Originally Posted by
work4bike
That's some extensive fender coverage. Did they come with those flaps or were they makeshift additions?
Do they get in the way for things like maintenance, i.e. changing tires or whatever?
SKS Longboards (highly recommended by many on BF.net) with standard flaps included.
Yes, there are some tradeoffs:
1. With fenders, you can't take the front wheel off and set the bike down on the fork... that's a little awkward sometimes; might interfere with some car racks too.
2. Getting the rear wheel off is a little trickier with fenders on - especially if you have track ends; my bike is a fixed gear but it has forward horizontal dropouts so it's easier, and it would be even easier on a bike with vertical dropouts.
3. You can't run as big a tire as you can without the fenders for any given bike.