Drill my Monocog 29er fork - yay or nay.
I know the purists among you may frown upon this, but I just don't like to have mud all over me (it's just the kind of guy I am, weird, I know...) so I need fenders.
When I got my new Redline Monocog 29er, I was quite surprised that there were no holes for the fenders, neither in the front fork, neither on the seatstay bridge. The latter I'll cope with, but I don't have an elegant way to tie the fender to the front fork without a hole in it. I don't want to use a second starred nut for this purpose.
But I worry about the structural integrity of this fork. Yes, I'm a light man, but I want to put this big boy through some possibly exacting moments, and the front fork is the least desirable part to break. I have noticed that both Kona's Project 2 fork and the Surly Instigator fork are drilled (those are tuff rigid MTB forks).
So, dear fellow bike experts, you tell me your opinion.