fender mounting - leather washers question

[Winded]

I haven't used the leather washers before, but was planning on putting them between the bolt and the fender when mounting my new alu fenders. Is that the correct location, or do they go between the fender and the frame (or both)?
thanks,
ted.

[mschol17]

fender and frame.

You can kinda see it here:
http://www.hampsten.com/images/model.../audax7_lg.jpg

[Winded]

not the most sexy thread. thanks for the response.
ted.

[BryanF]

Where can you buy leather washers? I plan to fender-up later this summer...never installed Honjos before and am gathering all the little bits I need...

[GrantM]

www.velo-orange.com sells the washers.

fenders is sexy.

[palincss]

Where can you buy leather washers? I plan to fender-up later this summer...never installed Honjos before and am gathering all the little bits I need...

The last set of Honjos I bought came from Velo Orange with all the bits except the leather washers included in the package.

There are mounting instructions on the Velo Orange and Jitensha web sites. Also, Bicycle Quarterly has published a couple of illustrated articles explaining how to install them. I found it's slow, fiddly, and requires a lot of patience because if you need to to drill (some of them come mostly pre-drilled) you have to temporarily mount, mark, remove, drill, mount, mark, remove, drill, remount, mark, drill, remount. But patience is definitely rewarded: they look great and work as good as they look. Visualization helped. I spent a couple of weeks reading about it, visualizing, remembering what I'd seen when Peter White mounted a Berthoud fender on my Saluki, before doing it myself.

[hampco]

the first three times you do steel or alloy fenders is tough, after that it's easy. we always use the "L" clamps from jitensha and the sheldon nuts from QBP. we often make custom delrin (you know, simplex material) spacers for the fitting at the chain stay bridge.

cable cutters are nice for snipping the stays (finish w/file), extra points if you give the stay the peter weigle kink.

[dave1215]

peter weigle kink

hmmm, he always seemed a fairly conservative, traditional fellow to me. :D

[hampco]

give him two beers, a taser, and put on your clown suit.

then you'll see.