Velo Orange has the Bikeman fender flute in stock. I wish I’d known about it last year, but I still need one.
@Dirt 43519 wrote:
Get creative with the front install for the fender. There’s a thing called a “Star Nut” that is used for installing a headset. It is basically a threaded insert that fits into the steer tube of the fork that allows you to bolt directly into the fork. If you can use one of those without interfering with the front brake, the installation is SUPER easy and clean.
V-O makes a fork crown eyelet that also makes that process pretty easy and clean for some forks that have a caliper rim brake. I believe that still comes with the hardware kit along with the fenders, so you don’t have to buy one separately.
Basically when I do a new build with the fenders, I buy extra leather washers (or use some that I have on hand) and add 1 or 2 mud flaps. No extra hardware required. I did one install on a rather odd frame (The WTF shown below) where it helped to have an extra set of stays to hold the fenders still. That was a very unusual frame. Most normal bikes will neither need nor benefit from extra stays…. Though I thought about adding a set of stays to the front of the front fender because it is a little crooked after being hit by a car the third time. (Starting to understand the durability of these things?)
