FULL mudguards on racing frames

robbie the roadie

Does anyone have any experience of fitting full mudguards to a racing frame without the clearance? I've tried using race blades on my winter bike but found the front one to be a bit naff and give you wet feet and the back one is very poor for whoever is sat on your wheel.

So in order to keep my mates happy and my feet dry I want to fit some proper guards. Any body got any particually slendid bodges they would care to shaer?

aracer

Depends how tight the clearances are. I suspect with current frames you might struggle, though with my old 531c racing frame I fitted standard narrow SKS gaurds in OK for the winter (summer officially started when they came off). Main things are making sure the attachment hardware doesn't sit under the crown / seatstay brace, so decreasing clearance - requires a bit of tweaking and modding (or possibly just removing the standard fittings and using zip ties instead). If you really are short of space it should be possible to cut chunks out of the gaurds to let bits of frame fit through.

cougie

You do need to be careful though - if clearances are tight and you pick a stone up on the tyres or something - it can jam a wheel.

I remember clipping the front guard whilst turning slowly - the tyre picked up the guard and it all stopped up at the fork crown, throwing me onto the ground. Silly crash.

robbie the roadie

cougie wrote:

You do need to be careful though - if clearances are tight and you pick a stone up on the tyres or something - it can jam a wheel.

I remember clipping the front guard whilst turning slowly - the tyre picked up the guard and it all stopped up at the fork crown, throwing me onto the ground. Silly crash.

Hmmmm good point. One solution I had thought of was to mount the guard over the seatstay brige if things were a bit to tight.

graham_g

I can't remember where I read the article (was sure it was Sheldon Brown but can't find anything), but 'split-fenders' might be doable.

Ah, maybe this was it: http://www.rivercitybicycles.com/mod.ph ... page_id=65

robbie the roadie

that is just the job! Wonder if they can post some to me?

geoff_ss

You could try Salmon aluminium 'guards. They're not as light as SKS but they're very narrow and cover the important of the tyre. You'd need to use 'P' clips for the mounting but you'd need to that anyway with SKS.

Geoff