tarik saleh wrote:
>The recent thread on shortie fenders brings up the
>question, whats the deal here?
Lots of folks would like to have the advantages of fenders without actually having fenders.
Lots of other folks are ready to take their money with semi-useless gadgets that purport to do this.
Shorty fenders do protect the headset, but accomplish nothing else.
They belong on bikes with stem shifters and bolt-on brake lever extensions.
Sheldon "ESGE" Brown
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