installing SKS fenders on canti fork

[Lee]

I'm installing a set of SKS fenders on my new (to me) Lightspeed Blue Ridge.
The bike came with a beautiful Alpha Q cross fork that is not drilled for a
front brake and does not have eyelets on the dropouts.

Initially I gave up and installed a Winwood Muddy fork but it's just not up
to the quality of the Alpha Q.

So I can use P-Clamps for the eyelets at the bottom...but the mount at the
top of the fender has me baffled. There is no hole for the brake, and there
is no vertical hole below the steerer tube -- just a solid mass of carbon
(well, it's probably hollow, but that's irrelevant...)

Anyway, I'm not drilling into this beauty. I am looking for an elegant
solution that doesn't require zipties and duck tape...

So do I epoxy a nut to the back of the fork crown? To the bottom?

I do want this to be a permanent mount -- no falling off, jamming parts into
the wheel and causing a faceplant.

Thoughts appreciated.

Lee

 

[Alex]

Lee wrote:
> I'm installing a set of SKS fenders on my new (to me) Lightspeed Blue Ridge.
> The bike came with a beautiful Alpha Q cross fork that is not drilled for a
> front brake and does not have eyelets on the dropouts.
>
> Initially I gave up and installed a Winwood Muddy fork but it's just not up
> to the quality of the Alpha Q.
>
> So I can use P-Clamps for the eyelets at the bottom...but the mount at the
> top of the fender has me baffled. There is no hole for the brake, and there
> is no vertical hole below the steerer tube -- just a solid mass of carbon
> (well, it's probably hollow, but that's irrelevant...)
>
> Anyway, I'm not drilling into this beauty. I am looking for an elegant
> solution that doesn't require zipties and duck tape...
>
> So do I epoxy a nut to the back of the fork crown? To the bottom?
>
> I do want this to be a permanent mount -- no falling off, jamming parts into
> the wheel and causing a faceplant.

If your fork is open at the bottom I would take an expanding plug and
use it underneath the fork crown. Then drill a hole in the fender and
use a long bolt to hod it onto the fork.
--------------------
Alex

 

[Qui si parla Campagnolo]

Alex wrote:
> Lee wrote:
> > I'm installing a set of SKS fenders on my new (to me) Lightspeed Blue Ridge.
> > The bike came with a beautiful Alpha Q cross fork that is not drilled for a
> > front brake and does not have eyelets on the dropouts.
> >
> > Initially I gave up and installed a Winwood Muddy fork but it's just not up
> > to the quality of the Alpha Q.
> >
> > So I can use P-Clamps for the eyelets at the bottom...but the mount at the
> > top of the fender has me baffled. There is no hole for the brake, and there
> > is no vertical hole below the steerer tube -- just a solid mass of carbon
> > (well, it's probably hollow, but that's irrelevant...)
> >
> > Anyway, I'm not drilling into this beauty. I am looking for an elegant
> > solution that doesn't require zipties and duck tape...
> >
> > So do I epoxy a nut to the back of the fork crown? To the bottom?
> >
> > I do want this to be a permanent mount -- no falling off, jamming parts into
> > the wheel and causing a faceplant.
>
> If your fork is open at the bottom I would take an expanding plug and
> use it underneath the fork crown. Then drill a hole in the fender and
> use a long bolt to hod it onto the fork.
> --------------------
> Alex

"" there
is no vertical hole below the steerer tube -- just a solid mass of
carbon
(well, it's probably hollow, but that's irrelevant...) ""

I think the only one is going to be a SKS "RaceBlade" quick release
front fender. I wouldn't drill into the thing either.