Amen on the zip ties. If you're riding in the slop, it makes no sense to go fenderless, provided you've got the clearance for them (if you don't, hang that bike up for the rainy season). I zip-tied ESGE/SKS fenders on my Masi 3V (the bike that made oversize tubing COOL) and had no problems in 2+ years of all-weather riding here in SEA. I had to cut the front fender off in front of the fork, and used a reacharound from River City Bikes to get the rear to work with the small clearance at the seatstay bridge.