Help with fenders
08-24-14, 07:45 PM
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Help with fenders
I have a Specialized Sirrus which has a tight wheelbase and am having trouble finding fenders to fit. I am also running a combination of 28mm and 32mm tires which are great for the bad pavement on my commute. Mike's Bikes recommend the BikesMart Elmer Race which said it fits up to 35mm but the adjustment barrel hits the tire. Even if I could adjust it perfect, I am sure one trip on Caltrain would be the end of that. Full wheel fenders seem impossible and wonder if the seat post and down tube types will really do the job. I commute by bike to work 3 days a week.
08-24-14, 11:35 PM
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I use several SKS on my many bikes if no eyelets, try some elastic band fitted types... The raceblades will give some coverage ..
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I use RaceBlades on my commuter road bike and like them, though I wish I could fit full coverage fenders to keep the gunk off the rear brake and seat tube. But they do a pretty good job of keeping water out of the frame, and junk off the BB.
The front one is a PITA to fit properly, and I always keep them off except when rain is forecast. I don't know what it is, I just can't seem to get the front fender struts bent just right to get it centered over the tire. I always have to futz around with the height of the straps on the left fork blade to get it centered. The rear fender is a snap and goes on straight in seconds.
The front one is a PITA to fit properly, and I always keep them off except when rain is forecast. I don't know what it is, I just can't seem to get the front fender struts bent just right to get it centered over the tire. I always have to futz around with the height of the straps on the left fork blade to get it centered. The rear fender is a snap and goes on straight in seconds.
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Not necessarily.
I can't tell from the pictures on Specialized site. Does the bike have a brake bridge in the back? How about a chainstay bridge? It appears to have rack and/or fender eyelets in the dropout, so that's good.
You can compenste for the lack of a chainstay bridge to anchor the front of the rear fender by using two zip-ties. Feed them through the hole in the front of the fender, then one to each chainstay. Tighten slowy and evenly until they are pulling tight against each other. The front of the fender then floats in mid-air, secured by the two zip-ties. (You'll probably have to work on the bike upside-down to get the one zip-tie behind the chainrings.)
You can do something similar through the brakes if there's no brake bridge.
Before you dismiss that as a zip-tie kludge, remember that your LBS has suggested fenders that strap-on with rubber bands. Which is the kludge?
I can't tell from the pictures on Specialized site. Does the bike have a brake bridge in the back? How about a chainstay bridge? It appears to have rack and/or fender eyelets in the dropout, so that's good.
You can compenste for the lack of a chainstay bridge to anchor the front of the rear fender by using two zip-ties. Feed them through the hole in the front of the fender, then one to each chainstay. Tighten slowy and evenly until they are pulling tight against each other. The front of the fender then floats in mid-air, secured by the two zip-ties. (You'll probably have to work on the bike upside-down to get the one zip-tie behind the chainrings.)
You can do something similar through the brakes if there's no brake bridge.
Before you dismiss that as a zip-tie kludge, remember that your LBS has suggested fenders that strap-on with rubber bands. Which is the kludge?
