I have had bad luck with Honjos. One set was installed by a well regarded custom builder. The other by one of Chicago's better local bike shops. In both cases, relatively minor mishaps wound up knocking the fender out of line and I was never able to get them to work properly afterwards.
I have not had the same problem with Berthouds or even SKS fenders. Once a stick that got between my tire and the SKS did prompt the breakaway function compelling me to buy new mounting hardware. But that is the fender doing what it is supposed to do. The Walds on an old Schwinn Typhoon I restored for my niece have taken quite a beating with no reported problems. On Oct 2, 9:08 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > The 559 45 mm Honjos I have are at least as stiff as the Berthouds I used > before. In my experience -- Honjos, Berthouds, Velo Orange metals, all the > plastics -- the metal ones, properly mounted, vibrate less than the plastic > ones. > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > So I'm thinking of putting metal fenders on my Hilsen. I have > > Berthouds on my Rambouillet and really like them. With my Hilsen I'm > > thinking of putting on some hammered Honjos (700x45). I won't be > > attaching the front fender to a rack and I'm wondering if it will > > vibrate a lot. Isn't this a problem with Honjos sometimes? It isn't an > > issue with my Berthouds but I think that's because they are steel as > > opposed to aluminum. > > > I currently have SKS fenders with leather flaps on my Hilsen but they > > just aren't long enough in the front. I should mention that a coworker > > picked up an extra rear SKS fender, trimmed it and mounted on the > > front. It seems to be working well for him. > > > I live in Portland and fenders are essential. This isn't entirely > > about bike fashion. > > > --mike > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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-bunch@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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
