Originally Posted by
MichaelW
Those are SKS style fender stays. Cut them down so less than 1cm protrudes from the grippy metal gizmo (with a dremel) and file or grind off any sharp edges then refit the plastic caps. T.
+1 an easy fix. My latest bike doesn't have eyelets on the fork dropouts, so I had to mount them on the lowrider braze-ons, which left a good 3-4 inches of strut sticking out. I don't have a dremel so I just used a hacksaw, filed the ends, and reinstalled the caps.
