I find TCO annoying, but all the bikes that I've had with this character have had it without fenders, so I've chosen or avoided fenders for other reasons, and I've found that, in fact, adding a bit more TCO with fenders to a bike that already has TCO without doesn't make it worse -- in my own experience, at least. In fact, in one case, fenders made it easier to deal with: old Motobecane racing bike with shortish front center: I found that adding VO aluminum fenders (35? 40?) actually helped my foot slide off the wheel easier, or perhaps better, not catch on the wheel as easily.
But then I commuted in heavy urban traffic on fixed gears (no backpedaling) with TCO, and found it just an annoyance, not a danger. You get used to it, so much so that I automatically prepare for it even on bikes that don't have it. So if your bike has it without, you might as well put them on. And all that said, I'd rather not have it if I didn't have to give anything else up. On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 12:20 PM, Stuart Lovinggood <slovingg...@gmail.com> wrote: > After a couple battles with toe overlap, none of which ended in total > disaster but still troubling, I decided to postpone my fender experience > and swapped out slicks and fenders for Smart Sams on my Joe. I am pleased > with this decision. Maybe I'll take any intermittent rainy weather we get > here in Austin as a sign to take a break from the bike, and the fenders > didn't do much to keep the Texas dust off my drivetrain. I'll save them > if/when I move to a wetter climate. > > -- 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.
