A slightly different use case... one thing that's kept me away from aluminum and even stainless steel fenders is my need to move my bike(s) up and down elevators every day. Ahhh. City living. Not all elevators are sized for convenient bike transport, so fenders sometimes get banged around and squished.
Plastic fenders spring back, but what would happen to metal fenders? On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 4:55:38 PM UTC-4, SMP wrote: > > I was hoping to find a previous thread on this topic, but I cannot seem to > find it here. > > I currently have Honjo hammered fenders on my custom riv, but the front > fender is so long and the aluminum is so fragile that it doesn't allow me > to hop up and down curbs without having the whole thing get bent out of > shape. > > I was hoping to move onto something more durable, and am contemplating > between SKS Chromoplastic (26" P55) and Gilles Berthoud fenders (26" 50mm). > I am thinking the former would be a good option to improve the > practicality, tone down the "showyness," and reduce the chance of theft > (although I live in one of the safest cities in the world -- Zurich, not > sure if this should be a legitimate concern); however, the latter just > seems to be a nice and durable option for a 'high end' bike. > > Also, I am not very mechanically inclined, so that is also another > consideration. I would have an LBS install this, but if something happens > in the middle of nowhere, I would think the SKS would be easier to pop into > place. > > Your thoughts? > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
