I had very solid and noise free fenders with the Berthoud stainless steels and Honjo hammered aluminums that I used on one commuter. I remember banging the trailing edge of the front Berthoud on a high curb when I carelessly forgot to lift the wheel as I dropped off. BAM! I got off fearing I'd ruined the fender and my ride, to find that the only damage was that the fender bowed out a bit under the down tube. A couple of firm shoves put it back in order.
Caveat: As Jan points out, metal fenders will break if attached under stress. My rear Honjo cracked after ~2 years of commuting under the brake bridge where I'd forced the bend. I've not had this problem with plastic fenders (which I always force shape). Plastics: I've used PB and SKS 60s off road with no rattles or failure; none on road with these brands and narrower models, a fortiori. Patrick Moore, stalling on installing a pair of SKS 45s on his Ram in "monsoon" ABQ, NM (you have to work at catching a shower, even though July has been a rainy month by our standards). On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 11:04 AM, bo richardson <borus...@gmail.com> wrote: > i was riding my 54 Rambouillet 700c downhill recently. > there was a rattle from the front fender > it got worse suddenly > i got my hands on the bars and the front fender > mounting hardware came loose > and rolled between the tire and the fender > this tore the fender off and threw it in front of the bike > Questions > > the fenders were vo metal > not hammered not round > whatever the third option was > > they never fit especially well and were noisy > > is this the nature of fenders? > when i replace the fender > is there some option > others have liked better? > or should i order another pair of vos and just replace the front? > jack browns for tires > > thanks for the expertise > > bo > bellingham > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis ************************************* * "Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * "Nothing outside you can give you any place," he said. "You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * "Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you?" he cried. "Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood * -- 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/d/optout.
