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Old May 4th 08, 07:50 AM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
Jon Bendtsen
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Why do recumbent manufactures always show their
recumbent bikes without fenders?
Most other bikes are shown and sold with fenders.


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Old May 4th 08, 09:56 AM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
Tom Sherman[_2_]
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Jon Bendtsen wrote:
Why do recumbent manufactures always show their
recumbent bikes without fenders?
Most other bikes are shown and sold with fenders.

Where? In the US, bikes on websites and in advertisements are generally
shown without fenders, except for city bikes which are the exception
rather than the rule. This is likely due to bicycles being an accepted
form of transportation in Europe, while only "odd" people use bicycles
for transportation in the US.

The Japanese websites I have looked at generally show bicycles without
fenders, but usually have fenders in the list of accessories.

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Old May 4th 08, 11:47 AM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
Jon Bendtsen
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Tom Sherman wrote:
Jon Bendtsen wrote:
Why do recumbent manufactures always show their
recumbent bikes without fenders?
Most other bikes are shown and sold with fenders.

Where? In the US, bikes on websites and in advertisements are generally
shown without fenders, except for city bikes which are the exception
rather than the rule. This is likely due to bicycles being an accepted
form of transportation in Europe, while only "odd" people use bicycles
for transportation in the US.


Well, maybe it is an american thing that they dont have
fenders. I got the impression after seeing RANS and bachetta
bikes because they were mentioned in here.



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Old May 4th 08, 06:40 PM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
Peter Clinch
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Default why are there no fenders?

Jon Bendtsen wrote:
Why do recumbent manufactures always show their
recumbent bikes without fenders?
Most other bikes are shown and sold with fenders.


For some values of "most"...

In the Uk you have to go out of your way to get mudguards, and
pretty much everywhere sports cycles are routinely sold without any.

Unless you're buying a utility bike in a land where English is not
the mother tongue, it's more common not to get any than the other
way about, there's nothing unusual about recumbents in that regard.
As for them being optional, it's a side-effect of them being
small production runs where it's easy to assemble things to
customer specification.

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