Commuter homies on 700×28’s – are pdw fenders worth it? Always lived the plastic fender life and have killed a few pairs of those through the years. Newer (old) bike and debating the investment. Also I want breakaway so VO are out in that regard (and sold out for my size). 🙏🏻 Thx y’all.
by medievalPanera
5 Comments
yes, yes yes! They are well worth the quality & will last you for years. All the small components are easily replaceable, so you won’t every need to buy new ones, short of an accident completely destroying them. Plus they are built to look nice, rather than a random plastic add on for your bike.
I have much larger ones, but yes they are good fenders.
Thx for cluing me into these, I can tell you that I’m disappointed with my SKS Bluemels fenders . The front in particular doesn’t go down low enough to prevent road shit covering my chain and feet. Also I really hate their nut stays. I have one which is going to break if I tighten more, but it will not hold the wire.
Any quality “ full” fender is well worth it. I’ve never used pdw fenders but have sks ones that have lasted me for many many years. I left my panier shoulder strap hanging out once and it got caught in the wheel on a downhill and it detached a few things on the fender but i was able to purchase a few small connector pieces, bend some stays and get it all back together again. Well worth it
I had the full metal fenders for 38s. Awesome fenders. No rattle.