eyewannabike

I just got a different bike. I used SKS Raceblades on my old bike so the folks behind me on group rides didn't get soaked. The Trek has the brake at the bottom of the frame and not in the traditional place. That makes the Raceblade not compatible from what I can see.

Anyone have any suggestions on what I should use? The domane doesn't have any dedicated mounts for a fender.

Kimmo

If you think hard enough, you can probably figure out a neat-ish way to do it with zipties. I'd use little strips of tube to protect the paint.

softreset

I think you might be confusing the Domane (has fender mounts) with the Madone (has brake down by bottom bracket). So which one do you have?

colnago62

The 7 series Madone has the brake attached near the chainstay bottom bracket area. I am not sure if the lower end Madones do that. The 7 series is a 4,000 dollar frameset.I am surprised having spent that kind of money, you don't know the name of the bike you own.

eyewannabike

As it turns out, it's a Madone. The geniuses at Trek it seems thought that using anagrams to name consumer products wouldn't be confusing at all. They also didn't bother work if out this question before releasing a bike that's designed differently than everything else on the market.

As for the $4k frame, it's actually the lower end frame. My last bike was a specialized Tarmac elite. I bought it used. I'll sell it for what I had paid for it. Bikes have terrible resale value...unless you buy them used and then they have fantastic resale value.

softreset

They moved the brake down south on the newer 5 & 6 series Madones as well. Good ole Google to the rescue.

X-TRA-DRY - mudguards - us - SKS Germany

I've used one of these for the past few years, no issues. I just point the tip down a bit so it doesn't spray up.

jimc101

Trek & all other manufactures are pretty clear on their names, thinking your the one with the issue here, for the name, check it out, it's not a anagram of anything, it's Italian, look it up rather than complaining.

For the fender, if you wanted a bike with you could fit one to, you should have looked at then when your purchased it; very few high end frames/bikes have fender mounts, as they aren't needed, that's why you have a winter/foul weather bike.

Kimmo

You don't mind the fugly then

eyewannabike

Oddly, I was at the LBS yesterday. I brought this up with them and they noted that people do get it confused. Their local Trek rep was in the shop a while ago and she noted that at one point he was sitting by himself puttering with his iPhone. She asked him what he was doing and he said that he was trying to figure out what their next bike would be named. He figured Demona.

They not only have Madone, Domane, but also Emonda. Yes, they are all anagrams of one another even if they might be italian words. It's entirely stupid for a consumer based company to do something like this. Note how you don't see this as common practice in the marketplace? Yeah that.

As to the comment about having a bad weather bike, I'm not sure if you noticed this, but weather tends to change as the day goes on and while we have forecasting of weather, it's not accurate and based on percentages.

But hey, I'll use your rationale and since it could always rain, I'll just have a bad weather bike. We'll call this my bad weather bike. I'll save my good weather bike for any cases where I have to ride indoors. I won't talk about my good weather bike here. Happy now?

Thanks. Unfortunately, that won't work for group rides.

canuckcicle

Ass saver

Ass Savers - Bicycle mudguards

bhchdh 

I bought a vintage Trek that came with these. RACEBLADE SET black - mudguards - us - SKS Germany They seem to work well.

softreset

Fair enough. It works for the dozen or so of us on our group rides when it rains but everyone is different.

colnago62

That product wouldn't fly around here in the Seattle area either for group rides. The vast majority require full fenders with mud flaps on the rear fender. The ground can stay pretty wet around here.