Originally Posted by
smokeycanuck
Good day, hope this is the right forum for the question but I would guess folks with touring bikes or commuters have come across this issue before.
So I finally picked up a Surly Nice Front and Rear Rack for my LHT and noticed an issue. My LHT already has a set of SKS fenders and the front fender mounts in the rear eyelet of the fork which is where Surly recommends the Nice rack is mounted to. To me, it makes sense to put the rack mount inboard and the fender mount outboard on the same eyelet with a longer M5 bolt. PROBLEM is the SKS front fenders have a plastic "quick release" do-dad that is close to a 1/4 thick doesn't rest comfortable against the Surly rack mount.
I have heard some have used hose clamps or P-clips mounted higher on the fork blade for the fender. Has anybody wrestled with this before and come up with a good solution?
I’ve dealt with this is a couple of ways. In the past, I just pulled the breakaway off the fender (don’t need it for the rear) and trapped it under the rack bolt. Use a washer under the bolt.
More recently I went with p-clamps but I used nylon ones. You don’t need anything really strong to hold the fender. You can find nylon p-clamps at your local hardware.
