I have had all three fenders. The Berthouds are steel and very solid. They are fairly hard to set up. They dent easily.
The SKS are real solid. They don't dent. Appearance is subjective, but I find SKS neutral, not attractive. Honjos - or at least Honjos I installed - are not as solid as the SKS or Berthouds but hale and hearty nontheless. Honjos look real nice. On Jun 8, 2:26 pm, d2mini <[email protected]> wrote: > That's really strange. My sks have no flop or movement of any kind. In > fact it takes a good amount of pressure by my hands to get them to > move at all. > My bike is sitting right here next to me... they are rock solid. > With the honjos and berthouds being longer i would think they would > have more flop than the sks. > > On Jun 8, 12:42 pm, Ron Farnsworth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I find the Berthouds on my HH are a lot less "floppy" that the SKS on my > > other bikes, and look nicer too especially with the Waterford blue. Can't > > go wrong either way though. > > > --- On Mon, 6/8/09, d2mini <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: d2mini <[email protected]> > > Subject: [RBW] Re: New Hilsen > > To: "RBW Owners Bunch" <[email protected]> > > Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 11:43 AM > > > Looks awesome! > > I second the need for fenders, but I would recommend the SKS fenders > > that riv sells over everything else. > > I started with those, then tried honjo and berthoud metal fenders and > > ended up back with the sks. They don't cover quite as much but they > > cover enough and they are more durable/hassle free. > > > On Jun 8, 12:41 am, Brian Hanson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I've got about 100 miles on my new Metallic Copper Hilsen. I did the > > > final > > > build a few weekends ago in an afternoon, and everything went together > > > very > > > nicely. So far so good, but I'm getting used to drop bars and regular > > > pedals after riding a mt. bike for the last 18 years. The jury is still > > > out, and I've got a set of Albatross bars waiting in the wings. Shifting > > > is > > > velvet smooth with the 9-speed older Dura-Ace setup. The Silver shifters > > > and brakes are all they're talked up to be... > > > > It was really fun to put this bike together - I loved the frame as soon > > > as I > > > got it - these bikes are truly special! Next steps for this project will > > > be > > > getting some fenders and rackage/baggage - this is the pacific NW after > > > all... BTW - weight as it stands in these pics is right around 25 lbs for > > > those that care. On the trail it rides like a freight train - smooth and > > > fast. I shaved about 5-10 minutes off my daily 10 mile one-way commute, > > > although it's probably pure adrenaline from the big stupid grin on my > > > face. > > > > Hilsen Pics <http://picasaweb.google.com/stonehog/AHomerHilsenInSeattle#> > > > > Brian Hanson- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
