Mudguards

Ha!

I need to dig mine back out. They’ll be a permanent feature for winter now

You reckon?
I had some raceblades, didn’t rate them.
They’re also crap for people behind you.

My semi-slicks are only 32mm, which opens up more options :heart_eyes::metal:

Or, MTFU and figure out a barely lit road route for the dark mornings, but avoid M6 roundabouts :see_no_evil:

All mudguards are crap for people behind you … unless you modify to add a piece of rubber or plastic that takes them right down to road level.

These days I just avoid group riding in the rain … mainly through bitter experience of the above.

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Yes. I have that. A RAW reflective ground scraper in club colours. I upgraded from an old milk carton a while back. 20mm rule innit.

Or be like me and not give a fuck about those behind!

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SKS Chromoplastic plus a Raw mudflap here. Only mod I do is line the clip that attaches to the seatstay bridge with a bit of Coke can to stop the mudguard from slowly wearing away due to friction

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Can someone explain how the clips/stays on these mount?

This new bike is killing me, despite being advertised with mounts. The rear seat stay was vertical, so had to buy an adapter for that. But the frame mount on the rear is impossible to mount anything as its practically next to the bottom of the cassette. So my lifeline guards I have aint gonna work (unless I cable tie them to the frame or something).

Hate mudguards at the best of times. I want something permanent, that wont rattle or move or need adjusting.

Can it not attach to the outside of the stay? think that’s how mine fit. Otherwise you need to man up and get a cassette with a 9 or 10 cog at the top end :flexed_biceps:

How? I’ve just ordered some p clips which I think I can use with the lifeline guards.

Im fine with a monster cassette… I can use the little ring :wink:

I think on mine, the tapped hole goes all the way though, so I can screw in to either side of the stay.

Will double check - but Im sure I can only do it from the inside… which I dont see how is physically possible.

Edit: no nothing on the outside. I’ll see what the p clips do for a bodge job.

Could you get some bolts with a button head? Might be low profile enough to fit on the inside.

Otherwise this feels like a bit of a design flaw!

The bigger issue is the mudguard strut - barely fits regardless of what I put in the screw hole.

Off topic was hoping to be in the 17:10 race @r0bh but despite tanking my ZRS out of advanced Im still not allowed in that one :tired_face:

Good. one less person to give me a kicking :joy:

Even the rear one, which doesn’t have the plastic bit on the end of the struts?

This is what I currently have;

That “hook” doesnt fit btetween casette and grub screw hole.

edit: Tho my struts are all like the front guard in that picture.

Fkin finally… adapter on seat stay. P clips on the frame…



Could be a bit neater on the adapter…but I tried having it behind and under and the guard just fits better when it’s like that.

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