http://www.brucew.com/blog/2009/04/01/577 It's a male midlife crisis story—only without the red sports car and trophy boyfriend Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:01:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.brucew.com/blog/2009/04/01/577/comment-page-1#comment-24508 Donald Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:27:15 +0000 http://www.brucew.com/blog/?p=577#comment-24508 I've found that fenders without a machined "lip" do little to actually prevent road spray, except for the rooster tail up my backside. When riding in constant rain, if you're going to have fenders mounted, it is important to have ones that have the machined edge (lip). This allows the rain which accumulates on the underside of the fender to drain downward and off the bottom of the fender toward the ground, instead of running outward and off the sides of the fender, straight into the leg. I've found that good fenders and proper application of same has saved me a lot of wear and tear on gear and on days when there is a little rain but a lot of wet pavement, good fenders properly installed will keep my feet dry. I’ve found that fenders without a machined “lip” do little to actually prevent road spray, except for the rooster tail up my backside. When riding in constant rain, if you’re going to have fenders mounted, it is important to have ones that have the machined edge (lip). This allows the rain which accumulates on the underside of the fender to drain downward and off the bottom of the fender toward the ground, instead of running outward and off the sides of the fender, straight into the leg. I’ve found that good fenders and proper application of same has saved me a lot of wear and tear on gear and on days when there is a little rain but a lot of wet pavement, good fenders properly installed will keep my feet dry.

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