[CR]Re: fenders and guardez-boues

(Example: Framebuilders:Richard Moon)

Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:52:25 -0800 (PST)
From: "Doug Wagner" <velodoug2004@yahoo.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <MONKEYFOODRw1SSfWXW00000929@monkeyfood.nt.phred.org>
Subject: [CR]Re: fenders and guardez-boues

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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