> Seeing the response in this tread about the woman whose Honjo crumpled > surprises me.
I put to SKS breakaways on my Camper after a Honjos on my Hilsen crumpled while on a limestone trail. The front tire apparently accumulated some tar riding over a (poorly) paved section of the trail. Where the trails reverted to limestone, some stones stuck to the tire rolled under the fender, caught onto the hardware, and siezed the fender. I was not going fast enough to go over the handlebars but had generated enough force that the daruma bolt bent the PaulComp brake mount bolt. Per your earlier post, while I it is possible the SKS breakaway support will lodge in the wheels, I note SKS breakaways were designed with and are required by the German government. I am not aware of Honjos, Berthouds, or other metal fenders going through that level of scrutiny. I have Berthouds on my road bike and love them. SKS will remain the choice for the Camper though. On Dec 18, 10:40 am, John Speare <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Rene Sterental <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi John, > > What you say makes a lot of sense. Have you ridden off-road (mountain biked) > > with steel fenders? Or is this just your logical analysis of the question I > > posed? While logical analysis make sense (usually), nothing beats actual > > experience. Not that I'm challenging you or anything, I'm just curious since > > your logic pretty much goes against what a lot of people have advised in > > response to my question. > > It does make a lot of sense, but all responses seem to be logical as well... > > :-D > > René > > > -- > > I don't really mountain bike. I do a lot of trail and off-roadish > riding on a bike with a steel fender up front. And I've caught (and > broke) a few sticks in it. Most of my bikes have plastic fenders and > the front release clips drive me bonkers when I'm riding and catch > them and fenders yank out. > > Seeing the response in this tread about the woman whose Honjo crumpled > surprises me. > > Like others the one reservation I'd have about doing "real" mountain > biking with metal fenders would be in how long the front fender hangs > down, which could make hopping/riding over stuff hard. > > -- > John Speare > Spokane, WA USAhttp://cyclingspokane.blogspot.com/ -- 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.
