Comments on: Funny Hardware

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:25:26 +0000

I believe these to be rinko fenders, they partially disassemble to facilitate train travel. The Japanese put their bikes into nylon bags that fit neatly into the baggage compartment.

By: fenderbender

fenderbender — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:50:58 +0000

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...

By: Billy Wallbike

Billy Wallbike — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:09:56 +0000

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

By: jan

jan — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:31:45 +0000

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

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

jan