usem when you needem, ride a bike that can carryem, but he is hardly doctrinaire. I think you are reading too much into his fendering philosophy. I personally like fenders sometimes and dislike them at other times. I also dislike putting them on and taking them off, particularly since I prefer and generally use metal fenders which bolt on. So I arrange my fender life, much to my satisfaction, by having bikes with fenders and bikes without. My commuter has fenders as does my grocery bike. My gofast will never be tainted with the egregious complication and huge weight and gross aerodynamic confusion of fenders. My 29er can't take fenders very well (TCO, and the only fenders that are at least 60 mm wide are far too short to be really useful) so it doesn't get them. The be-fendered bikes keep their fenders year 'round even though we are deluged with no more than 9 inches in the average year. (Much of it comes down in torrents.) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" 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/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
