Originally Posted by
jonc123
^^Are the fenders at the Amazon link black or like you describe, translucent grey/black stripe? They look pretty black on Amazon.
It looks like Rivendell has the P55 in silver (don't know if I would like the silver color, black probably better):
SKS/ESGE LongBoard Silver Fenders - P55
Chromoplastic are indeed a translucent gray with dark stripe. These fenders have a steel or aluminum strip that is laminated to the plastic. These are the best SKS model, as the metal makes the fender stronger, more rigid, and can be shaped slightly to follow the wheel line. SKS also makes an economy model which has no metal laminate - it is lighter, less rigid, actually kinda floppy compared to Chromplastic or metal fenders.
If you don't like the color, you can always rattle-can paint them to match the frameset color (the way all fenders used to be finished). The black frameset would look best with silver fenders IMO. The beige frameset could go silver or black. If these are Complete LHTs then you can't go all-silver or all-black on components anyway, which would be ideal.