Mark Stonich wrote:
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> Chuck,
> All of my bikes with cotters have proper chainguards (trouser
> guards?) and of course mudguards.
>
> I suppose when I get my RRA Moderne on the road next year, I'll start
> rolling up my trouser cuffs like a 7 year old.
>
> In fact, for that one bike, I may as well install the cotters
> up-side-down (backwards?)
Mark, you're in luck, they invented trouser clips more than 100 years ago so grown-ups don't have to roll up their pants like a 7 year old (no offense).
Very few of my bikes have fenders because very few of them were intended to be ridden with fenders. If it's raining (very unusual here) I skip it... and if I get caught in the rain, no biggie. As the song says, "it never rains in LA."
Remember the Count that ordered his Bugatti without lights because he never drove after sundown?
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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