Originally Posted by
knobster
Most people use their cross bikes for riding other than racing. I'm one of them. Because I live in a place that rains nearly 7 months out of the year, I require fenders. With the fork mounted hanger you can't mount fenders.... This was a no go for me.
Excellent point! Weirdly, a lot of English people don't bother putting fenders on our bikes.
Has anyone tried Crud Catchers? That's what I'm going to do this year - use the sort of front fender goes on the down tube. (I've never liked the modulation on vees, so I'm willing to make a strong effort to avoid them.) And you can have a bar mounted fender as an extra if you want to look like a Downhill MTB Badass:
What do you think? Too silly???