Clothes saver

[goo_mason]

There it is. Wilkinsons car mat. Pop rivets.

jimboalee - our very own Professor Branestawm !!

 

[DJ]

Some of you may have seen the photo of my front mudflap, the one that hangs down to the tarmac and is three inches wide.
Last night it rained. My commute is along country B roads and through Warwick town centre. I DO NOT like being splashed with muddy, cow shitty puddle water, or oily, diesely puddle water in town. So in addition to the long mudflap, I strategically place a piece of electrical insulation tape on the FRONT of my front mudguard.
I set it to point down to almost touch the tyre. It stops the cow shitty spray catching the breeze and landing on my leggings and flouro jacket. For town cyclists, it reduces the number of grey blots on the front of flouro jackets. Simple, very cheap but remarkably effective clothes saver.

Once again the The Oracle Jimboalee, comes up with some great sound advice, you should have you own TV show! I am away to search for the electicians tape now.

 

[fossyant]

Now that's one serious mudflap !!!

 

[PrettyboyTim]

Nice. I'm trying to think of a suitable material I've got lying around at home so that I can do something similar.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I know I am about to get shot down in flames (and possibly be accused of being Bonj's disciple), however I am not totally convinced whether a following cyclist gains much benefit from a bicycle with regular mudguards to one with no guards at all.

This is based upon my observations from a very damp club ride last Sunday. We had a mix of no guards, race blades, regular guards and (one person) guards with a mudflap.

The only person who I could cycle behind and not get muddy was the guy with the mudflaps. I did not notice any appreciable difference cycling behind any of the other cyclists. Mudguards may protect the rider of that machine but I am not 100% convinced that they do as much to protect following cyclists as some fondly believe they do, unless you are using full length mudflaps.

Years ago if someone joined the club run in winter without a long mudflap on the back they got a rollicking of one of the senior riders and had to stay on the back of the group.

 

[jimboalee]

When the road is wet, we ride in pairs behind where the droplets fall.


Now that's a nice little math problem.

What is the safe distance per speed to avoid bicycle wheel spray?



That's a FIVE grin joke.

 

[yello]

I always stay a few centimetres off the wheel in front of me, that way the spray arcs safely over my head.

 

[jimboalee]

The trajectory angle will depend on the droplet size off the profile radius of the tyre.
The depth of the puddle and the contaminants in the water which will effect it's surface tension properties.

I'll say this one is more accuratly calculated by using two human eyes.

Anyway, I've got to go shopping, so stuff it!