Originally Posted by KonAaron Snake

It might be irrelevant to you - but it isn't to me. I built my ti winter bike for under $300 - granted I got lucky. Apologies if it's coming across as snobbery, but to me fenders are a crappy, stupid alternative when there are better solutions available. If others like them, great...but it can be useful to hear other perspectives. Mine is that fenders offer me minimal advantage and I've explained what I view as negatives.

I'm not insulting other people's views on them, so it would be nice not to be insulted for mine.