Originally Posted by
noglider
I did have a fender strut break on me and jam my wheel up. It could have been bad. It was in the front. I don't think it's a big danger, but it could happen.
Oh my, that sounds disconcerting. I've had the screw come off my rear fender on my old bike. Steel U stays & steel fender. Boy did that make a racket ALL THE WAY HOME.
Originally Posted by
wphamilton
What's the rationale for having them angled back and (as a consequence) so wide? Worry about scraping it coming off a curb?
You don't want slush & muck building up in there, so having the bottom flared out a bit is a natural way to avoid it. I've ridden my old bike in 2 inches of snow, and it gets packed in there fast.... if there was a mud flap on there not flared out a bit, it would create a big clump of gunk just waiting to splatter out & be run over by rear tire or keep the treads on the tire from loosing the muck by centrifugal force, & worst case scenario you pick something up & it just keeps rubbing on the tread, possibly causing a flat.
