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09-03-14, 12:11 PM
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I love my fenders in Colorado on my commuter and have needed them, especially this summer. To each their own. Stuart doesn't feel like he needs fenders in Colorado and I can definitely see why.
This summer though, I feel like I spent quite a few days riding either to or from work in the rain. Its a short enough ride I normally wear my work clothes, so something to keep the road splash off of me is great.
This summer though, I feel like I spent quite a few days riding either to or from work in the rain. Its a short enough ride I normally wear my work clothes, so something to keep the road splash off of me is great.
09-03-14, 02:56 PM
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Likewise, I live in Colorado and have fenders on all my utility/commuting type bikes. Definitely don't need them all the time here, but it sure is nice not having wet feet and a filthy bike after/during a storm, especially if it hasn't rained for several days prior and the roads are grimy with accumulated oil and other crud.
09-03-14, 03:29 PM
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I love my fenders in Colorado on my commuter and have needed them, especially this summer. To each their own. Stuart doesn't feel like he needs fenders in Colorado and I can definitely see why.
This summer though, I feel like I spent quite a few days riding either to or from work in the rain. Its a short enough ride I normally wear my work clothes, so something to keep the road splash off of me is great.
This summer though, I feel like I spent quite a few days riding either to or from work in the rain. Its a short enough ride I normally wear my work clothes, so something to keep the road splash off of me is great.
09-03-14, 03:30 PM
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Likewise, I live in Colorado and have fenders on all my utility/commuting type bikes. Definitely don't need them all the time here, but it sure is nice not having wet feet and a filthy bike after/during a storm, especially if it hasn't rained for several days prior and the roads are grimy with accumulated oil and other crud.
09-03-14, 08:26 PM
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I'm on the western slope of Colorado. It's a desert environment here. 4 of my 7 bikes have fenders. I have ridden in rainstorms a few times this year already.
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Fenders never made sense to me when I lived in Denver or southern California. Something to keep from breathing in dust...that made sense.
They also never made sense when I lived in the deep South. There, it rained so hard that I'd get soaked - fenders or not.
In Wisconsin, fenders make sense. I built a crud bike with fenders for days with non-frozen liquid on the roads - sure beats wearing snowpants through the end of April!
They also never made sense when I lived in the deep South. There, it rained so hard that I'd get soaked - fenders or not.
In Wisconsin, fenders make sense. I built a crud bike with fenders for days with non-frozen liquid on the roads - sure beats wearing snowpants through the end of April!
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