show me your bodged full mudgaurds on racing frames please

robbie the roadie

I'm pretty sure if I get creative with my crafty knife, zip ties, washers, bolts and p clips I could somehow get some full length mudguards onto my winter bike and stop using the pap race blades. If you have any photo's showing how you have achieved this that would be great

ColinJ

Okay - see my contribution in this thread.

geoff_ss

Salmon aluminium mudguards can be made to fit racing frames with a bit on ingenuity.

Geoff

AlanW

Geoff_SS wrote:

Salmon aluminium mudguards can be made to fit racing frames with a bit on ingenuity.

Geoff

Until one of the little machined aluminium lugs break and the mudguard jams in your front wheel, thus causing it to lock and launch you over the bars. :x

Been there, done that and have the scars to prove that while they are good, when they fail it hurts!!!

Pirahna

Best ones I've seen are those French carbon jobbies. £140 for a pair of mudguards in a biit steep though (can't find a link).

Even with full guards you get wet feet unless you have a decent long mudflap on the front. Extend the Race Blade with a bit of plastic and they're fine. I use strips from a plastic document folder borrowed from the stationary cupboard at work.

robbie the roadie

Pirahna wrote:

Extend the Race Blade with a bit of plastic and they're fine. I use strips from a plastic document folder borrowed from the stationary cupboard at work.

I think this may be the best solution.

Colin where did you get those mounts that reach over the brake from?

ColinJ

robbie the roadie wrote:

Colin where did you get those mounts that reach over the brake from?

I got a few from a mate who used to work in a bike shop, and some came with the rack. I don't know what they are called but I'm sure any decent bike shop could help you if you described them. They come in two types - one type is flat and the other has a half-twist in (the type I used to secure the top of the rack). I worked out what shape I wanted them and bashed them into shape with a hammer over a piece of timber.

I was quite pleased with the way my bodge-work turned out, except for the front part of the front mudguard - that was only supported at one end and tended to flap about a bit on bumpy roads. Ideally I'd have used a stiffer support for that.

I'd also recommend doing what I did and extending the rear guard as a courtesy to anybody riding behind you. The length of an unextended rear guard is okay to keep you dry, but it still allows spray to blind anyone behind you.

As mentioned above - whatever you do - make really sure that the front guard is secure and attached to your P-clips by Secu-clips. I spoke to a guy once whose mate had been killed when something got jammed in his front mudguard. He went over the bars and landed on his head...

DavidBelcher

Pirahna wrote:

Best ones I've seen are those French carbon jobbies. £140 for a pair of mudguards in a biit steep though.

:shock: My French carbon frameset didn't cost that much (it's 2nd hand, admittedly)!

David

y tin

Fitted standard mudguards to a track frame with tight clearances.
Zip ties at bridge and zip tie thro mudguard and onto base of seatube (below zip tied bottle cage in pic) and p-clip on rear stay.
Ta..da..

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