Originally Posted by
polymorphself
Will you go for fenders eventually, given your rainy locale and the nature of the bike?
I am looking into it heavily, and stopped by Recycled Cycles last week to look at the PDW Road Plus fenders and others. PDW has larger ones, but the horizontal/flat center section was quite wide and ungainly. The Road Plus, at 37mm overall width (for 30mm "max" tires), has the center section much more proportional in relation to the angled sides. So that's in the 'lead' for PDW fender choices. Oddly enough, the Planet Bike et al fenders, which are 1/3 the price, have a nice cross-section (constant curve)--enough that a changing out of the 'pup flaps' for proper long ones is a much more palatable (cheaper) solution to the fender situation.
The hindrance to all of this was the rear spoke going out. I want to bring the bike into RC (preferably riding it) and semi-mock up the fenders (at least a rear one) to get a rough visual estimate of how it would look.