Fendered It!!!!
 

I finally bought some fenders for my Shogun and installed them last night. After a lot of research I went with the Planet Bike Hardcore Road Fenders. They seemed to be the most durable and not a ton of hardware like the SKS and others. They were very easy to install and are very stable with flopping around.

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atta boy! nice job! good pics too! what part of the country you in?

I'm trying to decide between fenders right now, what extra hardware do the SKS's have that you didn't like?

What is holding your bottle cage on the DT? I have hose clamps on my bike now and your set up looks way nicer.

very nice! black fenders look great on black bikes, and i agree that planet bike fenders are of high quality. they will last forever.

Thanks.... As my handle suggests, Cape Cod........

Great-looking job on a great-looking bike. I really like plastic fenders because they stay clean, are quiet, and don't dent.
I'd just suggest that once you are sure you are happy with the adjustment, you trim the stays so that they end just past the fixing bolts without protruding beyond the brackets. The little black caps look OK but eventually they come off and get lost and then you have a sharp(ish) point sticking up that can scratch you during handling, or worse in a crash. (Obviously if you know you will need to use larger tires on occasion then you should ignore this advice.)

Enjoy your rainy fall riding!

The SKS fenders had tons of small pieces to attach the fender stays to the fender (little plastic Y shaped things) just not very durable to me. I like how simple and durable the Planet Bike Fenders were compared to the others and set-up was a breeze. I'm very fussy when it comes to fit and I would hate fenders that flopped around. I took it for a good ride this morning over some rough roads and not a single rattle......

As far as the bottle cage, I took some rubber electrical wrap and wrapped it once around the seat tube in each position then used a black zip tie to mount the cage. It looks much nicer than the metal clamp style, and workd great. The stuff I used is not electrical tape it's a insulating rubber for wrapping high voltage wiring, and does not have a sticky side.

I have both brands. Those fiddley plastic pieces are the stay caps, they attach such that they won't come off. The stay/fender attachment is the same as the PB fenders. I've switched my bikes from PB to SKS because of PB's lack of breakaway front struts. It's a very real hazard, there's been a few threads on the commuting forum.

+1. Those pieces are not needed for installing but are a nice finishing piece. Both fenders are nice but after trying both a few times I would choice SKS every time. But that is a preference...quality-wise they are pretty much the same.

I also like the SKS fenders because they have two front stays per side. And, if you decide to put on a serious front mudflap, you don't have to remove anything first. Those little plastic ones on he PBs are just mudflap stylin' notation. Been riding a pair for over a year, and no rattles at all. Had a serious crash, with no damage to the fenders, and minimal readjustment.

E...easy to install? Are you sure we're talking about the things that keep crap from flying off the tires onto you and your drive train?

Nice looking bike! Great job.

I like the Planet Bike fenders MUCH better than the SKS fenders.

Great looking bike!

That looks really good.

Anyone have any suggestions for "clip on" road fenders, for bikes with no eyelets and tighter clearance? Something I shoulda been digging for some time ago, hey its snowing today.

i have both planet bike and SKS, and honestly, i like them both. the SKS fenders tend to wobble less, but the stay hardware is heavier. so i call it a wash.

for anyone who has the planet bike fenders with those tiny (and pointless) mudflaps, you can upgrade to nice long ones. planet bike sells the long versions on their website for $5/pair. they're the same nice ones that come with their cascadia line of fenders, but will fit perfectly on the hardcore models as well.

or, you could just go the DIY route and glue on a piece of stiffener plastic, as i did on my planet bike 20" fender:

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Looks great!

Very nice lookin!

I just went to put some old ESGE fenders on my IGH commuter today and Realized I'm missing all of the little bolts that attach the fender to the stays. those things are easy to lose!

harris has replacements http://harriscyclery.net/product/sks...set-8-1086.htm

Here is a link on how to make your own mudflaps. The ones that come with most fenders are not nearly long enough.

http://www.phred.org/~alex/bikes/fendermudflap.html

I have a set of PB fenders that I installed on two bikes about 6 years ago. They do last. I eventually lost the mud flaps and had to install my own. One of the rear fenders eventually cracked off near the stays -- due to some rough treatment. I am still using the rest of it.

I agree they are quiet too, which is a blessing you won't realize until you install those absolutely gorgeous, but rattle-prone, Velo Orange metal fenders.

Raceblades, with the rubber straps that you wrap around fork blades and stays then latch to little tabs on the fender mount, are OK for occasional use but they bounce and rattle. The impact of hitting railway tracks at a good clip on our tandem sent enough impact into the rubber straps to break them, ejecting the front fender onto the road. Fortunately we were using it as an add-on forward of the front wheel, so the fragments didn't jam the wheel in the fork. Since then we use P-clips and careful tailoring to mount proper bolted-down fenders in interrupted sections when they won't fit between the tires and the frame. With a little (OK, a lot!) of planning, you can make a set of Planet Bikes (or others) quick-releasable, and they'll look as good, and work as well, as the OPs installation on his ShoGun. Just remember that the challenge of putting fenders on a racing bike is not just tire clearance -- your foot may hit the front fender during slow-speed turns and trackstands -> FDGB.