Bicycle Mechanics - anyone ever make DIY fender mounts?

i want to put "real" fenders on a bike with no fender braze-ons.

the rear is covered, there are small holes rear dropout lugs which i can secure the fender mounts to.

the front is the problem, though.

i'm wondering if anyone has used any kind of clamp-on hardware such as a hose clamp, and then mounted a fender to that, or am i asking for trouble?

thanks

I use rubberised clamps on an MTB suspension fork, and it works fine. It was suggested, actually, by the manufacturer on the Planet Bike Freddy Fender web site.

I bought the clamps at a hardware store, in the speciality hardware section. Very cheap.

I used one to mount my rear fender on the disc side. Picked the clamps up at Ace Hardware down the street. Looked on their site,but this was all I could find:
http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1278081&cp=&page=15&keywords=clamps&searchId=10421790504&doVSearch=no&pageBucket=1&parentPage=search

The ones I picked up have a rubber strip on them. You can find several sizes in the hardware section.

bam:

http://www.automec.co.uk/cgi/media/11800P98.Cgummis.jpg

and bam:

http://www.virtual-hideout.net/guides/watercooling_setup_pt1/hose-clamp.gif

A few bucks at the hardware store will get you all the necessary equipment.

They're called 'P'-clamps. Ask for them by name!

I have made some from coat hanger wire to support the rear fender from the pannier rack.

They're called 'P'-clamps. Ask for them by name!


Yup. And thats what BostFixed's first picture was, for the record.

Another point of reference: Rivendell's Nitto Racks by Mark come with P-clamps, so its a pretty tried & true method of attaching stuff.