Originally Posted by
due ruote
Exactly my habit. On a bike with fenders I always feel a moment of helplessness when I pass through a pile of crud or glass. For me, that's probably enough reason not to run tubulars and fenders on the same bike.
Yes, I have instinctually reached down to rub crud off a tire only to feel, somewhat to my surprise, a fender there. Never owned a bike with fenders until a year ago. I may experiment with mounting some sort of custom saver on the through bolt before the fender mount.