Originally Posted by
aggiegrads
...The Cascadias are not long enough - they are no longer than the SKS's, and you are stuck with the existing mudflap, where my mudflap goes all the way to the ground....
VO sells a 26x60mm fender, in Al or SS. I like mine still after 2 yrs use. If you haven't used metal fenders before, you will discover you have to use felt washers everywhere to cut down on noise/rattle. I added some rubber washers too on the front stay mounts to really quiet them down. Like some others have mentioned, these fenders lack the safety breakaway stay mount feature of SKS and other plastic fenders - so avoid sticks, limbs, cans, bottles, etc. Note the front fender extends fairly low - I haven't yet felt the need to add a mudflap, even though I have them on my SKS fendered bikes (homemade from 1 gal milk jugs).
http://store.velo-orange.com/index.p...fender_size=65
I have the Al fenders (26" SS didn't exist when I got mine) with VO hardware, shown below, covered with Scotchlite sheeting, 26x2.0" tire rear, 26x1.75" tire front. Both fenders are mounted with large enough gap for ~26x2.1" tires (the largest I own/run). The front fender attaches up top by a single bolt through a compressed rubber stopper to the Civia fork with it's special receptor just for this purpose, which is why there's no visible mount.