Team Blog

Even though the Central Coast is probably not going to see much more rain this year, after getting a new team Ridley bike, I decided to change my 4 year old Fondriest to a rain & winter bike. I wanted to put on full-coverage fenders which was a problem since I was using a race bike with no fender eyelets and campy record brakes calipers. I used Planet Bike Cascade fenders, which needed to have some fabricated attachments due to the tight clearances of the frame and wheels. The entire setup was purchased and installed at Joselyn's Bike shop in Monterey by Jason (one of their helpful mechanics). The fenders have about a half centimeter of clearance from the tires, but there seems to be no fender rub as of yet. Also, since I didn't have to change over to long reach brake calipers, the record brakes should still give me plenty of stopping power, even in wet conditions. The fenders themselves have great coverage. I'm thinking the extended mudguards should keep the crud off my feet, and also provide some spray protection to anyone riding behind me. I'm not sure if we'll have any more rain this year to allow me to test these fenders in real wet conditions, but I'm sure we'll have some of that wet, drizzly central coast fog. Either way, I'm hoping to test it out on wet roads pretty soon.


submitted by Gregg Olson