So I just did a 2.5 week tour of tasmania, got rained on many times. I was freaking out because I didn't have time to install fenders before I left.
After going without, I am forced to ask: What is the point of fenders? The tires don't throw up any water unless you ride through a deep puddle. If It's dumping rain to such an extent that there are unavoidable puddles, it is likely that 1) you have your rain gear on and or 2) you are wet anyway.
Someone defend fenders, because I am about to renounce them forever.
After going without, I am forced to ask: What is the point of fenders? The tires don't throw up any water unless you ride through a deep puddle. If It's dumping rain to such an extent that there are unavoidable puddles, it is likely that 1) you have your rain gear on and or 2) you are wet anyway.
Someone defend fenders, because I am about to renounce them forever.