I like the tan, looks almost off white in the photo. Blumelish at first glance. Good job!

+1, they look great

Thanks. They were lighter in color than I was expecting but I'm glad. It looks like they may mar fairly easily since I picked up a couple very slight marks when one slipped and hit my garage floor. I think they should be fine for the use I will give then however.

Thanks! I'm almost hoping for a little shower on my upcoming trip to see how well they perform.

Ha! I remember when I added some DIY mud flaps a while back, I never seemed to get rain while I was on my bike so I ran through as many puddles as I could find.

You shouldn't really get any splashing with fenders like those. The longboards look as long as fenders and mudflap I have on my bike. I do commute though rain, even heavy rain and combined with a cheapie rain cape, myself and the bottom of the bike stay very dry.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6077/...b8839d74_b.jpg

Here is a little follow up on my first tour with the fenders.
Well I may have hoped a little too much for a shower - rain on 4 of the 5 days! The fenders worked great when it was just rain on pavement but the front especially sucked up mud like there was no tomorrow on a crushed limestone rail trail. The front got pretty clogged with leaves and mud and managed to throw it on the bags and inner wheels.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...1/IMG_2518.jpg

As a comparison here is my friends bike sans fenders...
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...1/IMG_2519.jpg

That has been my experience with fenders and mud too. I bet your pants were cleaner that his after that ride. I always assumed a fenders first job was to keep me clean and dry and the bike was second priority.

4 days of rain sure is a test! Do you think the mudflap is what caught most of the mud? Props to you for the muddy, loaded touring bike photo.

But you kept it off the drivetrain, which is my first reason to have fenders, me dry the second.

I need to ride in the rain more and quit being such a wussy :(

Funny thing is that my legs and front bags had more mud on them than his. I couldn't figure out why unless the mud was forced out to the sides more and caught my legs.

Keith - hopefully the upcoming Mpls C&V ride you've planned will have dry day but I'm planning on bringing this bike and riding anyway!

I so want to put fenders on my trek I tried velo Orange fenders but had no luck. I wonder if plastic will be easier.

Longboards give wonderful coverage, but they can be problematic for two reasons: 1) they are very difficult to deal with if you have to put it on the roof of the car, and 2) if you ride on dirt paths where there are lots of sticks, they WILL catch the bottom of the fender and either lock the rear wheel or rip the front stays off the fork.

For those two reasons alone I suggest the other SKS fenders. (P45 is it?)

Looks fantastic; quite unusual too. I don't think I've ever seen a front 'guard that low, but you're definitely keeping dry on that bike!