I couldn't have a commuter without fenders. But for sure a sunny day bike. Wouldn't mind the occasional unavoidable puddle.
On Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 8:50:03 AM UTC-5, Lum Gim Fong wrote: > > From time to time I get the urge to drop the fenders/front rack and just > ride, wheels free, with a saddle bag (Banana sax nowadays?)and attach me > dino-light onto me front brake assembly. > I commute 20-30 miles round-trip when I commute. Roads only. > With wide DT carbonicbike I used to have I could get away with no spray in > the face. The DT would block it. > How do the Rivbikes with skinnier DT fare in the rain? Spray in the face? > Or no big deal? > > > I mean, anything heavier than a light rain and I get utterly drenched > anyway, even with my correctly, neurotically mounted Honjos and nice J&G > rain gear. > That stuff works great in light rains. But I get soaked to the bone in > anything heavier anyway. Sometimes I feel anxious about the risk of > rack/fender failures, so I check them to keep everything snugged up. > Maybe I will keep the Bleriot the armoured vehicle and the Rambouillet the > slimmed down bike and just see how it goes when I get caught on the > Rambouillet in the rain. > > One thing I love about fenders is I only get hit by falling, clean rain, > and not from any nastiness on the road surface. That is a big plus. > > Fenderless safety question: > If a front brake mounted edeluxe drops onto your unfendered front wheel, > will it stop the wheel, or just ride on top of it and not be a danger? > > Thanks for your thoughts and experiences. > > > -- 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.
