You can certainly push the limits a little bit with a friction shifter, since it gives you a little more freedom to coax the derailer; lots of people have had good luck with the Roadlink adapter but no personal experience here - I tend to think it's a bit of an imperfect solution because wide range cassettes are best served by derailers that have a parallelogram linkage that matches their angle. Lots of inexpensive and well functioning options, but sadly no beautiful options.
The metal fenders do make occasional 'BZZT' sounds with small stones passing through, not going to lie. It's mildly annoying, perhaps less because it doesn't happen a ton. I would not recommend them without the PDW safety tabs which keep things safe. The function of metal fenders is night and day versus plastic fenders: the rolled edge on metal fenders is hugely important, they act as gutters to channel water out the ends. I use a poncho in heavy rains and I would not stay nearly as dry with SKS as I do with VO or Honjo fenders. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/00e84d92-9488-4928-81ef-6dc02079d20dn%40googlegroups.com.
