> - They do look pretty swell. Surprisingly so. I do not quite understand why these neat fenders have not yet found a larger following.
> - By far the simplest fenders to mount, and also the simplest fenders > to mount well. I’ve also used Planet Bike, the regular SKS, and > Honjos. My mechanical talents always seem to escape me when it comes to fender lines. Nevertheless, I was able to nail the front fender line almost from the start with the Berthoud Composites. I need to get a longer spacer for the rear fender. Think I will go to the LBS and see if they have any of those spring devices some people use for this purpose. On Jun 15, 12:25 am, "E.Mann" <eric.l.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm a bit curious about the berthoud composite fenders. They look > > sharp and seem to be considerably longer than the sks ones. > > I just mounted the Berthoud composite fenders (50mm) on an Atlantis on > Saturday. Some observations: > - They do look pretty swell. > - By far the simplest fenders to mount, and also the simplest fenders > to mount well. I’ve also used Planet Bike, the regular SKS, and > Honjos. > - The single-stay aluminum mounting hardware is noticeably lighter > than that of the regular SKS fenders. > - As noted by the previous poster, the front fender is longer than > regular SKS > - The rear fender is much more secure if you drill a third mount point > to it. As delivered, they have points at (1) the kickstand plate area > and (2) the single stay at the back of the fender. I drilled a hole > to secure at a third point at the brake bridge. Without this it was > pretty wobbly. With the Atlantis and its cantilever brakes I was able > to put a hex screw into the bridge; with sidepull or centerpull brakes > you may need to get an L-bracket from the local hardware store. > - On the 50mm fenders the inner width measured ~45mm > - The plastic/aluminum/plastic sandwich makes for a pretty buff > layup. For practical purposes I don’t think metal fenders could be > any tougher. > > All in all they’re great and I’d buy them again. > > It would be nice if they came in the same 60mm size as the regular SKS > though . . . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
