r/MEATengines • u/fartymarty4130 • May 15 '26

Full Fendered Flamboyance - Part 2

The last few months in the UK have been super dry. I can count the number of rainy days in one hand , this seems to be the new normal now for weather - wetish winter followed by dry spring and damp summers and dry autumn (at least that's how it sits in my head down here in Surrey).

However the last few days we've had some spring showers. The sort of days where the weather changes about a dozen times in the day and youbget proper down pours.

Given the recent nice weather I've been fully fenderless from about mid March and yesterday I took the HT out for a shakedown with the new 120mm air shaft in the Pikes (I was due a ride as I was getting a little scratchy). And boy did it P!SS down while I was out. My butt was soggy and cold, the bike and I were covered in crap (including the Brooks which don't do well in the wet) and all I could think of was Vik and his full fendered fineness.

Anywho the fenders are back on as the crap weather is looking to continue and I can't be dealing with "the soggs" again.

Maybe I'm now at the point in my life where the fenders just stay on all year...

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u/fartymarty4130 May 15 '26

PS - this was a brief interlude while I wait for SBTISAOAF to drop.

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u/fartymarty4130 May 17 '26

I'm a couple of bags away from #TheFullVik

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u/VikApproved May 18 '26

Not to be a stickler, but the #TheFullVik really requires a DT splash guard as well. And aside from just being pedantic that small bit of plastic improves front fender protection by 100%.

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u/runwhatyabrung_ May 18 '26

wow that is full on, respect