Yes, I had hammered honjos for 7 (?) years before the rear one cracked. I admired the looks of the cream long boards on my wife's Betty so put a pair on the Ram. The blue on the Ram is enough different from the Betty to make the fenders look off to me. I have a pair of VOs ready to install.
Michael On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 8:46:01 PM UTC-5, ted wrote: > > Michael, > > Since you say "returning to hammered Al" I presume you had that before > going to plastic. > What prompted you to change to plastic, and were the plastic ones SKS > longboards? > > On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 4:11:56 PM UTC-8, Michael Hechmer wrote: >> >> Sometimes I have resisted parts because they are not shiny silver or Al. >> Sometimes it has been a mistake. When I refurbished my Ram as a double I >> resisted the White VBC crank even though it looked like it would give me >> exactly what I needed and would function perfectly. I decided to order it >> and discovered it was a shiny, polished black that looked great. Then I >> resisted mating it with the Shimano RD 6700SS because it was grey. >> Ultimately I bought it too and found it has given me the best friction >> shifting I have ever had. No regrets. >> >> OTOH, after a year with plastic fenders on the Ram I gave up and am >> returning to hammered Al. >> >> Michael >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 3:06:12 PM UTC-5, Jim Bronson wrote: >>> >>> I hope it shifts good. It sure is pretty! >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
