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It’s not always necessary to buy parts. Sometimes a little creativity can save you some bucks and give your ride a little style. Plastic water bottles are getting a lot of flack for taking up space in land fills, but they can also be used to keep road grime off. With a few zip ties and a box cutter or scissors you can design fenders of your own.
I cut this bottle in half and strapped the two halves on my seat tube to keep the grime off my legs. A seat post rack takes care of the back splash. The bottle is simple and does the trick . . . in style.
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1 Levi // Jan 26, 2008 at 9:03 am
That’s nice how the two halves fit right in there.
2 Fender Hacks | BikeHacks // Apr 12, 2008 at 1:47 pm
[...] big fan of modifying water bottles for fender use for some time. I covered one such a hack in a previous post featuring this first method of fending off road grime. Simply cut some bottles in half and zip tie [...]
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