Got a '87 Centurion LeMans RS that would be perfect if I could just figure out one thing - how do I get fenders on this bike? With 700x25 tires there is about 6 mm of space between the tire and the rear caliper/bridge. Anyone found a good solution to this problem? Pictures would be awesome.
These little buggers allow you to mount the fender in two pieces (after cutting it). They used to have a pictorial on how to do it, but I couldn't put my hands on it immediately.
My anecdotal experience suggests to me that the 80s were a time when bike makers eschewed fenders and thus brake bridges were tight. In fact, my 80s Claud Butler has very tight clearance. And this is a British touring bike, mind you!
Last edited by Noah Scape; 11-18-09 at 09:48 AM.
Reason: I was talking on the phone and forgot to finish my sentence.
You can make a similar bracket from rack struts for a rear touring rack with a bit of bending, and reaming the hole for a 6mm bolt rather than 5mm. Cut the fender in half just forward of where the bridge intersects, and drill a couple of holes in the rearward side to bolt into the slot on the bracket. Use the original bridge bracket on the front half of the fender.
It comes out looking a little funny, but works ok. I'll see if I can find a bike set up this way to take a picture of it for you.
I want to see some pictures, I have a bike with very tight front/rear clearances (27" wheels on a bike built for 700c) and I'd like to see how it can be done.
I've been wondering if you can deform an aluminum fender to fit in tight clearances. Mostly because the bike I want to put fenders on has tight clearances. The biggest problem I've seen is getting brake actuation without moving the fender.
Thanks. That's pretty much the answer I came up with myself but using the STI lever clip and the rack hardware was a good idea that should keep me from having to buy more parts.
OH those are very sexxy looking. I have to get the calipers out and measure. for $100 it would be worht having a set just in case you really wanted to use them, I mean not that you would actually use them in the rain or if it was even cloudy.
"The joy is not in winning but having the courage to join the race" thanks to other BFrs this has been attributed to William Penny Brookes and Joe Paterno (UGH) you can decide for yourself who said it first.
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Nah - they should hold up pretty well. They're finished with several coats of spar urethane. They'll require occasional refinishing - just like an old wooden boat - but with a little TLC they'll be fine. I'm debating putting some on my Mercian when it finally comes.
Here's a photo of some low clearance fenders I just put together. Article to follow.
helicomatic, thats a very clever solution!
However. one issue I have with this type of split-fender design (something similar in essence to what I've also seen on some bikes with custom fabricated wooden fenders, too) is that I really like to use my fenders to keep my brake calipers as clean as possible - free of the usual road grime which tends to especially lodge at lubricated pivot points - which is precisely where you NEVER want any friction causing contamination.
To this obsessive end, I've even resorted to mounting "shorty" fenders on one bike. But, that's not good option, in my opinion, just my make-due solution to work around a tight fitting problem caused by the inherently tight geometry of that particular "racing" bike model... which also has a rather short wheelbase - to further complicate matters.
Always nice to see people approaching these mounting problems in so many innovative ways.
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