Use fenders that are wood, you should

You probably know by now that Lyle, or the BF as some refer to him as, makes very beautiful custom wooden fenders. He built up a pair for my latest bike and I only recently had the chance to test them out. The fenders are stained a nice dark finish to match the black components, but you can still see the wood grain clearly through the finish. He also worked up a sweet new mounting system after I asked that there be no excess mounting hardware poking past the fenders like you see on cheap plastic ones. I'm really happy with how they turned out and highly recommend them to you all. Already random people have come up and asked about them. Plus they have tons of clearance so they work well in the winter, even with 32mm tires as shown here.