I think it is simply an uneducated market. When I was a kid I went everywhere: short trips and long. But I _always_ needed fenders b/c I was always running through water somewhere.
On a modern bicycle unless you're racing (and even then sometimes), fenders are a necessity, not an option.
For example, how many motorcycles don't have fenders? Cars?
On a modern bicycle unless you're racing (and even then sometimes), fenders are a necessity, not an option.
For example, how many motorcycles don't have fenders? Cars?