On a rainy day last March I marveled at how many Oxford bicycles have no fenders. So the water sprays up and leaves muddy stripes on shirts and trousers.

I decided to examine the next 100 bikes I passed. It turned out that 39 had no fenders. (About half of these had skinny tires, cyclists who fancy themselves racers I guess, and half had fat ones, the off-roaders.)

The next week I was in Leuven, and it was rainy again. I decided to examine 100 bikes. This time, just 4 were without fenders.

[14 July 2023]