Riding in the wet

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 crap and it was all through the gears too... lots of fun cleaning it tonight

Not pleasant....

Anyone know how to get around this prob...

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Rob

www.bikenorth.org.au

'07 Giant OCR Composite 3 - R550s with Michi Prorace2

'06 Giant CRX1

'96 Apollo Himalaya commuter - Rigid Fork, slicks, fully racked

DMR Switchback Reynolds 520- Velocity Cliffhangers, SRAM X-9, Easton bar/stem


DMR Trailstar 2 4130- Mavic117, Dice Whiplash, SCUD DH bars, LX 9spd, DMR Crisis Cranks.

'04 Giant VT3 frame - SOLD

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

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Rob

www.bikenorth.org.au

'07 Giant OCR Composite 3 - R550s with Michi Prorace2

'06 Giant CRX1

'96 Apollo Himalaya commuter - Rigid Fork, slicks, fully racked

DMR Switchback Reynolds 520- Velocity Cliffhangers, SRAM X-9, Easton bar/stem


DMR Trailstar 2 4130- Mavic117, Dice Whiplash, SCUD DH bars, LX 9spd, DMR Crisis Cranks.

'04 Giant VT3 frame - SOLD

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

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

Giant Sedona: Zefal mutants, not full length, crap 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.