T On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was under the impression that they are more rattley, but perhaps leather > washers solve that. I've used Honjos, VOs and Berthouds, and found that they rattle less because they flex less, regardless of leather washers (which, I understand, you use to allow a bit of flex between fender and frame and thus prevent cracking). (The front VO 45 on the Motobecane rattles only because I used pop rivets to hold on the L bracket on instead of tight, loctited screws.) SKSes seem to be far less rattly than Zefals (ugh!) or PBs. > Also, I have never had composite fenders warp. Which brands have you had > warping problems with? > I've left my bike in the back of my car, resting on the SKS fender, and had it warp, not permanently but for a few days until, released, it relaxed. I daresay that the SKSes are actually stronger than some of the metals, since they will -- as your experience shows -- bounce back, but in seven or eight years of using metals, I've had no breakage or undue damage despite somewhat careless treatment. > -- 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.
