Originally Posted by
Carl26
Nice looking bike! How about some details. What kind of fenders are those? What tires are you running? Thanks, Carl
Nokian 294's at 22 psi front 25 psi rear for bumpy ice and snow or off road. It's a 1994 Giant that I bought new in 1994. The front fender is a Topeak "Defender" With another piece bolted onto it and a innertube mud flap wired into that. The mudflap almost touches the ground so it is made to be flexible and it flexes up out of the way in snow.
I have many pieces of fenders around, I don't know what the other pieces are from, some of them have been around for 10+ years.
Plastic fenders are just a starting point you can cut them up and make brackets to put any fenders on any bike. Some of the spaces or cracks are filled with some thin plastic foam covered with black tape. It's super light, super cheap, easy to cut and form, works great as a fender, and easy to replace or change later. The rear piece of the front fender has foam and some tape over it filling the gap at the place where the fender meets the fork, for example. It's lasted for years without any problems.
Part of the rear fender is just made wider with black tape folded back on it self on either side of the fender. So is the lower part of the front fender.
Two vacuum insulated stainless Thermos brand bottles keep water from freezing all day.
To use two bottles and a water bottle rechargeable battery I just use a Twofish velcro on bottle cage on the top tube for the battery. With an extra velcro strap for security. It did come out once before the extra strap.