Originally Posted by
KonAaron Snake
I ride to work 5 days a week, all year. I don't drive. I commute in rain, snow...etc. find fenders mostly worthless.
I am car-free and I also ride all year round in the most nasty weather. I find fenders very useful, they allow me to arrive at my destination clean, if I didn't have fenders my clothing would be coverd with road crap and grime.
Originally Posted by
KonAaron Snake
There's a better solution to salt - it's called titanium
Why waste money on a titanium frame when steel and aluminium are perfectly adequete. None of my steel and aluminum bikes have any corrosion on them even after many winters and lot's of exposure to salty slush and rain. Once again the reason I run fenders is not so much to protect the frame but to protect my clothing, I don't want to walk into a store looking like I just finished swimming through a swamp.
Originally Posted by
KonAaron Snake
I find the best protection is to slow down as I go through.
If I was to slow down that much it would take me 2 hours to get to work instead of only 50 minutes.