It is possible to get rain in the summer, too, here in green Southeast Michigan!
Ken Freeman, Ann Arbor, MI
> Ken,
> In your neck of the woods...fenders from September to June!
> The Le Champ has Campy on the rear sans eyelets, but Huret on the front!
> As my Latin teacher used to say "De gustibus, non est disputandum" (It's
> futile to argue about matters of taste)
> Doug Wagner
> Richmond,KY
>
> freesound@comcast.net wrote:
> My '80 Masi has fender stay fittings on fork and seatstay. Suitable for
> fenders or not?
>
> Ken Freeman
> Ann Arbor, MI
>
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>
> > Peter and our English friends have a point, I think, about using mudguards on
> > classic British bikes...I have them on my Woodrup and put them on my Raleigh
> in
> > the winter...they look correct, are functional, and most important, the bikes
> > have the fittings on the forks and stays to accommodate them. But what about
> on
> > topic bikes that were never intended to use them? Grafting a Bluemels onto a
> > Masi? It seems to me that what equipment and what purpose a bike was designed
> > for determines the appropriateness of the equipment used on it. I'm still
> > deciding if I'll add merd guards to the le Champion for the winter...no
> eyelets
> > on the drop-outs, but for winter riding it seems to be a useful addition.
> > Doug Wagner
> > Richmond KY
> >
> >
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