Little nipples

The muguard spokes that come through the guards themselves....where can I get those little black rubber nipples that cover the sharp tips?

 

LBS spares box, bound to have them.

 

What he said - if not, I think SKS sell a spares kit that includes them, in fact, you can buy them alone, now I check;
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/category-Mudguard-Spares-643.htm
(and they're called mudguard stay end caps, to save you the embarrassment of walking into the LBS and going "Have you got little nipples..?")

 

A much neater job is to cut the mudguard stays very accurately and attach them on the inside of the mudguard attachment thingy, like this:-

 

(Clutches handbag and purses lips a la Les Dawson) ... ooh, get her and her fancy ways....

 

Are they hard to cut through? Is it a hacksaw job or just some beefy wire cutters?

 

With a thread entitled 'Little Nipples', it is, of course, entirely predictable
that Fnaar would latch onto it!

 

V. neat indeed. I always have a vague feeling that I may need the extra bit for adjustment/fettling in the future (under what circumstances, I readily admit to having no idea), so I've always just capped mine, personally.

 

Graham: some old cable cutters and a bit of brute strength does the trick. The ends fly off like shrapnel though, so be careful!

 

I'd want the spare, the mudguards getting bent, different tyre

what's on the inside of the fitting? oh so close to the tyre?

 

Here it is from another angle.
The little bolt that goes through has a hole on the inside which the stay slots into. The little bolt can then be screwed tight, thereby securing the stay.
As can be seen, I hope, there's plenty of tyre clearance.



I think that bit of crap on the mudguard, which I've just noticed, is a piece of dried slug...or something

 

fair nuff

yours go wider than mine

 

Very neat Betty!

Thanks for the replies.