Very little clearance between tyres and mudguards, an issue?

daniel_b

Chaps,

my gf fitted her mudguards yesterday and new tyres to her Ridgeback commuter.

We bought some 45mm sks full length guards.

I first realised clearance might be an issue, when I noticed the hole for the rear fitting at the top of the rear triangle, was vertical rather than horizontal.

We faffed about trying to fabricate a bracket, but once we had fitted the new tyres, it became clear that this threaded vertical hole was going to come in handy.

After marking the mudguard, it was duly drilled out, and then using the supplied nut it was secured directly to the bike.

However due to the depth of the nut head, it was rubbing the tyre!
A quick route around in the tolbox turned up a more svelte replacement, and it now spins freely.

The front was also as close fitting.

Is there any safety issue with having so little gap between guard and tyre?

On my subway, the room to fit guards is mahoosive, and these issues never cropped up!

Dan

A - W

On my Sirrus the full SKS guards are really tight either side of the tyre, yet has a lot more room at the top. I think as long as there is some clearance then you should be ok.

daniel_b

Thanks AW,

it's lack of clearance alround really, but as the off road section she has to do is fairly hard packed, I'm thinking it should be ok.

Otherwise will have to find some lower profile tyres, if there is such a thing......!
Or fit some 26" wheels I guess, would that be a possibility?

Next on the list is to replace the brake cables, and adjust them properly, and then need to sort the gears out, hopefully just a bit of adjustment required.

Cheers

Dan

gs3

As long as there's enough room for small stones etc to spin around between the guard and the tyre then there shouldn't be any problems.
If taking to the muckier stuff off-road then it will could get clogged up causing drag and a bit of noise.
You could always try using P-clips to make a horizontal mounting point if required.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.a ... %20P-Clips

Good luck.



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