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Old 12-27-15 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by lost_in_endicot
That's pretty nice. It probably wouldn't take much more to enclose it if you wanted to. Have you tried it out in the wild yet?
Sure, I've been commuting with it, with some heavy rain on Wed and Thurs. Also a longer ride in the nice weather yesterday. Since there is no metal touching except for the non-drive side brace there is no rattle. My main concern was with it staying in place but that hasn't been a problem yet.

I've been tempted to add vinyl or Coroplast sides but one thing stops me. I don't really want the extra surface area exposed to side winds, resulting in extra drag. A minor concern I admit, especially for that bike but still enough to stop me from taking the time for it ...
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