Originally Posted by
illusiumd
Thanks so much for all the replies.
Looks like consensus is fenders are good for keeping the rider comfortable but not totally necessary for keeping parts in good order. I always take a full change of clothes to work in paniers - and the back rack keeps water from hitting me - and I hate hate hate fenders that you have to constantly mess with.
That being said I rode an hour to work today - post-rain along the lakefront and got SO much crud all over my bike - so would like to know what's the most maintenance free full fender I can get?! I'm riding a Soma ES with 28 Conti 4Seasons - with 32 studs in the winter.
Looks like these
SKS Longboards would do the trick? Is there any reason to spend over a hundred for
Portlands?
There is not much reason to spend over a $100 on portlands, I am a huge pdw fan and have a lot of their stuff but just cant justify it.
I personally use cascadia's which I just sold to a guy because I bought a set of
these, I figured I will be the guinea pig due to the prices I am able to get on them and they have them in 29x2.35 which is the size I need.