Originally Posted by
RubeRad
OP (and others), for a thread about rain bikes, I would have thought I'd see lots of front fenders with flaps that nearly reach the ground. All of these look like they would still spray all over the feet and crankset.
As [MENTION=111144]Andy_K[/MENTION] noted the Planet Bike Cascadia mudguards/flaps fitted to my Soma are long enough to keep feet/drivetrain as well protected as is reasonable.
Classic Bulemels did as well, if the annoying flimsy front mudflap cooperated (it usually didn't).
As you can see many "modern" fenders lack good coverage for the feet, no doubt a style over substance issue, or something else that I don't understand.
If my Internat'l didn't reside in a drought prone area I'd fashion a front extender out of an empty dishwashing liquid bottle and rivet it place as we did "back when" and slosh on through the toxic soup of herbicide/pesticide runoff, automotive fluid leakage and animal waste we call "rain".
-Bandera