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Riding in the wet

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  1. Oh man, I had the worse wet commute today... it wasn't even raining heavily

    I have never been so dirty ever from a commute to work, actually, I've never been this dirty from any sort of cycling.

    I rode through camelia/rosehill along Grand Avenue... I was filthy, like cement like sediment was stuck to everything.... it took so long to clean my legs and wash down my nike spray jacket...

    Luckily I rode my old Apollo commuter, it was covered in [censored] and it was all through the gears too... lots of fun cleaning it tonight

    Not pleasant....

    Anyone know how to get around this prob...

  2. robalert said:

    Oh man, I had the worse wet commute today... it wasn't even raining heavily

    I have never been so dirty ever from a commute to work, actually, I've never been this dirty from any sort of cycling.

    I rode through camelia/rosehill along Grand Avenue... I was filthy, like cement like sediment was stuck to everything.... it took so long to clean my legs and wash down my nike spray jacket...

    Luckily I rode my old Apollo commuter, it was covered in [censored] and it was all through the gears too... lots of fun cleaning it tonight

    Not pleasant....

    Anyone know how to get around this prob...


    Got fenders?

  3. Dr.Hairybiker said:

    Got fenders?

    no, they look hell daggy...

    also the mtb ones don't really work...

    i think i need full length ones but not sure where to get them..

    my bike is a MTB with 26x1.25 tyres.... what fenders do you recommend

    also, i already have a rear sherpa rack but it doesn't seem to stop spray

  4. robalert said:

    Anyone know how to get around this prob...

    Move to Brisbane, I can't remember what real rain is....

  5. robalert said:

    no, they look hell daggy...

    also the mtb ones don't really work...

    i think i need full length ones but not sure where to get them..

    my bike is a MTB with 26x1.25 tyres.... what fenders do you recommend

    also, i already have a rear sherpa rack but it doesn't seem to stop spray


    Get full length fenders - daggy or not. I have fenders on all my bikes:

    Giant Sedona: Zefal mutants, not full length, [censored] gets dumped on the FD bad.
    Giant Innova S/S project bike: Pulled a nice set of full length aluminium mudguards off a rubbish collection bike.
    Giant CRX2: SKS chromo-plastics. These look great. Pity the CRX2 has less-than-perfect clearance, I really struggled and have to grind away a small part of the fork today to make the front ones fit without rubbing the tyre.

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