Regarding mudflap attachment... I've tried three ways: 1) screws/lockwashers/nuts 2) twine 3) zip-tie(s)
The only reason I tried (2) and (3) were because (1) and (2) failed, each within a few hundred miles. (3) hasn't failed, in about 4,000 miles of riding so far. On potholed buckling pavement and on rutted trails on two different bikes. I'm a little concerned about the zip-tie holding my Sackville mudflap to my aluminum fenders on my Hillborne's front wheel; it's been there a couple of months and it may be getting slowly sliced by the edge of the holes I drilled in the fender. I intend to insert rubber grommets if I ever have a problem there. But with my other bike and its SKS chromoplastic fenders, I've got a single zip-tie holding a Sackville mudflap on the front and two zip-ties holding a VO leather mudflap on the back. I admit I wasn't sure about the zip-ties with the (heavy) leather flap on the (flexy) sorta-plastic fender. But so far I've had no problems. My experience thus far has lead me to one solid conclusion... if I were to develop a habit of replacing that zip-tie every time I, say, re-shellac my handlebar tape or clean my front derailer, I'd expect never to have a problem. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Apr 17, 9:04 pm, Kelly Sleeper <tkslee...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know folks are tired of me talking about my biking experiance but all I > can say anymore is wow. Nice 40ish mile ride today on road with paved > trails, single track, mud, tree roots, rocks you name it.. smooth pavement > .. head winds, tail winds, just a great time. > > I don't know how fast I went and don't care. > > The wool undies, columbia shorts, and shirt combo was great with some older > hiking sandles. > > Recommendation: Try to use rivits or find some ohter way to attach mudflaps > to fenders. the nuts on the inside collected mud and made noise. 30 > seconds with a small stick and all was quiet again for the road. > > Here are some photos.. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/tksleeper/sets/72157626520888238/ > > Kelly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
