I have used the Plugnut on my Homer and my Legolas, They work great.
On Monday, March 29, 2021 at 8:07:29 AM UTC-4 Ray Varella wrote:
> Veloman,
> Go to velolumino and look under fender widgets, there is an item called a
> TM Plugnut. It’s the solution to your fender mounting.
>
> Ray
>
> On Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 11:49:03 AM UTC-7 velomann wrote:
>
>> I had intended my new Sam to be fender-free; maybe inspired by all those
>> sunny California photos of fender-less Rivs playing in the hills.
>> But I realized when it's wet out - which is often October-May here in
>> Portland - I'm usually choosing not to ride the Sam t avoid the skunk
>> stripe up my backside and having to deal with a mucky drivetrain. So I
>> ordered up a set of Velo Orange aluminum Wavy fenders in 650b x 60mm,
>> hoping they would fit. They do.
>> A coupe notes: I did need to dimple the sides of the fenders at the fork
>> and the chainstays. I use a short piece of 1-inch dowel and just press it
>> against the fender and it worked easy on these.
>>
>> The front fender comes with hardware for mounting a daruma inside the
>> steer tube or hanging it from an L-bracket at the fork crown. I've found
>> L-brackets more likely to crack fenders, and since I already have a Mark's
>> rack on this, I hung the Daruma from that mounting bolt. I had to hacksaw
>> about 1/4" off the bolt - it was rubbing on the tire once everything was
>> snugged up.
>>
>> What I *wish* is that all Rivs came with a fender boss inside the bottom
>> of the steer tube. My new Taiwan-made Black Mountain Cycles Road+ has one,
>> all the (Taiwan-made) Velo Orange bikes have them, so it seems like a
>> simple add-on to the specs. I've mounted a lot of fenders - aluminum,
>> plastic, stainless - and It seems to me that one of the problems is having
>> the nuts on the inside of the fender, where - especially at the fork crown
>> or under the seatstay bridge - they create a pinch point and a good place
>> to grab debris, possibly causing a fender failure or even a crash. And it
>> always seems odd to me when a bike - like Rivs - have a threaded fender
>> boss at the seatstay bridge but not one under the fork.
>> And if folks don't want to use it they probably wouldn't even know it was
>> there. Kind of like how many Riv riders don't use the kickstand plate.
>> [image: File_000 (3).jpeg][image: File_000.jpeg]
>>
>
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