Gravel Bike First Year

Extended the rear fender back a bit

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I attached a Topeak QuickClick mount to
a limited edition simple rear fender
that slots onto the Ascenders saddle rails.
It's my personal rear fender, but...

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With the F25 fixer on the saddle rail side—
which has a short rearward extension—
it ends up looking like this.

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↑The angle looks like this

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↑The mounting point on the saddle rail

From here, I switched the saddle rail side mount
to an F33 fixer—
which has a longer rearward extension.

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The fender position moved back, but...

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The angle tilted upward.

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↑The mounting point on the saddle rail
Mounted to the straight section where the seat post clamp attaches—
and this is the result.
If I mount it to the L-shaped upward section of the rail,
the angle tilts up even more.

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↑The downward-facing side when mounting
the F33 and F25 fixers

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↑The upward-facing side

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The F25 fixer is secured with one bolt

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↑The rail-gripping section looks like this

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The F33 fixer is secured with two bolts

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↑The rail-gripping section looks like this

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The slot for the fixing bolt doesn't allow
angle adjustment, but...

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I was thinking about filing down the mount bracket
so the bolt would pass through at around this angle,
and then tightening it at the maximum downward bend angle, but...

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Instead, I attempted to change the angle of the metal part's
rail-gripping section.
I'll file down the rail to the masking tape line
I put on as a guide.

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↑Both unmodified sides

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↑Both modified sides
Actually, I'll match the unmodified and modified sides
so the bracket angle tilts downward.

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Before (F25 fixer)

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After (F33 fixer)

I'd like to angle it down a bit more
(ideally just slightly tilted up from horizontal),
but this is about as far as I could get it.

Since the rear end of the fender just barely extends past
the saddle's horizontal line,
it ends up with about the same angle as it was with the F22 fixer.

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