Re: [CR]Re: fenders and guardez-bouses

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To: Doug Wagner <velodoug2004@yahoo.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: fenders and guardez-bouses
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:23:19 +0000


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

\r?\n> classic British bikes...I have them on my Woodrup and put them on my Raleigh in

\r?\n> the winter...they look correct, are functional, and most important, the bikes

\r?\n> have the fittings on the forks and stays to accommodate them. But what about on

\r?\n> topic bikes that were never intended to use them? Grafting a Bluemels onto a

\r?\n> Masi? It seems to me that what equipment and what purpose a bike was designed

\r?\n> for determines the appropriateness of the equipment used on it. I'm still

\r?\n> deciding if I'll add merd guards to the le Champion for the winter...no eyelets

\r?\n> on the drop-outs, but for winter riding it seems to be a useful addition.

\r?\n> Doug Wagner

\r?\n> Richmond KY

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