Raceblade mud flap

nom de plum

silly question really, but has any one extended their race blades at the back cos there are not that long and i'm still muddying my mates
Steve

pb21

I stuck some old plastic milk carton on mine.

Worked well although didnt last that long!

Pirahna

I cut a strip from a plastic folder I borrowed from the stationary cupboard at work.

Yellow Cliff

Yes - I did this by pop riveting on part of a milk carton (using washers to distribute the load a bit). It has lasted about a year so far (say 3000 miles on that bike). It is very effective in reducing spray from the road.

The problem I have is that the extra drag caused by the big mud flap causes a vibration in the mudguard - it bounces round quite a bit about 25mph. I have decided to rivet on a metal support (to attach to behind the brake, like a normal mudguard, but longer so the mudguard doesn't go under the fork itself) to try and prevent this. Not made the time yet though!

JWSurrey

Not tried it myself, however a piece of damp proof course is pretty close to the stuff at the bottom of my SKS full length guards.... Plus the mandatory pop rivet, or a couple of holes joined with a tie-wrap - I get my ties from Maplins and normally find I can buy about 50 for the price of 5 at any other store!

Down the Road

nom de plum wrote:

silly question really, but has any one extended their race blades at the back cos there are not that long and i'm still muddying my mates
Steve

If they moan make them go in front.

Solves the problem.

Or you can move the guard around to make it lower on the wheel.

cougie

I just use a slightly rigid strip from a 2L coke bottle - kinda wraps round the guard, and doesnt really drag on the tyre. May rub the side occasionally, but not too bad.

on the road

You could get a sheet of aluminuim mesh for 99p and a roll of duck tape for £2.49. Cut the mesh to the size you want, cover it with duck tape and stick it to the race blade.

bigdawg

dumn question what size did you get?? I noticed there were motb (shorter) ones and road ones, i was originally sent in error the mtb, but the 700 seem to do what I want it to....

nom de plum

bigdawg wrote:

dumn question what size did you get?? I noticed there were motb (shorter) ones and road ones, i was originally sent in error the mtb, but the 700 seem to do what I want it to....

I got standard road ones...I've stuck 6 inches of milk bottle on th end which looks much better, although I haven't testing it in anger yet

on the road

My method





And it's waterproof.

emaichael

on the road wrote:

My method





And it's waterproof.

cool.