Originally Posted by
caloso
I tried RaceBlades for a season. They were slightly better than useless. Mihlbach has it dead right: a rain bike requires full fenders, not to protect you from the rain, but to protect you and your bike from the filthy spray that comes off your tires. Even if you don't have fender bosses, you can fit full fenders on virtually any bike with some p-clips and zipties.
That is a nicely set up fg commuter/rainbike. Nice steel frameset with road(ish) geometry, good full fender coverage, front and rear brake, with hoods and drop bars, two bottle cages, clipless pedals, reasonable saddle-bar drop, and no hipster bull****.