Originally Posted by
cnickroot
Tourist in MSN Thanks. I do have fenders for it, but haven't toured in a while and took them off. Honestly maybe they were not that good, but I didn't like them much. Some plastic things, probably from some European company because that's what that shop believed in back them.
All my bikes except my folder or road bike have plastic fenders. My light touring bike, they are Planet Bike Cascadia, 700c X 45mm is what the frame manufacturer recommended. And 37mm tires under them.
Just a couple weeks ago I replaced the plastic ones on my heavy touring bike, I never did like the older ones that now were a decade old. Put on some SKS Bluemels that I had bought a few years ago. Now I realize how lucky I was to buy them when I did, they are in a size no longer sold.
And there are ones that clip on from over a dozen different styles that typically do not go under the stays or fork crown, only partial coverage. That is what I use on the folder or road bike.
Photo below, I wish I had fenders that day, but the fenders did not fit in my bike case for airline travel.
I had so much mud on one of my brakes that when I used the brake, it stayed engaged. I had to get off the bike and pull the pads apart to get rolling again.
But, your call, if you want to go super light then skip the fenders. Plenty of people do.
Maybe it is the optimistic people that skip fenders? Years ago one of my bosses said I was a real cynic. I responded - no, I am an experienced optimist.