crud Roadracer Mk 2

[Banjo]

Santa brought some. Have fitted them and can get wheels spinning free but out on the road they start rubbing again.

Just did about 20 miles through wet /muddy country lanes bike and I are incredibly clean normally I would spend an hour cleaning the bike but really not needed now.Have just wiped chain with cloth and the chainstay had a bit of splatter.

So they do work as mudguards but will I be able to work them into a position where I dont get annoying tyre rub now an then?

 

[smokeysmoo]

IME they can need a fair bit of tinkering with to get them just right.

The last ones I had I needed to leave a roll of insulation tape wedged under the edge of the front one when it was in the shed, to train it to sit away from the tyre.

There is an excellent install video on the Crud website that's worth watching too.

Sorry but I can't link to it from work.

 

[ColinJ]

One thing that helps keep crud from building up is to ride through shallow puddles now and then to blast it out. If you don't keep the guards clear then you will get rubbing noises at first, and eventually a lot of friction.

 

[Banjo]

Finding puddles not a problem at the moment Colin

I had some Mk 1 s a few years ago these are a huge improvement in terms of keeping the bike clean.I used a bit of tape in the nose joint on those to angle the front up a bit but dont seem to need it on the new ones.

I think crud say 5mm minimum clearance for them to fit ,I have got 5 mm but no more.Both at the brakes and between the seat tube and tyre the clearances are tight.its not those places where the rubbing occurs,it seems to be the unsupported bits in the middle.Might try something similar to smokeysmoos suggestion and wedge those bits up while bike is hanging in the shed.

I am hoping by continually pulling them up inthe right p[laces eventually they will retain the shape.(and fiddling with the bracket positions on the fork and seat stays.)

Have looked at the Crud video ,there is some good stuff but the guy fitting them is totally hamfisted. Then he cuts the end off first suggesting a chainsaw then correcting himself to a hacksaw but then demonstrating it with a totally unsuitable wood saw drawing blood in the process as well as leaving the guard butchered.I had to trim about 6mm off the bottom of mine, used a fine tooth junior hacksaw and filed it smooth ,you wouldnt know it had been cut.

 

[musa]

Just the odd pull and tug there should sort it. Locate the point of sound and adjust the guard. t

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Are the cableties tight? Mine like to bend into the tyre if they were done too tightly

 

[Robeh]

Had crud 2's fitted on my winter bike for 18 months i have adjusted them several time's
They do tend to rub a bit.
it dosent bother me,the main thing is they do a excellent job of keeping the chain ring's front mech e.t.c clean.
The video i did find usefull when i fitted them....

http://www.crudproducts.com/products/roadracer/roadracer___

 

[Banjo]

Are the cableties tight? Mine like to bend into the tyre if they were done too tightly

Dont think they are too tight but will try backing them off a click.Havent trimmed the ends off yet so will be easy to try.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Dont think they are too tight but will try backing them off a click.Havent trimmed the ends off yet so will be easy to try.

My front was tricky to get right,it was bending the front section into the tyre if the tie was a nick too tight.

When they rub I just give them a quick pull and they seem to sit well enough,until I get out of the saddle to climb

 

[cyberknight]

IME they can need a fair bit of tinkering with to get them just right.

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+1
Once i had got mine right i have not had to touch them in over a year unless i knock them taking the wheel out or if some turnip has knocked them in the bike sheds and then its only a lift and pull to reset them with no rubbing , i do find the pile strips work better after they have bedded in a bit as well.
The best bit about crud 2`s is they keep a lot more muck off the drive train comapred to crud 1`s and the sks clip ons i tried .

 

[endoman]

If you need some more of the little pile strips as they wear away then Wickes draft excluder at around a fiver gives an almost endless supply.

 

[Banjo]

If you need some more of the little pile strips as they wear away then Wickes draft excluder at around a fiver gives an almost endless supply.

Thats usefull to know as one is almost on the tyre since I have been fiddling about

 

[endoman]

just keep pulling and stretching them and they kind of take the shape themselves, love mine, shame in our group of nine today that only 3 had mudguards fitted, meant a very muddy and splattered me by the time I got home!

 

[Banjo]

just keep pulling and stretching them and they kind of take the shape themselves, love mine, shame in our group of nine today that only 3 had mudguards fitted, meant a very muddy and splattered me by the time I got home!

Thats encouraging cheers. I dont give in easilly Was really amazed at how effective they were at keeping me and bike clean, particlarilly the drive train which would normally have needed a complete clean and relube after a shitty ride like that.

 

[Nocode]

FYI - I found that my front crud rubbed and after endless tinkering I couldn't quite get the wheel spinning freely. It would spin freely after I pulled the guard away from the wheel, but then after a while would go back to rubbing.

In the end I found that I had connected the stays too low down on my front forks and moving them up slightly helped greatly. The front wheel spins freely now and I only have the occasional rubbing sound when going over bumps or when picking-up debris from the road - but as someone mentioned above riding through puddles cleans the debris off nicely.