On 05/11/2016 05:29 AM, Kevin Lindsey wrote:
Thanks for the excellent feedback. After reading the posts, I took another look at the fender set-up, and still can't really see what it's rattling against. As far as I can tell, it clears the tire and front rack by good margins. I tightened up all associated bolts and screws and will see if that makes a difference.
Have you looked at the sides of the fender where it fits through the fork? When I installed the fenders I showed you yesterday on my George Longstaff, initially I had a hideous loud rattle that turned out to be just that, contact between the edges of the fender and the inside edges of the fork crown/fork blades. It doesn't require a lot of clearance to prevent, but at that time I had zero. With metal fenders, it doesn't take a lot of bending of the edges to fix a problem like that.
Next step, assuming I still have this problem, would be to try a variation on the idea of an extra stay, and find a way to attach the front end to my front rack and see whether that helps.
Rattle or no, if you can see waggling of the front edge of the fender you should do this anyway. I have no idea if it's as lethal to plastic fenders as it is to metal ones, but it looks ugly and disturbing and it's worth a few bucks to fix it.
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