No, it’s not a picture of some strange Double-Dutch handle bar bike I’m working on. No it’s not an air foil to neutralize the drag caused by an 8-pack of T.P. It’s my fender.
I did some groceries this morning and when I was putting everything back on the rack I noticed the bolt that attaches the rack to the eyelet in the dropout had dropped out. What to do?! Fortunately, I had my bag of tools. I thought I had a spare bolt but no luck. My only choice, was to use one of the bolts that attaches the fenders to the frame for the rack.
So off the fenders went.
A woman was walking her dog and watched me for a while as I brought out my tool bag and started disassembling the fender. “You have to take that off to put your bags on?,” she asked. I tried to explain, but god bless her pointy little head, she couldn’t understand.
I popped the fenders off, used the bolt for the rack and slipped everything under my cargo net (one of the greatest bike commuter accessories ever).
Just a reminder, always check those pesky rack bolts that always seem to disappear when you need them most and bring a bag of tools with you too.
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