I had Honjos on the Bleriot long before I got the front rack. No front fender vibration issues that I recall. The rear fender did have an vibration issue in the fender bridge piece, but I stuffed a piece of old inner tube in there and it stopped.
On Oct 2, 10:53 am, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have the standard SKS P45s and they don't provide adequete coverage > in the front. The coverage is even worse if you use Sheldon Nuts. > > Thanks for the responses. I have a feeling I'll go with the Honjos. > I've kinda always wanted them. I'm gonna wait a little while to order > them as I'm going out of town next week and VO hinted at some new > Honjo models coming out. > > --mike > > On Oct 2, 10:43 am, William Henderson <william.c.hender...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Just wondering which SKS fenders you have? Some of the ones I've seen > > out there are quite a bit longer than others. > > > wc. > > > On Oct 2, 6:50 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- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
