Steerer tube grime
11-17-07 | 05:06 PM
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Steerer tube grime
Does anyone have any recommendations on how to keep grime from flying up the steerer tube if you can't fit fenders on the bike? This is for my "beater" road bike that gets the bad weather abuse. Cheers.
11-17-07 | 05:52 PM
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11-18-07 | 09:43 AM
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Lowes sells stoppers in cork and rubber...if you don't drink brandy.
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Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
11-18-07 | 10:01 AM
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i like the Lizard Skin headset protector. keeps most junk out but breathes, no rust issues.
11-18-07 | 10:01 PM
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Thanks all. Lots of good ideas although the cork or stopper one seems to be the best fusion of elegance and convenience. The beater was not originally intended as such, right now its just the least expensive bike that works. It is also my favorite ride. Eventually I would like to get one bike that incorporates my preferred features (as soon as a figure out what they are). I'm not quite there yet but I do know that the ability to add fenders is one of the desired features.
