Funny Hardware

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1. mike | 25/03/09

   someone commented that it would be useful for a tire change… but the bike has vertical dropouts (see next image in the flkr set), so the wheel should fall nearly straight down, not affecting the fender. it could be that this fender design is for bikes with track ends… which would start to make sense – i hated wheel changes on a poorly designed commuter fixed gear i had with track ends and fenders.

2. ojaw | 28/03/09

   Maybe for quick fender removal when storing vertically on train cars?

3. ojaw | 28/03/09

   …along with the wheel of course.

4. jan | 5/04/09

   This bracket is for the traditional japanese touring set-up, and it goes like this: headset lock-nuts are knurled and tightened by hand, rear fender is split in two and separable. Thus, for transport by train, fork+front wheel and rear wheel+rear portion of fender are placed at opposite sides of frame, making for very compact dimensions.

5. jan | 7/04/09

   here is a link with pictures of what i described above:

   http://www.japancycling.org/v2/info/bikesj/tourbi...

   jan

6. Billy Wallbike | 8/04/09

   Thank you for the link, Jan. It is clear now. You have answered the question.

7. fenderbender | 8/04/09

   Those take-apart fender are often used for Rinko cycling. This is more like day rides than touring trips.
   They take the train out of major cities but are not allowed to bring the bikes on the train unless they are pack.
   Often they ride up into the mountins on Pass Hunter events and log every pass.
   The lightweight nylon bags (rinko bukuro) used often fit to the saddle bagloops when folded up:
   http://www.japancycling.org/v2/info/rinko/rinko.s...
   http://velo-orange.blogspot.com/2006/08/rinko.htm...
   http://translate.google.com.sv/translate?u=http%3...

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