MukilteoManiac
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Posting this for others as it may come up for you as it did me.
For my Tero X 6, I don’t like the look of the fenders, but they are useful. The front one isn’t an issue for my 1UP tray supported hitch bike rack. But the back fender is too long. I like the tail mounted light on the rear fender, so if I remove the rear fender, I’ll want to relocate the tail light to a new bracket on the seat post under the sliding dropper frame. I also like the pannier capability of the rear rack that uses the rear fender as a stay.
So my choices are:
1. Remove the fenders and relocate the rear taillight to the fixed part of the seat post.
Or
2. Trim the back of the rear fender to above the centerline of the rear axle (at about the blue tape line) so it fits in the 1UP hitch mounted tray bike rack that I have.
So, I took Option 2 and trimmed 7.5-inches off the back of the rear fender so it fits in my hitch mounted rack. That way the bike rack supports will grip the rear tire above the axle centerline.
I used a grinder with a cutting wheel to cut the fender, then used a sander to remove the burrs and horizontally plumbed the cut.
I drilled out the rivets holding the plastic flap, touched up the cut metal with semi flat black paint, reattached the plastic flap with new 1/8-inch holes and 1/8 x 1/2 aluminum pop rivets with aluminum washers on each side. I then touched them up with the same black paint.
Looks good and will allow the bike to mount to the rack with the arms squeezing both front and rear tires. The functionality of the fender and rack are preserved, but the trimmed fender allows my bike to be supported safely by my 1UP Hitch Mounted Bike Rack.
The 1UP Wheel Stop accessory that i installed is not that useful in supporting the large Tero X, so it wont be used when hauling this heavy ebike.
For my Tero X 6, I don’t like the look of the fenders, but they are useful. The front one isn’t an issue for my 1UP tray supported hitch bike rack. But the back fender is too long. I like the tail mounted light on the rear fender, so if I remove the rear fender, I’ll want to relocate the tail light to a new bracket on the seat post under the sliding dropper frame. I also like the pannier capability of the rear rack that uses the rear fender as a stay.
So my choices are:
1. Remove the fenders and relocate the rear taillight to the fixed part of the seat post.
Or
2. Trim the back of the rear fender to above the centerline of the rear axle (at about the blue tape line) so it fits in the 1UP hitch mounted tray bike rack that I have.
So, I took Option 2 and trimmed 7.5-inches off the back of the rear fender so it fits in my hitch mounted rack. That way the bike rack supports will grip the rear tire above the axle centerline.
I used a grinder with a cutting wheel to cut the fender, then used a sander to remove the burrs and horizontally plumbed the cut.
I drilled out the rivets holding the plastic flap, touched up the cut metal with semi flat black paint, reattached the plastic flap with new 1/8-inch holes and 1/8 x 1/2 aluminum pop rivets with aluminum washers on each side. I then touched them up with the same black paint.
Looks good and will allow the bike to mount to the rack with the arms squeezing both front and rear tires. The functionality of the fender and rack are preserved, but the trimmed fender allows my bike to be supported safely by my 1UP Hitch Mounted Bike Rack.
The 1UP Wheel Stop accessory that i installed is not that useful in supporting the large Tero X, so it wont be used when hauling this heavy ebike.
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