rear mudflap

gbr236
gbr236 Posts: 393
edited December 2007 in Workshop
this may sound like a daft question but what is the best material to make one of the long thin mudflaps to fix on the bottom of rear mudguard?
cheers

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  • e999sam
    e999sam Posts: 426
    Plastic Bottle.
  • andrew_s
    andrew_s Posts: 2,511
    Flaps cut from plastic bottles are typically too short to keep spray off your companions. The flap needs to reach to within 5" of the ground to be fully effective.

    Mine is cut from the cover of a plastic ring binder. I have also used kitchen chopping mats (work surface protectors). Pretty much anything that will give you a 2" x 11" strip will do, provided it's not too floppy.
  • alfablue
    alfablue Posts: 8,497
    edited December 2007
    I cut one from a plastic document wallet (a translucent black one - matches the mudguard well), a quid from Tesco. I riveted it on, both sufficiently stiff, but bends if it gets caught on anything.
  • Lucky Luke
    Lucky Luke Posts: 402
    Bleach bottle . You can even get them in different colours to match your frame if you wish . Fantastic .
    Luke
  • paul_smith_srcc
    paul_smith_srcc Posts: 247
    Seconded, you can stick reflective strips on them as well if the mood so takes you

    Paul_Smith
    www.bikeplus.co.uk

    Lucky Luke wrote:
    Bleach bottle . You can even get them in different colours to match your frame if you wish . Fantastic .
    My personal cycling blog
  • ColinJ
    ColinJ Posts: 2,218
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    This one was cut from a 5 kg Maxim carbo powder container (to match the paintwork on my Basso 8) ).
  • pieinthesky
    pieinthesky Posts: 417
    Damp proof course - which is a black reinforced plastic material, scrounge a bit from the local builder. The advantage of this stuff is that it is flexible and doesnt end up pointing the wrong way after stacking your bike in the car with the wheel off.

    Dont bother with pop rivets, just drill two small holes 10mm apart through guard and flap and thread a small cable tie through. when you want to take it off simply snip the tie.
  • Icicle19
    Icicle19 Posts: 377
    Best material I've used is the stuff they make the inflatable tubes of RIBs out of (RIB = Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boat). I think the material may be called 'Hypalon' or something like that (Hypalon is probably a trademarked name belonging to Avon anyway?).

    This stuff is very light, flexible (but not too flexible), is easy to shape (scissors are fine), and doesn't crack or tear easily regardless of temperature.

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