Much like old cars, what made them so tough is also what made them so cheap: low tolerance (as in a lot of wiggle room so to speak) and a lot of material because thinner steel costs more.
Many bicycle manufacturers will sell frames without any components. Now, why the big box bikes brands don't do this is a mystery as it seems the only good part is the frame.
Yup, please do listen to this. Please...YEP..."Beware the fenders" if they are not properly reinforced from how they come stock from the factory...Don't let this happen to you.
Safety - Beware the fenders!!!
Don't take the warning lightly!!!!!! My son in law is in the hospital in critical condition cause of the fender getting into the tire and rolling around till it locked the front wheel and threw him over the bars. Of course he wasn't wearing a helmet:helmet: This just happened Wednesday. Here's...motoredbikes.com
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Taught ya quite a lesson, didn't it???...lol...You actually bent the frame on that one making it totally useless...lol...Did you ever finish cleaning out the "racing stripes" from your undies from this one yet???...lol.Yup, please do listen to this. Please...
Ill admit I was warned...
Just to start off with, fenders look sick, but they come at a price. I love the look of fenders on a bike, and I would love to keep them, but I should have taken the 5 or 10 minutes to reinforce mine. My bike is an older Huffy Newport. It's an amazing frame, and it has fenders. I was headed...
Blew those suckers out too while you were at it, Huh???...lol...lol.Never even tried to clean em
Not quite, they did start to fray
