Thankful for rain

[James Warren]

and bikes that do well in it:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/46035786@N07/15746837748/

James Warren

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[dougP]

JIm:

We need a shot of the Atlantis after it's been out in the muck!

dougP

[James Warren]

That shot was just after commuting in the rain. Part of the reason I took the photo is the clean bike look that resulted. (These things are still novelty for a Southern Californian, I guess.)

 

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[dougP]

Hmmm...this keeps up, I'll have to look into fenders for my Atlantis.  That photo is a pretty good endorsement for the effectiveness of fenders.

dougP

[hsmitham]

I have fenders on my Atlantis, while in Portland I rode in Summer showers and was remarkably comfortable and the bike was clean.

This morning I had a mind to clean the Atlantis before this weekends camping. I was pleasantly surprised how clean it was after the 20 mile dirt ride this past weekend. Fenders are awesome.

~Hugh
Los Angeles, CA

[Deacon Patrick]

I've given up on fenders with knobbies, but they are brilliant with road tires!

With abandon,

Patrick

[Patrick Moore]

Why have you abandoned fenders and knobbies? Clearance problem, or something else?

Fenders really do keep the bike (the rider too, of course) cleaner. I remember a regular ride I used to do that involved a section of pavement off of which many dirt driveways led. On a wet day the road wasn't merely wet, it was covered in a third of an inch of thin, muddy gruel. Decent fenders (at the time mine were Zefals, IIRC) and a long and wide flap kept even the chainstays clean. The erstwhile Diamondback mountain bike went through a development stage where it wore 60 mm SKS fenders over 60 mm Big Apples, and rides through local dirt road mud were suprisingly sanitary - even if the traction was not optimum.

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[Deacon Patrick]

Noise and clogging from rocks, duff, and sticks. Plus, I don't mind getting wet or dirty.

With abandon,

Patrick

[Hugh Smitham]

Hard to argue with that!

~Hugh
   Los Angeles, CA

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[Eric Platt]

I've abandoned fenders on one winter bike.  With 2.3 inch wide studded tires, fenders just don't work.  Have a PDW mudshovel up front.  Need to create something for the rear.  

In the past, was able to use fenders on the 26" wheel winter bike.  But even then, things get pretty jammed up with snow/slush.  

Eric Platt

St. Paul, MN

[grrlyrida]

I was commuting in the rain also. Where did you get those bag covers? My medium saddle bag and large shop sack got soaked, but not its contents. My laptop and papers plus food stayed dry. But I'd like a cover over them to keep them looking nice.

[James Warren]

They were direct from Riv, sold as accessories to the big and little loafers.

I got them around '07 or so.

On Dec 4, 2014, at 10:00 PM, grrlyrida wrote:

I was commuting in the rain also. Where did you get those bag covers? My medium saddle bag and large shop sack got soaked, but not its contents. My laptop and papers plus food stayed dry. But I'd like a cover over them to keep them looking nice.

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[Deacon Patrick]

I love the beausage my SaddleSacks collect, and I've had them in days of heavy rain bikepacking and everything stayed dry inside. Any mud/dirt comes off easily and the bag looks great. No need for a rain cover, but want may be another story. Grin.

With abandon,

Patrick

[Mark Reimer]

I've had good luck with Rock n' Roads and Velo Orange fenders on my Atlantis, though the VO fenders have what I consider to be a poor mounting design that results in some horrible toe-overlap. I've had one nasty over-the-bars as a result of my foot getting caught in the fender hardware! But that aside, I have them setup with about 1cm of clearance all around the tire and it's been great. Sure there is the odd 'Ping pang' of rocks sliding through, but it's not that common. I took them off recently when I switched over to the 2.1 WTB Nano's. Actually, there might even be room for fenders with that tire, provided they didn't have large bolts on the inside of the fender like VO.

Have you seen the fenders Handsome Cycles is making? 

http://handsomecycles.com/product/mud-butler-fenders-polished-silver

They seem pretty great, and fit nice and tight to the tire if needed. This could help on frames that don't have a ton of room to begin with. 

Here's a photo of the Atlantis with RnR tires and VO Fenders

And here's a photo when you try to take a tight corner while drinking a coffee with a bike full of groceries but get caught up in your fender halfway through the curve. Oops!

[Shawn Granton]

Wait, Californians have discovered fenders? ;-)

Yes, fenders come in handy, especially when you have to ride through the occasional big puddle. Which happens sometimes here in the rainy Northwest. So we are very thankful for fenders!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanadventureleaguepdx/15923087846/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanadventureleaguepdx/15763154577/in/photostream/

-Shawn

[Eric Norris]

I have them on several bikes, mostly as a favor to all other Californians, because I know that it will start raining as soon as I take them off. If the dough gets any worse, off they come.

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[Eric Norris]

IF the *drought* gets any worse. Darn autocorrect. 

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