Show us your..... Mudguards.....

[ColinJ]

The frame is threaded, bend the clip attach it to the guard then insert the screw from above, the bent part sits on top of the bridge.

D'oh!

For some reason, I hadn't thought of that ... I'm sure it would have occurred to me once I had got started though. Cheers!

 

[winjim]

I am indeed! I could bend the stays for the mudguards, but that wouldn't help with the rack so I am going to do what someone else did and use a longer bolt on the left with spacers to push the hardware out beyond the disk brake calliper.

If you notice, mine have a sort of triple bend in them, so the angle where the stays attach to the guards themselves is the same on each side. I found it made for easier adjustment. Here's the rear:

 

[ColinJ]

While everyone is waiting anxiously to see my mudguard-encrusted, CAADX, here's my Basso with its MKII Crud Roadracers. (I have changed the saddle since then for a Planet X Arione look-alike.)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Dyna-Tech 755Ti, during its days as a commuter/winter-bike (2010 - 2013, now just hanging up in the garage, debating whether to sell, or not)
Salmon 'Profil' - all that would fit with the biggest tyres that went under them; '20' section
The magnesium(?) spacers that held the stays into the p-clips corroded to dust. hence the cable-ties & bandage


The Ribble, with SKS 'guards, as supplied/fitted to the bike, but with alternative mud-flaps, front & rear; http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/sks-raceblade-long-mudflap-prod31137/

 

[MichaelW2]

Mudguard bolts should use washers.

 

[Venod]

What size are the tyres on that bike, and what size guards? I have bought the 45 mm guards and currently have 35 mm semislicks on my CAADX. I think I should just have enough clearance under the guards to fit studded tyres if I choose to

The tyres are Schwalbe Marathon Racer 30mm, I think the guards are 45mm, plenty of clearance, I have some Sammy Slicks 35mm on my other wheels and they just fit, but my stays could do to be a bit longer, as you are fitting new stays you can cut them to suit, I was comprimised as they came off another bike. I think you will be OK with slightly bigger tyres.

 

[Rafferty]

My most used bikes.

 

[winjim]

View attachment 109259 View attachment 109260 My most used bikes.

That bottom one's just class.

 

[simon the viking]

View attachment 109259 View attachment 109260 My most used bikes.

Saw the thread about you building the bike at the bottom ... it still looks fab......

 

[Ajay]

That bottom one's just class.

Agreed, a bike with its very own chopping board/card table, love it

 

[HLaB]

https://instagram.com/p/9uEmQUTc0yU_YgyG_84JMg7GTBi6ZPNZaX4Uw0/

Not the best shot as Ive only just finished bodging the rear (fitted the front last night).

 

[Ajay]

 

[totallyfixed]

 

[Venod]

I am indeed! I could bend the stays for the mudguards, but that wouldn't help with the rack so I am going to do what someone else did and use a longer bolt on the left with spacers to push the hardware out beyond the disk brake calliper

While the long bolt is an easy solution it is one I would try and avoid. there will be alot of strain on the bolt when the mudguards rattle over bumps etc, this could lead to premature failure of the bolt, the mud guard stays are easy to bend and fashion a bracket for the rack.

 

[ColinJ]

While the long bolt is an easy solution it is ome I would try and avoid. there will be alot of strain on the bolt when the mudguards rattle over bumps etc, this could lead to premature failure of the bolt, the mud guard stays are easy to bend and fashion a bracket for the rack.

I must have been thinking about this in my sleep because I woke up with the same thoughts! I am worried less about the strain caused by the mudguards, more by hanging a rack on the end of the long bolt. Also - I tried spreading the fixings on the rack to the required separation and it put the rack under more stress than I would feel happy with under load. (Those bits are aluminium and needed forcing outwards by a total of about an inch.)

I'll take my time and come up with a solution, probably based on finding a suitable piece of metal in my junk box or cellar. People laugh at the amount of old bits and pieces that I store, but it is amazing how often I can find suitable brackets, bolts etc. for this kind of job.