Fender, or no fender?

[CapoDelToro]

Fender...

[RodSlide]

Fender !!!

[Hubbitron]

I ride in all weather with no fender. I can't bring myself to buy one. Needs a more sleek design.

[eric]

Fender ouf course

[tony420121]

@Hubbitron I bet your pants are destroyed, after one wet ride though.

[Polle]

@Hubbitron I share your opinion, but clean shoes/pants are also quite practical :)

[groovyruvy]

The fender is nice to have when riding sand / dirt / water / offroading, as it keeps water + debris from flying up and landing on your shoes and lower legs / pants. For wet / inclement weather the fender plays a bigger role in keeping you and your board clean. Not essential, but nice to have. As for how it looks, the newer fenders they've been shipping look nice and are super durable. Compared to the original matte fenders they used to ship, which look like pre-production / prototype models, the new fenders look amazing.

[SaturnOne]

@Hubbitron If I could stand wet/dirty pants/legs/shoes I'd be riding without fender. But I can't.
With fender: I don't like little rocks/debris smacking between the wheel and the fender either, but prefer that greatly over the wet/dirty pants/shoes.
No-brainer in the end.

[cytoe]

I had been riding with no fender since I got the Onewheel this summer. The rocks kicking up into my shoes was irritating, but the snow kicking up on the foot pads was sketchy as it made the deck slippery. Here's a fender I made w/ some plastic I had on hand

[slydogstroh]

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[LidPhones]

@floaton
Absolutely a fender on the OW makes a huge difference in stopping many items from being slung towards your exposed areas ;-)

A few here have traveled through some nasty stuff that they then had to wear until cleaned.....

[slydogstroh]

I can't post a pic from mobile but check it.
https://instagram.com/p/BPK_5kEB7mc/
The fender is a must for my commute!

[LidPhones]

@slydogstroh
Nice splash...

[slydogstroh]

@LidPhones think about how destroyed those khakis would have been if I didn't have the fender.. lol

[LidPhones]

@slydogstroh
They would have been a darker shade of brown ... LOL. Not to mention the hour of damp crotch while at work.

[Hubbitron]

@slydogstroh nothing more punk rock than a pair of khakis.

[badcheese]

If your primary concern is looking a little more punk rock to random strangers, a fender might not suit you. If your main concern is your own experience, a fender is probably a very good investment.

For what it's worth, part of the punk rock ethic is not giving a shit what other people think.

[Hubbitron]

@badcheese my concern is not having to look at a fugly $80 piece of plastic. Again, unpopular opinion.

[Zen.Potatoes]

@Hubbitron said in Fender, or no fender?:

@badcheese my concern is not having to look at a fugly $80 piece of plastic. Again, unpopular opinion.

If you're lookin at the fender you ain't shredding the board.... Just admit you're a hipster and get it over with :P No one's perfect....

[sonny123]

@badcheese said in Fender, or no fender?:

For what it's worth, part of the punk rock ethic is not giving a shit what other people think.

Exactly. I thought I'd never use a fender as I love the fenderless look.
Then I got tired of having to remove tiny pebbles from my sneakers.
I then slammed a homemade plastic out of a bucket with a little duct tape upgrade ..
Often prompts the question, did you make that?
It ain't the prettiest but who cares?

[groovyruvy]

@sonny123 digging the AAA sticker on your OW- do you offer tow service for broke-down hoverboarders? :)

[sonny123]

@groovyruvy

Yes if they don't mind 2-3 hours wait. lol..

[No]

@Hubbitron said in Fender, or no fender?:

@badcheese my concern is not having to look at a fugly $80 piece of plastic. Again, unpopular opinion.

I agree for the most part, but riding through water without one is just too much for me personally, that's why I took a @njcustom fender and chopped it up into something that's more of a hybrid. But I think the concept of a mini-fender could be vastly improved, mine are kinda crappy. The trick would be to have some sort of dense brush that covered a couple inches of the wheel, might give it a shot sometime, we'll see

EDIT: just found these https://www.google.com/search?q=brush+attachment&biw=2560&bih=1012&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjn3Yfzvr3RAhXIjlQKHc1TAsIQ_AUIBygC#tbm=isch&q=flexible+brush+strip

[Solaranlage]

Im riding with the fender on since my first testride. Never wanna do that again. Wet weather is unimaginable without, and we've got lost of wet weather here.
The only thing that bothers me is the noise. Is there anything i can do about that?

[groovyruvy]

@Solaranlage turn the music up :)

[Solaranlage]

That works for me. But not for everyone else. Sounds like plastic and not like the cool "never-seen-before" rideable it is.

[sonny123]

@groovyruvy

No need, that noise is music to my ears.. ;)

[groovyruvy]

@Solaranlage what is causing the noise you're getting / what is the noise? In my experience a OW with a fender doesn't sound different than a OW without a fender. . . . unless maybe something stuck up underneath and rapping on it?

[Solaranlage]

What i mean is the sound of all that tiny stones that rush through the fender. Ist like a permanent chhhrrrrr... all the time i ride on pavement.

[groovyruvy]

@Solaranlage ok got it. I've not done this but you could remove the fender and apply a thin layer of adhesive-backed rubber or other similar material to the underside. Or maybe coat the underside with a rubberized finish. That would reduce the noise of the rocks and debris hitting it.

[Solaranlage]

Good idea. I think i'll ask my mechanic aswell. If i come up with something working i'll post it.

[8bit]

@Solaranlage

Here you go! Njcustoms has a good solution for the noise:
https://archive.owforum.co.uk/topic/1357/tip-to-quiet-your-fender

[Solaranlage]

Thanks for that.

[floaton]

@Solaranlage wonder if that flex shot infomercial garbage would work?

[SC720]

@floaton If not you can always use it to make a boat out of an old screen door!

[Dudedrometer]

@floaton The flex seal stuff is for real! I have used it for lots of things. It is 12 bucks for a can of it and you would only use a small amount for the fender.

[floaton]

Leftover slide board material turned fender. Just happened to be black and blue. Pretty satisfied with it for the cost. Ain't pretty, but neither am I.

[sonny123]

@floaton Nice job.

I like the brackets for easy snap on/snap off,
and with the 3M fasteners, it's pretty solid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrCJd8zs3rw&feature=youtu.be