No Fenders, No Problem

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No Fenders, No Problem

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On today's bicycle ride out into the country I discuss why I do not use full fenders on my gravel bike. We also make a top at a brewery in Medina, OH and make a t-shirt delivery. While I ride through Bath we discuss some Fitzwater history too. A fun, windy, solo romp on Ohio country roads and a bit of the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath.
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@thewintersteiner 6 ай бұрын

15:41 nice brother 🌳💨😎

@davyhaynes6716 8 ай бұрын

"Rubble in the Bronx" never heard that one before. That had me LOL.

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

🤣

@Donovangulya 8 ай бұрын

Tim as a 16 year old I have never heard anyone describe wind as blowing like the dickens 😭😆

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

Well, maybe just some of the kids? ...and by that I mean mostly just my Grandma who would have been 98. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@odinata 8 ай бұрын

Don't mind the child, Tim. He's a little dickens!@@TimFitzwater

@lindajesse8250 8 ай бұрын

Tim, what a great neighborhood. What town or city are you in?

@iBR4NDON 8 ай бұрын

Good video for a Monday!

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

😎 Thanks!

@eric106071 8 ай бұрын

I envy your cycling hat collection. 😊

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

*cycling cap.🫡

@donnydread7631 8 ай бұрын

“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” -William Blake

@daniellarson3068 8 ай бұрын

I took rides on Friday and Saturday, but they were no where near 53 miles. I used to make that trip from Akron to Medina and nearby places via the Interstates. The back roads look like a better way to travel. Now it's cold again. Good video.

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

Yeah - way better on the backroads! Route 18 is so built up now - not that I would have ridden it before but at least you used to be able to keep moving in your car. Thanks!

@pedallinraw 7 ай бұрын

That’s how drivers should be at 13:30…waited right back before seeing it was safe to overtake! Like the way you film the trees and other places….looks very sasquatchy around there! 🤔🧐😎🙂👍🏻

@TimFitzwater 7 ай бұрын

Yeah - wish it was like that more often! Definitely out in grassman territory(our bigfoot).

@JohnnyBaughAdventures 8 ай бұрын

Gotta love the Reuben sandwich! Great video as always 🤙

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

Yeah - house made/cured meat - so good! Thanks!

@rogerhart612 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking us along for the ride. Very enjoyable video.

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

For sure - thanks as always for checking it out!

@robmcgarr2238 8 ай бұрын

Riding SR18: Respect! Makes me want to ride to a yeti from out here!

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

It was a short stretch!

@Leo_Crunchy 8 ай бұрын

I love finding excuses like that to go for bicycle rambles. Great vid!!!

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

The weather is about the same today so I am rushing to get out again! Thanks!

@Cycling_Brian 8 ай бұрын

Another good ride in the books! Some of my favorite roads are the backroads with little traffic.

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

Thanks! One of my goals is to do more of this - even less traveled gravel roads that Ohio has to offer.

@Cycling_Brian 8 ай бұрын

I have one bike with fenders and two without. I only worry about having fenders when it’s going predicted to be a downpour and I’m in work clothes. The rack on my gravel bike has a panel that keeps my back and butt dry without fenders.

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

That sounds perfect. The clip on works for me just because I avoid heavy rain!

@Roboprogs 8 ай бұрын

Same. My bikes have rear cargo racks, and my panniers hang across the top, functioning like a rear fender, so, problem solved.

@DAMN55117 8 ай бұрын

Tim you have some special sauce. Always very entertaining. I hope you included a message on the package like delivered by Raleigh or something...

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

Thanks! The website says "free local bicycle delivery"!

@MLRomo 8 ай бұрын

I can't wait for the day when I can ride 50+ miles and be like...no biggie..now just gonna crack a beer now...😆

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

Recovery drink!

@Rlaplante73 8 ай бұрын

Great video! Nice trail and liked your background music selection :)

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@ianthompson6268 8 ай бұрын

I have a late eighties mtb converted to drop bars, rear rack, tourney 3x7 brifters, 1.95 wide knobbies with center ridge, fenders. It's a perfect wet/path/errands/winter/rainy day bike.

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

I have a front fender on my 90s mtb with drops and then I put the clip on on the back.

@jaygeerollin4490 7 ай бұрын

Hey Tim in Akron also. I recognize some of the roads. I'm looking for safe roads to ride. Could you call out the roads you're riding? Till we meet Jack

@TimFitzwater 7 ай бұрын

All of the routes are actually linked in the description! Cheers!

@1Fmarcel 8 ай бұрын

Driving without fenders in winter on wet salty roads, is a no go here in Denmark. The black stripes on ones back, that can't be washed out, proves it. Almost the same can be said, with our very rainy and cold summers unfortunately. I wish we had the same tracks in the countryside, as you have shown on your channel.

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

I always ride with the clip on fender when it is wet out - not the same as full fenders but at least keeps the back and but dry. As I mentioned it would be a different story if I HAD to ride in the rain. It rains a lot here but I'm sure it isn't like Denmark. There is a lot of open country here - but I think sometimes it can be a case of the "grass is always greener" - I'm jealous of the cycle paths in your part of Europe or the even more chill, smaller country roads in the UK. I guess we all have to make the most of what we have! Cheers!

@WheelersAtLarge 8 ай бұрын

Great to see some blue sky 👍Grey skies almost everyday here at the moment. Looked perfect for some fall/winter miles. Are most of your rail/walking/riding trails blacktop or gravel..? Cheers Tim

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

Yeah - pleasant surprise this time of year. They are a mix between crushed limestone and blacktop. More and more sections of the crushed limestone sections are getting paved though - some with what we call "chip and seal". The canal towpaths have traditionally been crushed limestone but there are plans to pave much of it - keeps washing aways in floods.

@conniehoyle2669 8 ай бұрын

I love road riding on my trike, but texting people suck.

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

Yeah - its amazing how much I see it.

@conniehoyle2669 8 ай бұрын

Nice ride

@Bobby_Pyn 8 ай бұрын

Is that an SKS mudguard? Is it nice and secure? Satisfied? I have a Topeak one and it could be better.

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

It is. I like it. It has a nice piece of soft rubber and then a threaded bit that has some rubber threads to keep it secure. I had a Topeak one previously - that one tended to rotate a bit more.

@Rich-zb7vc 8 ай бұрын

You know Nike took Just Do It from a quote from Jeffery Dahlmer. I like your EF hat, did you do a shoot for them?Cheers from the Gunks

@TimFitzwater 8 ай бұрын

I’m not sure if the Nike comment is a joke that is going over my head? I’m just a fan of EF - buy the new cap every year. Oh - just hit me - you know they are the sponsor of a pro team cycling team? Cheers!

@Rich-zb7vc 8 ай бұрын

dan Wieden who you will know as a photographer, had a great campaign with no tag line. He was meeting Phil knight in the morning, who btw hated advertising (then 😂). Dan was nervous in his hotel room watching the news, happened to be Dahmler go to his execution and the reporter asked any last words and he said “do it!” and Dan used that. True. Check my linked in😉