I don't get the mudguards - other than as ornaments, what are they keeping clean?We_are_Stevo":68pw25wv said:Having offended a good proportion of the membership by fitting a white Flite to my Kili Comp, I'll compound my heinous flaunting of apparent RetroBIKE goog taste with my...
...small frame; long seatpost; 160mm stem; modern canti's; mudguards (neon!)...
In my defence; I may be over 6' tall but I have short legs and long arms so I like my frames set up this way (aesthetics may also have a certain say in it too ), I put the yellow canti's on because a: they're Ritchey style and b: I've Maguras on my other cro-mega and I like yellow brakes, and BiTD I had the matching neon pink mudguards on my white cro-mega so could resist these when they came up on eBay!
Neil":2yhh7nkz said:I don't get the mudguards - other than as ornaments, what are they keeping clean?We_are_Stevo":2yhh7nkz said:Having offended a good proportion of the membership by fitting a white Flite to my Kili Comp, I'll compound my heinous flaunting of apparent RetroBIKE goog taste with my...
...small frame; long seatpost; 160mm stem; modern canti's; mudguards (neon!)...
In my defence; I may be over 6' tall but I have short legs and long arms so I like my frames set up this way (aesthetics may also have a certain say in it too ), I put the yellow canti's on because a: they're Ritchey style and b: I've Maguras on my other cro-mega and I like yellow brakes, and BiTD I had the matching neon pink mudguards on my white cro-mega so could resist these when they came up on eBay!
Their brackets?
I had several road (/ "racers") bikes in the 80s with that sort of thing on, so I have frequent, reoccuring flashbacks of their efficacy.thecannibal":222nly68 said:Those kind of guards do way more than you'd think. Used to be very popular on road bikes.Neil":222nly68 said:I don't get the mudguards - other than as ornaments, what are they keeping clean?
Their brackets?
See now you've said that, I've got Brick-Top and his rants rolling around my noggin.t-stoff":an481uui said:they are actually good if you live near a pig farm : /
Neil":8wjwnslg said:I had several road (/ "racers") bikes in the 80s with that sort of thing on, so I have frequent, reoccuring flashbacks of their efficacy.thecannibal":8wjwnslg said:Those kind of guards do way more than you'd think. Used to be very popular on road bikes.Neil":8wjwnslg said:I don't get the mudguards - other than as ornaments, what are they keeping clean?
Their brackets?
Suffice to say, they help keep their brackets clean...
I'm largely recovered from the trauma, now, but it's been a long, rocky, and torturous, not to mention expensive, journey of the usual - you know, pills, therapy, self-help CDs.
"Sanity is such a drag"We_are_Stevo":vqq448xa said:I suggest you ask for a refund...