the aluminum mudguards will need you to up your mechanical skills to install.
so come with the installation difficulty you wish to, it sounds , avoid..
I have several SKS Esge equipped bikes , they work..
one dis advantage: for those not in the tropics,
The metal ones won't be different in sub Zero temperatures.
plastics can be more brittle ..
Last edited by fietsbob; 08-18-11 at 10:35 AM.