I can only do so much at a time and today was rack day among other things... just switched both bikes to skinnier summer tyres and haven't yet tweaked out the fender lines so that the really anal people will give me their seal of approval.

The Trek is built to accommodate some huge rubber, those 700:35's look pretty small in the frame, and the front fender is as low as it goes unless I put in a drop bolt. The rear fender will get a top bolt through the rack to bring it up and make it even more stable (it is not rubbing anywhere) but I will wait until tomorrow when I throw in the new 11-34 cassette and have the wheel off.

Trek gets a D when it comes to designing this frame's rear end as far as fender mounting goes as there are no decent attachment points... anchoring the fender to the rack and zip tying the fender stays to the rack really stabilizes things and ensures there are no rattles.

The Cascade has ample mounts and also has a seat stay mount that I need to set before I fine tune everything else... the old rack sat too low for me to use it but the Blackburn has a little more clearance over the fender.

Will probably run into each other down the road and you can critique my fender lines then.