Time Waster
Veteran
I'm about 9 months ownership of a brompton for commuting by train. The industrial estate I work on is muddy with a very gritty mud at that. I recently realised that the rubbing noise is simply mud between tyre and guard. As in completely filling the gap in most of the guard length. I cleaned it out after realising it was clogged but next morning it picked up almost as much mud in just one way journey into work.
The attachment at the back of the rack came undone and I lost the nut. Fixed that and cleaned guard out until it stopped rubbing.
Gap is big at the front edge of the rear guard but less so over most of the guards length.
What can I do to stop the mud build up? Is it something to do with the setup? Is it because the OE guard isn't that good? The bike is stock except for an Eerder bumper bracket on the trail edge of the front guard to protect it as I broke the first guard in a rookie way
The new front guard is brompton spec.
Any ideas?
The attachment at the back of the rack came undone and I lost the nut. Fixed that and cleaned guard out until it stopped rubbing.
Gap is big at the front edge of the rear guard but less so over most of the guards length.
What can I do to stop the mud build up? Is it something to do with the setup? Is it because the OE guard isn't that good? The bike is stock except for an Eerder bumper bracket on the trail edge of the front guard to protect it as I broke the first guard in a rookie way
The new front guard is brompton spec.
Any ideas?