I bought and installed a pair of PB Cascadia fenders, I think they're the
45 mm width, on the '03 Riv yesterday -- slow day at Stevie's, and I
decided paying full $39 pop instead of taking my discount allowed me
ethically to install them at the shop. They work fine, but of course their
natural arc has to be tightened to fit closely over the 559X32 wheels. This
leaves a noticeable bulge in the front fender just aft of the crown.
Is there any way to get rid of this bulge? I have to admit that the motive
is as much aesthetic as practical -- and no doubt as much pathological
neat-mindedness as aesthetic.
I have thought of:
1. slitting the edges, letting them overlap, and then gluing.
2. clamping: using the rear's plastic seatstay bridge mounting clip (with
the tab cut off) as a sort of brace/stiffener.
Other ideas? Comments and advice? ("Go boil yer head!" "Get a life!" "Yeah,
shut up, already.")
These fenders will stay on only during our brief seasons of precipitation
-- otherwise I would have tracked down a nice set of metal fenders.
Request: regarding #2 above: I tossed said clip yesterday, so if this is
workable I'll need another. Anyone?
Too bad that the nice pair of SKS 700cX35s generously donated by Ryan
Watson were too narrow for the Kojas, but they will do well for the Ram
with its Parigi Roubaix.
Oh, and this: The '03 Curt-built has the very carefully arranged clearance
allowed by "normal" reach brake arches, so that there are at least 3 and
probably 4-5 mm of clearance at the tight spots under crown and brake
bridge, this with 559X1.35 Kojaks that measure 32 mm on the narrow Sun
semi-aero rims.
Thanks.
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Albuquerque, NM
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