Originally Posted by
Easy Peasy
Noobie question: If you're riding a dedicated bad weather bike on paved roads/MUP on rainy days when you'll be dressed in rain shell and rain pants and shoe covers, are fenders really needed at all?
I will answer your question with a question. Do you like dirty water shooting up at you from your front tire and up your back from the rear? Do you like flooding your shoes on every turn?
Fenders will ensure that most of the water is coming down from above and not from all directions, thus increasing the effectiveness of the selected rain clothes.
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--Ben
2006 Trek SU100, 2009 Motobecane Fantom CX, 2011 Motobecane Fantom Cross Uno, and a Bakfiets
Previously: 2000 Trek 4500 (2000-2003), 2003 Novara Randonee (2003-2006), 2003 Giant Rainier (2003-2008), 2005 Xootr Swift (2005-2007), 2007 Nashbar 1x9 (2007-2011), 2011 Windsor Shetland (2011-2014), 2008 Citizen Folder (2015)
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