I’ve used Honjo, Planet Bike, SKS, and both the aluminum and plastic versions of Portland Design Works fenders. By far and away, the PDW fenders are easiest to install, have the best strut safety disconnects, are the quietest, and look at least as good, if not better, than the rest, assuming you don’t want bare aluminum or mirror polished stainless steel. PDW aluminum fenders come in polished silver (which I haven’t seen in person) or a deeply anodized matte black. They used to also come in satin dark gray, but those may not be available anymore. PDW plastic fenders are as quiet as the aluminum, are even easier to install due to being a bit more flexible, are slightly lighter, are half the price (same hardware), and come in a tasteful satin black.
On Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 2:14:39 PM UTC-4 Stephen wrote: > I’ll throw out another rec for VO fenders. Mounted the 65 fluted on my > appaloosa with 50mm gravel kings, which seems to be maxxed out in my > opinion. The install was difficult because i didnt have a nice space to do > it in, but after the fact i think it wasn’t that much harder than plastic. > I got my fenders on sale recently, itd be worth checking the price on them > because i think theyre a bit cheaper than honjos. > > On Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 2:08:09 PM UTC-4 Ed Carolipio wrote: > >> Installation of the aluminum fenders is more challenging but achievable >> if you have some patience and have all the hardware needed for a proper >> install on your bike. >> >> The Honjos are superior: just a quality product, sturdy and solid, and >> beautiful on the bike. I opted not to use fender tabs and bolted the >> fenders into the fork crown (front - some would use a daruma but my fork >> has an dedicated interior fender mount) and the seat stay bridge (rear) >> with the extra fender reinforcements on the inside. That makes for a solid >> primary mount. I used leather washers where the fender touched a bolt or >> nut. >> >> Here's the blog post on RH fenders. I think the differences are they spec >> a longer fender and have different fender bolts. They offer hollow stays >> for extra money. >> https://www.renehersecycles.com/we-love-fenders/ >> >> --Ed C. >> On Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 7:27:48 AM UTC-7 ted.l...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> Hello fellow RBW owners! >>> >>> Now that I've happily found narrower tires for my Appaloosa, I'm looking >>> at fenders. I have three other bikes with fenders, two of them have the >>> plastic SKS fenders that Riv sells (the older models) and one has a set of >>> Planet Bike, aluminum fenders. Personally, I'm a big fan of the aluminum >>> fenders over the plastic ones, they just feel more solid. The Planet Bike >>> fenders, however, leave a little to be desired. They use the same flimsy >>> struts found on the plastic versions which, combined with their heavier >>> weight, cause them to wiggle quite a bit more than the plastic fenders. >>> >>> This time around I went looking at some of the fenders made by Honjo, >>> both the SimWorks branded and the Rene Herse branded models. It looks like >>> these require more work to mount but may result in a more sturdy fixture to >>> the bike. I'm not terribly worried about my ability to mount them as I've >>> got a well equipped shop and have done metalwork before. I'm curious to >>> learn what folks on the list think of them, though. How easy or difficult >>> did you find them to install? Were you happy with how you installed them? >>> How has your experience been riding with them after some time? Also, RH >>> claims their Honjo fenders are designed differently than the standard Honjo >>> fenders, is there any merit to their claims? Do they actually do a better >>> job of channeling water than the non-RH versions? Worth the extra $30? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> -- >>> Ted Wood < ted.l...@gmail.com > >>> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/94774c1b-9979-4d96-889b-aa115c8a50ddn%40googlegroups.com.
