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For those who don't believe in fenders...
 

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Andy M-S
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 3377
Location: Hamden (greater New Haven) CT

3/21/13 7:58 PM

For those who don't believe in fenders...

http://ass-savers.com/

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BobB
Joined: 13 Jan 2004
Posts: 171
Location: Columbus, OH

3/21/13 8:03 PM

LOL. I love it! Actually my old rear rack with a pack did much the same thing.

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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19068
Location: PDX

3/21/13 8:14 PM

I still have a few MTB duck bill flaps you mount to the seatpost.

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Nick Payne
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 2625
Location: Canberra, Australia

3/21/13 11:25 PM

A photo taken many years ago - my bike after riding through melting snow on fire trails. The components pretty much date the photo - Campagnolo Rally rear derailleur, Stronglight 49D crankset, Campagnolo quill pedals, 5-speed freewheel, TA waterbottles. There was so much mud that the fenders were acting a bit like a piping bag, squirting the mud out sideways as I was riding along. The friend I was riding with that day *didn't* have fenders, and although he probably had less rolling resistance, I've seldom seen anyone look more miserable at the end of a bike ride, with a thick layer of half-frozen muddy slurry stuck to his legs and back and backside.

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Dave B
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 4511
Location: Pittsburgh, PA

3/22/13 7:49 AM

Typical


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I've seldom seen anyone look more miserable at the end of a bike ride, with a thick layer of half-frozen muddy slurry stuck to his legs and back and backside.


Sounds like the photos I've see at the finish line of almost any Belgian cyclocross race.

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rickhardy
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 1492
Location: Needham outside of Boston - the hub of the universe

3/22/13 10:45 AM

On our winter group rides

On our winter group rides hereabouts fenders AND mud flaps in winter are mandatory... a strict tight double paceline with frequent rotations to have everyone get to talk to everyone else during the ride, the ride is led by an ex national champion who refers to fenders such as those as F U fenders as you may be covered but whoever is behind you is not...

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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19068
Location: PDX

3/22/13 10:48 AM

Rim eating conditions, rear anyway. Can't touch the front brake in that shit.

I trashed the rear Mavic on my MTB on one ride. That wheel is on the Stumpjumper and has a ceramic rim since. Front rim is original mid 90s.

YMRMMV

Your Mud Rim Mileage May Vary

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Nick Payne
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 2625
Location: Canberra, Australia

3/22/13 11:21 PM


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Sounds like the photos I've see at the finish line of almost any Belgian cyclocross race

Yeah, but those guys aren't out there all day in their muddy race clothing gradually getting colder. The race lasts about an hour and then they can change and warm up.

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RCoapman
Joined: 09 Feb 2005
Posts: 5137
Location: Back in the snowy homeland

3/24/13 9:55 PM

Never had real fenders before moving to PDX. Now all my bikes have them.

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