Since you tried all 3 main brands, can you tell me if you have any preferences? Are the Honjos worth it? I love some VO products (the seatpost), but others just seem cheaply made out of inferior materials (i.e the bags), in which case I'd rather spend double or triple and get something really nice and durable.
Gernot On Mar 13, 10:10 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
