These are the best plastic fenders you can get. They're made of a gummy, recycled plastic that's hard to crack. We like these over all others. Get the 700x35s if you use 700c wheels and tires skinner than 28, the 45s if you ride up to a 38-40 size. Get the 50s if you have a 26" wheel skinnier than 26x1.4 and a 65 if it's larger. The 35s fit most road bikes with sidepulls, and the larger ones (45s?) fit canti bikes and some (not all) standard reach sidepulls.

TIP: Get some reflective tape and run a strip of it up the back fender. It sticks great and shines bright, and if you're ever out at night without a light, at least you've got this. You're going to be seen.

Note: After fitting and adjusting the fenders, you may want to trim the stays so that they end at or below the diameter of the fender. This reduces the risk of scraping or cutting yourself on the exposed ends (even though the stays may be capped). Trim with a bolt cutter or a Dremel tool.

Sold as a pair  (one bike's worth) with all of the necessary hardware and struts.

Another tip: For some reason we get an inordinate number of returns on the 26 x 65s--the big fatties. One thing that happens often enough to mention it here is: They are really wide, and SKS cuts away a bit of the part that fits between the chainstays--so it'll fit. But it makes the lower part asymmetrical, and people think "DEFECT!" and it's not defective, it's just a necessary cut that makes it work. There's no way around it--if the fender is that wide, it needs to be cut away to fit between the stays.


But the 26 x 50 fenders---one notch skinnier but still fat---are fine for tires up to 2 or even 2.25-inches wide. We shouldn't even carry the 26 x 65s, but now and then somebody with big-big-a** tires wants them, and so we do. Until the next return...