Fender Flare
A quick fix to add extra flare to your 20-inch bike.
By Nathan Trujillo
Photography: Nathan Trujillo
A few issues ago in LRB (Summer '03 to be exact), we featured a scruffy guy named "Fat Mark" (his legal last name is Mark Kaake, Jr.) and his surf buddy/business partner Josh Knight. These two life's-a-beach kinda guys set out to build fiberglass fenders for 26-inch beach cruisin' bikes, which caught our attention. This time, they took the sand out of their ears and busted out with super simple fiberglass fenders for 20-inch lowrider bike.
Fat Mark smiles and says, "America's gotta have these fenders." Well, we agree because the more lowrider bikes there are, the more we can shoot and that keeps us all employed, right ? Well... we'd like to think so. If you think that you can use and further customize this easy-to-install fender kit then send these two cool dudes an email at fatmark@77records.com. Oh, by the way, the snapshots were taken at Long Beach City College in Long beach, California.
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1. The black primered fiberglass fenders
already come pre-drilled with a 1/4-inch holes and screws.
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2. The rear fender requires two nut and screw mounts. There's one down by the
kickstand mount and another up at the fender bracket
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3. The top of the rear fender also bolts down securely. See how easy this is?
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4. Here's the lower fender bracket which is mounted to the kickstand mount.
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5. Here they are, all proud and pleased. Go ahead and thank Mark and Josh yourself. Say, "Your welcome," guys.
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