Originally Posted by
rumrunn6
not sure I understand the connection of that pic & what you wrote. what is preventing you from tipping your bike up? the ground hits the fender?
That's part of it, the other part is having fender struts that reach horizontally past the rear of the rack, and the other part is the plastic is wobbly and janky, and the other part is I miss working with sheet metal.
Originally Posted by
cyccommute
I understand exactly what CraigMBA is talking about. Along with other issues with fenders, it's one of the less bothersome but still annoying things that I don't like about fenders. I stand my bike on the rear wheel to get it through narrow areas like the sidewalk beside my garage. With regular fenders, I can't tip the bike too far up or the fender drags the ground. It just makes it harder to maneuver the bike.
Your fender solution really isn't much of a solution, either. Yes, it is shorter so it won't drag on the ground but that fender is of questionable efficacy. The rack catches about as much crud as the fender does.
I kinda think the same way. It needs to wrap around to the bottom bracket to redirect "sling". If it's pouring it won't matter, you are gonna get wet.