Keith Oates
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- Location
- Penarth, Wales
SssssssssssssHhhhhhhhhhhhhh don't tell Simon.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my front mech's twenty years old this year and is still going strong... my front mudguard is a crudcatcher on the down tube.I am convinced the reason mine has stayed as clean and free of stonechips as it has up until now is the full-length SKS Chromplastics. We changed the front mech on my mates Trek a few years back, and it had 'guards but the front one was a 3/4 length and the front mech had totally seized on him on his way to work one day and when we looked it was corroded to buggery, presumably due to the continual soaking in wet weather. The bike was only about 3 yrs old and mine has passed that age with nary a problem from it's front mech :-)
With a custom mudflap, mine is more like 2mm.I see a lot of bikes with full SKS mudguards, but the front mudguard doesn't come near enough to the road. My SKS Longboards come to within 2 inches of the road, that's optimum I think, makes a huge difference to keeping chainrings/chain/feet clean.
I would cut back the mudguard stays on that installation, and file them to a round tip. The plastic caps eventually drop off.With a custom mudflap, mine is more like 2mm.
With a custom mudflap, mine is more like 2mm.
I would cut back the mudguard stays on that installation, and file them to a round tip. The plastic caps eventually drop off.
Have done the same on mine on previous bikes, thinking about adding some velcro strip with the fuzzy bit facing between guard and tyre to stop water from running out.
By the way, what is going on with your stay end caps!