Jan has addressed this issue many times over the years. He has certainly put the miles on metal-fendered bikes, on dirt as well as on pavement.
Me, I'd use metal on my road bikes if my fenders stayed on year 'round, but here in 5"-a-year westside ABQ, I install only for the monsoon and thus like plastic ones because they are so easy to remove. Aside: I generally abbreviate my rear fenders to obviate the hassle occurring when the full rear mediates contact between rear tire and interior of small hatchback. This also means, no rear struts. I hope to have my bro braze a threaded post onto the underside of the rack to replace the zip tie I used last year. On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Will <waller.will...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes. But the day they don't do fine... Is a bad one. Is a very expensive > one too. > > Been there. > > Will > > On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 4:51:12 PM UTC-6, Peter M wrote: >> >> I love metal fenders, personally. I know they are "less safe" but they >> did fine for over 100 years on millions of bikes. >> On Feb 11, 2014 5:47 PM, "Ron Mc" <bulld...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I love my Honjo fenders and coverage is great >>> >>> >>> <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/700c/aP1170017.jpg> >>> I believe they're as long as longboards. >>> >>> On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 4:17:35 PM UTC-6, Michael wrote: >>>> >>>> Was wondering. >>>> Also, do metal fenders pretty much align themselves since they don't >>>> bend? >>>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@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. >>> >> -- > 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. > -- Albuquerque, NM, USA Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.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 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.