Even well-fitted, full-coverage fenders don't prevent dry salt from getting all over my bike during a winter road ride. It's like gravel/trail dust in the summer, it gets everywhere.
That's why I don't ride on the road much in the winter; my primary winter riding is on trails. I did go on a group winter road ride last year, and I took my plastic (CF) gravel bike. It was equipped with 45 Nrth Gravdal studded tires and SKS P45 longboard fenders (with mudflaps), yet my entire bike was rime-coated like an ancient mariner after the ~20 mile ride. And I never ride my steel bikes in the winter. Even a non-ferrous frame has steel bits (bolts, chain, etc) that show rust pretty quickly, so frequent washes are best. On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 11:07 PM, Lum Gim Fong <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, fenderless. > > I grow increasingly concerned, over the years, of front end wrecks due to > the possibility of fender or rack failures as I have read about them > happenning, and now the latest blagh post. I meticulously mount fenders so > as to be as in-built stress free as poss. But I still wonder if one day the > clock will run out. > > So I have stopped riding with fenders and racks and find that a nice > banana sax and bartube or Brooks Milford are good enough for my load > carrying and no need for racks/fenders. > > But I cringe at the thought of riding fenderless on salty winter roads on > my Rambouillet. I only ride dry roads in winter, and around here that means > white with dry salt. > > If you have run your Rivs fenderless on dry salty roads, how have they > fared? > > Thanks for relating your 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. > -- 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.
