Patrick, try Nikwax on the leather mud flap, top of Brooks saddle, etc. The Nikwax will help make it near waterproof (for a while) and won't attract dirt. Works great on my hiking boots (which do spend a lot of time in the wet) and my Brooks saddle.
Cheers, Bill in Roswell, GA On Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 2:32:51 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Thanks. The install has been improved since that post. > > The Berthoud flap is my choice; but our "monsoon" season (9" average/year > citywide; 14" near mountains, 5" at extreme westside) is running out and I > may just wait and see if I can't find a cheap pair of boots or a cheap > leather bag at Goodwill and make my own. > > I did this with one of the earlier Honjo fender sets for this same bike, > some 5-6 years ago -- I amputated some 4" off the bottom of the front > fender to avoid interference with our bus bike racks, then overcompensated > with a huge10" long and 8" wide leather flap, home made. I greased it so > heavily that the stuff still rubbed off on my fingers after 2 years or so > of use. The trouble with so much grease is that it picked up fine grit, and > the thing was always slightly disreputable even after the bike was cleaned. > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Ryan Fleming <ryanmallo...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> 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> >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, New Mexico, Vereinigte Staaten > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the > world revolves.) *Carthusian motto > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- 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.
