Originally Posted by
ColonelJLloyd
I vote aluminum and NOT hammered.
Smooth aluminum certainly looks less pretentious. I have about 48mm between the fork blades and less between the chainstays, so I'm either looking at hammered 45mm fenders that I don't have to manipulate, or 52mm smooth fenders that I'll have to. If only I could find ~45mm smooth fenders for 650A/650B wheels, I'd be set...