Try P-clamps for fender mounting.

My Trek 7.3FX slightly modded.
Here are the changes.
Drop Bars
Shimano 105 Brake lever/shifters
700X28 tires instead of the 700X35 that come stock
seat post rack
eggbeater pedals
Cateye Astrale 8 computer

Just a note: If your fork is made of carbon fibre, I would not recommend using P-clamps. Carbon is not designed to handle compressive forces perpendicular to the fibres.

Checkout IRC's (Interloc Racing Design) Mosaic Carbon 57 Road Fork. It comes with dropouts that have eyelets. They have a steel version also. It's desgined to take fenders and tires up to 28c

The last thing you can do is fashion plates that get sandwich between the skewer nuts and the dropouts. I made mine out of an alloy used for 1/4 scale RC plane landing gears. I got it at a Hobby shop. I then used a skewer nut as a template to draw a circle on it, added a little extension that was long enough to clear the fork and wide enough to accept the fender stay bolt. Finally, I used a dremel to cut, grind, and buff the shape out. I highly recommend eye protection, gloves, and it should be done outside.

Commercial pieces of this type can be seen on p. 35 of this catalog:

https://www.vitelli.ch/gallery/album/...en_001_038.pdf

Neat catalog! Do you know if they have distributors in the USA/Canada or of a dealer that sells over the internet?

After I've accumulated a bunch of stuff I wanted from them, I ordered directly and got it delivered to the US. However, execution was complicated. They said they had such an overseas order typically only once per year.

Not a problem with the questions...

I haven't used the adjustable stem yet. I haven't been on a bike in about 10 years, so I'm just trying to get used to a "static" configuration first!

I paid quite a bit under MSRP. I paid $499. I think that is only because the owner of the bike shop where I purchased it doesn't have a clue what he is doing. I get 1 year of free maintenance there, however, I doubt I will be using them. (As I said... I don't know much about bikes, but when I see the brake pads out of alignment and I hear some grinding gears and the bike is delivered to me with less then 10-20psi in the tires... I get a bit cautious! I was told that it was completely tuned up and ready to roll!)

Thanks for the compliments!

I would like to look at nice saddles soon; however, I have a few other things that I need to purchase first (decent trunk bag w/ panniers; bell / air horn; Topeak Road Morph pump). I'm having quite the troubles trying to justify these costs with my wife right now! She thinks that if I spend this money on the bike she gets the same amount to go spend on decorating the house!

Oh yeah... and one other reason I have this gel seat cover is because the dealer threw it in for free (along with the water bottle)!

Thanks for the suggestion... I am just about to try this since my Bor Yueh rack came with some that I won't be using.

Regarding SilverExpress's comments, do you really think that the front fender and the P-clamp would produce enough compressive forces to cause any damage?

Here's my daily commuter - Surly Cross Check.

You can put a rubber strip out of an old tube under the clamp, if your fork is indeed carbon. The strip or else plasti-dip or heat-shrink coating may otherwise protect the paint.

Thanks... I'll try that since the fork is carbon.

Thank you all!

The beast to all the beauties in this thread:

May as well add my beast to the pile while we are at it.

Just changed the tires over to slicks that a friend gave me.

I am just getting started with commuting. Will add a rack and/or a bag for gear in the near future.

This is my commuter, and my only bike. I call him Karl.

1999 Specialized Hardrock
Recent new cassette and chain
Delta universal megarack
Vistalite taillight
when it's night I have a CatEye HL-EL300 in black
Kryptonite Lock hanging off the handlebars at the moment



And from the back: https://i4.tinypic.com/10fnkag.jpg

Here is my commuter:

Specialized Crossroads. It's evolved a little over time into a single speed.



Running a 44x18 gearing with a singulator on the back. Bullbar and brakes were a donation from a buddy. I've built this on the cheap. lol. Still a work in progress but fun to ride.



and hey, chicks dig single speeds... I guess. lol!

My new bike.

Nice bike fred. Platforms on a fixie or is it a SS?

Nice looking bike! Is it a SS? What's the gearing? I just purchased a Bianchi San Jose and i'm considering dropping it to a 42x16 and getting slightly more road-friendly tires.

Does your new bike like playing the N64?

For the moment it's a single speed, but I'm thinking of getting a flip-flop rear wheel for it. I'll play around with the configuration a bit I'm sure, I just got it, so I haven't really explored everything I can do with it yet.

The gearing is 44/16, which is working out pretty well for me.

And it's not an N64, it's a Dreamcast

I saw the frame on their website. Yours is the first one I have seen setup. On One is an interesting company. They seem to be one of the most innovative.

Upgraded 1985 Trek 520.

Very slick bike. That should be a model for handlebar height. Nicely bobish, if you're into that sort of stuff. And I like that the tire labels are in line with the valve stems.