grease up the berthoud mudflaps...they should be fine...your fenders look good Patrick...don't obsess :)
On Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 10:22:35 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > The Berthoud certainly looks likely. I could grease it up well with bear > or hog grease and I daresay it would live out its normal lifespan. Perhaps > cheap axle grease would work, too. > > On my short list. I may be able to scavenge leather from a used pair of > shoes; must visit Goodwill. > > I'll chance the wind resistance. My previous flaps have been excessively > wide and long. > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 8:05 PM, René Sterental <orth...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I've gotten some wide Honjo mudguards; they're thin and light so the >> aluminum fenders can support them. I ordered them from Boulder Bicycles. >> >> On my Atlantis with its 50mm steel Berthoud fenders, I have the Brooks >> leather mudguard and a while back had the Berthoud, which was even thicker. >> I never stopped to think about it, but now that you mention it, that must >> be the reason I'm slow. The darn mudguard is creating too much wind >> resistance!!! >> >> BTW, a flexible mudguard might actually increase the area of coverage >> upwards, assuming your fenders are long enough. If they aren't, then you'd >> need a stiffer one to essentially elongate the fender. >> >> René "now I know why I'm slow" :-) >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
