Brian nailed it. VO fenders themselves are great, every bit as high quality as Honjos, but the Berthoud stays are superior for the reasons Brian mentioned. Just make sure you purchase stays in the size that's appropriate for the width of your fenders.
For what it's worth, the very expensive Honjo fenders on my Jeff Lyon L'Avecaise had some serious symmetry problems from the factory and required a lot of manipulation to install correctly. One issue was that they had twist, and the other is that the scalloped ends were not shaped symmetrically. The curvature of the scallop on the left side of the fender did not match that of the other side. But I've not experienced a defective VO fender thus far, and I've installed at least a dozen sets of them on my own and other peoples' bikes. One thing that I do appreciate on Honjo fenders is the rounded rolled edge, which allows you to easily snake a taillight wire. Most VO fenders have a crimped edge which can not fit a wire. Anton velolumino.com On Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 8:34:14 AM UTC-4, Brian Campbell wrote: > > I say buy the VO fenders but use the money saved to buy the Berthoud > mounting stays from Ben's cycle. The weigh less (not much), have a lower > profile on the out side of the fender (less chance for toe overlap) and to > my eye look less obtrusive than VO or Honjo mounting hardware. The Honjo > fenders are nicer but not by some order of magnitude to justify close to > double the price. > > On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 10:35:40 PM UTC-4, Esteban wrote: >> >> Honjos. Totally worth it for the quality and to have something made in >> Japan. Skip several lunches out (bring a sandwich) and there's the >> difference. >> >> Esteban >> San Diego, Calif. >> > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
