tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477403720196451976.post-74379905080506736852006-04-26T23:16:00.000-07:002007-07-28T23:29:54.071-07:00<a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64253100-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64253100-S.jpg" /></a>SuperBrace arrived!<br /><br />I received my SuperBrace a couple of weeks ago and finally found time to install it. It fits very well, but I haven't had a chance to see if it helps yet - just riding to work and back, in the rain.<br /><br />Here's the way it was packaged:<br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64252978-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64252978-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Out of the package and split into parts (I'm holding it upside down):<br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64253237-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64253237-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br />And here are the splash guards:<br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64253948-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64253948-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64253998-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64253998-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I mounted the splash guards to the superbrace:<br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254064-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254064-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254083-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254083-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Front of the bike before installation:<br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64253855-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64253855-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64253876-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64253876-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br />First, I removed the fender to make installation easier:<br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64253892-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64253892-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64253916-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64253916-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Then I washed the forks wih some water and a brush around the area of the install:<br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254049-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254049-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Removing the old fork spash guards requires sliding them up and then cutting them off (if you wanted to avoid cutting them off, you'd have to remove the forks out of the triple clamps). You need a hammer and a piece of wood to slide them off:<br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254175-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254175-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Hold the wood piece under the old plastic splash guard and hit it with a hammer from the bottom up. You'll need to hammer on both sides to get it to slide up.<br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254206-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254206-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Eventually it comes off:<br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254307-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254307-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br />And the other one:<br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254359-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254359-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I used some heavy-dury wire cutters to cut the plastic pieces. Here are the forks with them removed:<br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254513-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254513-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Superbrace installed and tightened:<br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254532-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254532-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br />View of the bolts from the back of the superbrace:<br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254556-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254556-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br />And with the fender reinstalled:<br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254608-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254608-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254625-L.jpg"><img src="http://twist.smugmug.com/photos/64254625-S.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I like how it's black and dips down to hide behind the fender - very unnoticable.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/477403720196451976-7437990508050673685?l=www.farkledup.com'/></div>Garynoreply@blogger.com0