Mark and others,
My guess about the length of SKS/Esge fenders is that bike dealers and
distributors noticed that the sleazy little mudflap on Bleumels mudguards
tore off after about a month of use, so they just copied the length of a
flapless Bleumels. No idea at all why the designers of bike gear are so
clueless as to rainy riding designs--other than California design origin of
much product. Classic content:
Lefols would be a better design to copy.
David FEldman
Vancouver, WA
>
> David Feldman wrote:
>
> > In the Northwest, riders splice halves of water bottles onto
> > the ends of their fenders for a mudflap effect.
>
> David, you should have said "...a FEW riders..." I find so many Seattle
> riders ride without any fenders these days, that if it rains I usually
can't
> find anyone to ride behind. That is so rude!
>
> Whoops, off topic.
>
> Those old French touring bikes had it right; Le Fol fenders et. al. came
> down so much lower behind the front and rear wheels than modern ones.
> Better for your feet, and the eyes of the rider behind you. More wrap
> forward of the crown helped keep the blow-back out of your own eyes.
Quite
> civilized. I wonder, is the modern shorter fender due to fashion, or are
> they just cheaper to make if they're a couple inches shorter?
>
> Mark Bulgier
> Seattle, Wa
> USA
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