Extended Flap for Rear Guard (Group Riding Etiquette)

[lejogger]

I've recently started group riding with a club, and fortunately so far I've been able to use the best bike in the dry weather.

This Sunday was a bit drizzly however, and it got me thinking about tucking the carbon away for the winter and using the winter/commuter/tourer machine for the club rides instead. Obviously I've only needed the standard full-length SKS guards for my solo commute (pic attached), but I'm aware that for group riding in the wet I will need an extension on my rear guard to keep the spray down.

Now is this something I can buy - possibly a ready made SKS adapter out there -, or do I need to make something myself (Blue Peter stylee) out of bits of old rabbit hutch, a kitchen roll tube, and some sticky back plastic?

 

[Brommyboy]

The extended flap for my touring bike is made from a 2-pint milk bottle. At one time the East Sussex riders each had one made from cut down Venetian blind slats. Why buy when you can make? A small bolt holds it on to the end of the mudguard.

 

[gaz]

I got a set of buddy flaps you have to remove the screw for the reflector and there are two holes you can use to add a mudflap.

Many people bodge their own.

 

[Fnaar]

Buddy flaps just sounds so wrong*


(*the name, not the product)

 

[Cyclopathic]

Buddy flaps just sounds so wrong*


(*the name, not the product)

Worse than Mud Flaps?

How about "Dirt Curtains"?

 

[lejogger]

Buddy flaps just sounds so wrong*


(*the name, not the product)

That was the general consensus when I asked the office what sort of site they thought I was looking at with a name like 'Buddy Flaps'.

Much hilarity.

Seriously though, is there a UK distributor?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

The extended flap for my touring bike is made from a 2-pint milk bottle. At one time the East Sussex riders each had one made from cut down Venetian blind slats. Why buy when you can make? A small bolt holds it on to the end of the mudguard.

+1 for making them yourself, I have used cut down plastic squash bottles and washing up liquid bottles in the past, a bradawl can be used to put a hole in most mudguards, the hole can be enlarged with a small Philips screwdriver and all you need then is a small nut and bolt, plus a couple of washers.

I like the idea of buddy flaps, I bet a google search for them will bring up some interesting results.

 

[Baggy]

A girl can never have too many Buddy Flaps, I've asked for a pair for my birthday...