free bike fender
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robert stanfield at 02.7.09 - 11:21 am
hi,i know its raining and that sucks ,oh well.if you need an emergency fender that dosent cost anything check this out............
grab 2 or 3 plastic water bottles.cut a slit in the bottom of them.
push the neck of one into the hole of the other,repeat.
then mash the whole thing down flatt.jam the top end into your rear brake bridge. tape down if needed............voilla, rear fender.
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another look,it worked great last night,no rooster tail.now to figure out the front.............................
robert stanfield02.7.09 - 11:23 am
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i love that the water bottle becomes reincarnated as a new object yet still fulfills its duty of directing and containing the natural flow of water.
cerro torre02.7.09 - 7:20 pm
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nice link.that front wont work for me tho......no eyelets on my bike.
mc guyver hipsters like me dont have alot of tire clearance on there
fixies.
robert stanfield02.7.09 - 7:21 pm
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I also like the one involving the "no-weld" recumbents and tall-bikes, especially for those of us that have no welding equipment, or skills.
bentstrider02.7.09 - 7:59 pm
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For the ultimate in DIY fenders,
Kent Peterson is the authority.
Unfortunately his old pages have been taken down, but they're sill available via the Way Back.
Fend for Yourself
Note: The link can take a while to retrieve on Way Back.
laoxue02.8.09 - 6:00 pm
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wait this guy took an eddie merkx put a riser stem on it, turned the drops into bullhorns, runs the brake cables backwards through the levers, turned it SS, and made fenders out of political signs? someone shoot this man.
larsenf02.8.09 - 6:12 pm
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omg the blog is even worse, dont click unless you wished to be scarred for life.
larsenf02.8.09 - 6:18 pm
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Sure is fun getting worked up over an inch of rain!
Take THAT Portland!!!
User102.8.09 - 6:34 pm
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you are right that poor merkx is hideous.the brakes look like the fangs of a pit viper,ready to strike.
robert stanfield02.8.09 - 8:15 pm
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That fuckin merkx looks like a snowplow!
User102.8.09 - 10:29 pm
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robert stanfield, don't mention it. I love that site — I can't admit to making a lot of things off the site, but just reading about it is so interesting to me.
aksendz, MacGyver totally was a hipster. He even had a mullet. And grey stone-washed jeans, and dunks, and yellow-tinted aviator glasses. Dude probably lived in Williamsburg ... but way before it was cool.
katiepoche02.9.09 - 1:56 am
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Issaquah, WA is actually a pretty, nice area.
Spent a little time up there while I was driving cross-country.
bentstrider02.9.09 - 3:42 am
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