Mudguards

[SteveH80]

Winter is here so I've invested in a set of SKS Edge mudguards. A couple of hours faffing saw them fitted, then out for a test ride round the hills happily splashing through puddles, no rattling from the guards and no wet arse. Excellent news.
The only difficulty in fitting them was lining up the rear mudguard frame fixing. Although there is a fixing point there it seems Specialized don't understand the concept of "central" and provided the fixing hole is on the right bike it's close enough, that was easily sorted by filing away at my new mudguard.

 

[MichaelW2]

At least you have a frame with normal , standard mudguard eyelets, not their propiatory garbage.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

At least you have a frame with normal , standard mudguard eyelets, not their propiatory garbage.

Spez is the worst when it comes to proprietary blackmail.

 

[Oldhippy]

Two full length at all times but then I have a tourer not a racing bike.

 

[Webbo2]

Winter is here so I've invested in a set of SKS Edge mudguards. A couple of hours faffing saw them fitted, then out for a test ride round the hills happily splashing through puddles, no rattling from the guards and no wet arse. Excellent news.
The only difficulty in fitting them was lining up the rear mudguard frame fixing. Although there is a fixing point there it seems Specialized don't understand the concept of "central" and provided the fixing hole is on the right bike it's close enough, that was easily sorted by filing away at my new mudguard.

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No back mudflap. I take you don’t ride in company.

 

[SteveH80]

At least you have a frame with normal , standard mudguard eyelets, not their propiatory garbage.

No, it's got Specialized own weird stuff, that why the front guard is fixed half way up the fork
I wouldn't mind but Specialized don't stock the midsize guards to fit their plug in guards any more.

 

[mjr]

Do those SKS guards have the usual 'breakaway' plastic bits on the fork end of the stays? It's blurry in the photo.

 

[fossyant]

You can easily bodge a mudflap from some semi rigid plastic or rubber. My commuter has some 3mm flooring rubber as a long mudflap on the front. Don't bother with a rear one unless group riding often in bad weather. That mudguard fitting mid fork isn't unusual on newer disc braked bikes.

 

[SteveH80]

Do those SKS guards have the usual 'breakaway' plastic bits on the fork end of the stays? It's blurry in the photo.

No, they are just the standard fixed mounts although you can get them as an extra. Now you've mentioned it I might get some.

 

[SteveH80]

You can easily bodge a mudflap from some semi rigid plastic or rubber. My commuter has some 3mm flooring rubber as a long mudflap on the front. Don't bother with a rear one unless group riding often in bad weather. That mudguard fitting mid fork isn't unusual on newer disc braked bikes.

I was thinking about that. There is still some road muck thrown up onto the motor shroud so it would be agood idea. I won't bother with the rear as I don't ride in groups, I'm too slow for that game 😆

 

[mickle]

I bloody love fitting mudguards. Am i weird?

 

[presta]

I bloody love fitting mudguards. Am i weird?

Fitting them from new, or adjusting them is easy enough, but what bugs me is that you have to keep going through the whole process again even if you just take them off for cleaning. The problem is that the loop that passes round the dropout bolt is too loose, so that it moves as you tighten the bolt. Tiny movements there translate to large lateral movements at the mudguard.

I always intended to remake the loops so that they're a snug fit around the bolt, but never got around to it, as there weren't really that many occasions when I needed to remove the mudguards anyway.

 

[Moodyman]

I bloody love fitting mudguards. Am i weird?

It can be quite therapeutic if you’re not pushed for time. A nice cuppa or two and a quiet couple of hours in the garage.