Sheldon Brown wrote:
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> tarik saleh wrote:
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> >The recent thread on shortie fenders brings up the
> >question, whats the deal here?
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> Lots of folks would like to have the advantages of fenders without
> actually having fenders.
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> Lots of other folks are ready to take their money with semi-useless
> gadgets that purport to do this.
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> Shorty fenders do protect the headset, but accomplish nothing else.
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> They belong on bikes with stem shifters and bolt-on brake lever extensions.
And of course, restored or original bikes that came with them.
It was common (judging by photos of racing in the thirties, forties, and early fifties) to remove the fenders and just leave the forward section of the two piece front fender for racing. This was also the period when all race bikes had fender eyelets on the dropouts and fork ends and came with full fenders. Winter training required fenders.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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