Gold SKS on my purple XO-2. I found them on eBay years ago.
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Thanks all for the thoughts and votes. Tell you what, though... turns
out I'm less interested in how things look than I thought. That is, I
really do like the look of aluminum, stainless steel, and brass
fenders (and the more I thought about it, the more I thought the brass
fenders would be a nice
Brass won't rust, it's made from copper and zinc. To keep it looking
good, use Brasso, a liquid in a small can, found at hardware stores.
It makes a great polish for non anodized Aluminum also.
As far as looks when it comes to bikes ... you've got no one to
please but yourself. You may or ma
Thomas,
I had/am thinking of using brass fenders on an orange Rambouillet...it
may be quite bit of orange on a bike, but some paint their fenders
frame color.
If the brass would age/corrode over time...I would definitely do it!
But then again, perhaps it is not best to ask my advice regarding
st
I'll use a Brooks saddle for comparison. I had a honey B-17 with
copper rails. The combination was way too much "orangey" for me, and
the rails being a similar color to the saddle detracted from the
beauty of both.
On Jun 27, 9:44 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
wrote:
> Do it! Unless you're a c
Do it! Unless you're a conformist, then do only silver parts.
On Jun 27, 2:42 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean
wrote:
> Contemplating my Hillborne build and wondering whether brass fenders
> would look okay with the Sam's orange. The bike would be adorned with
> silver rims/spokes/brakes/racks/levers/stem/b
on 6/27/10 4:19 PM, Thomas Lynn Skean at thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net wrote:
> Found this somewhere...
>
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7568778/green%20Sam%20with%20brass.jpg
>
> For reference.
>
> To me, this looks ok but surprisingly not great.
To my eye, I think the dischord is between the silver
The nays have it!
On Jun 27, 6:48 pm, bpus...@aol.com wrote:
> Yes, I agree and they would certainly not look good on an orange frame. I
> would say go with silver fenders.
> Bill
> Louisville, Ky
>
> In a message dated 6/27/2010 7:20:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>
> thomaslynnsk...@comcast.
Yes, I agree and they would certainly not look good on an orange frame. I
would say go with silver fenders.
Bill
Louisville, Ky
In a message dated 6/27/2010 7:20:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net writes:
Found this somewhere...
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7568778/gr
Found this somewhere...
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7568778/green%20Sam%20with%20brass.jpg
For reference.
To me, this looks ok but surprisingly not great.
Yours,
Thomas Lynn Skean
On Jun 27, 3:18 pm, rcnute wrote:
> I'd put brass fenders on a green one but not orange. Atmo.
>
> Ryan
>
> On Jun 2
Stainless. The frame speaks for itself.
On Jun 27, 2:42 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean
wrote:
> Contemplating my Hillborne build and wondering whether brass fenders
> would look okay with the Sam's orange. The bike would be adorned with
> silver rims/spokes/brakes/racks/levers/stem/bars/cages. Would the
>
I'd put brass fenders on a green one but not orange. Atmo.
Ryan
On Jun 27, 12:42 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean
wrote:
> Contemplating my Hillborne build and wondering whether brass fenders
> would look okay with the Sam's orange. The bike would be adorned with
> silver rims/spokes/brakes/racks/levers/s
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