Originally Posted by
puchfinnland
I seen that on a mercier- concept is good but A devil to mount-
but if you took this concept into your own you could figure something out.
Not a devil to mount if you know the right tricks
. Personally I like using draw bolts (or "Daruma" bolts) to mount front fenders, because I think it results in a much cleaner appearance without any external brackets. One way to reduce the clearance interference of that nut at the bottom of the drawbolt is to replace the nut with a recessed brake nut with less shoulder height, like this:
I've done this on a couple of bikes that had really tight tire to fender clearance issues. It also requires cutting off a portion of the daruma bolt threads such that they don't actually reach the fender; the recessed nut passes through the fender to engage the drawbolt threads. I actually really like daruma bolts over external brackets. I think it affords a much cleaner look:
Look Ma, no bracket!
