sks beavertail mudguards

Stuart Ross

Hi
I commute 11 miles each way on country lanes on a hardtail mountain bike with 1.95" tyres. As it is now getting wet and muddy I am finding the crud catcher front guard to be hopeless. I am considering the sks beavertail mudguards as they seem easy to add/remove. Has anyone used these ? I am wondering whether they will be secure enough as they don't have the wire supports like road bike mudguards.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Stuart

daniel_b

Hi Stuart, don't use these for commuting, but your probably best off, assuming you have front suspension, with one of these style guards:

I have this one on my Marin MTB:
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/SKS_Shockboard_Front_Mudguard/5300004091/

And fitted this to my gf's Spesh:
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Topeak_Defender_Front_Mudguard/5220000110/

Both are easily removeable, but you have to be a bit lucky with the routing of your cables, I expect you'll be ok though.

And we have a pair of these on the rear:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Crud_Race_Guard_Rear_Mudguard/-583091826/

Don't think I would trust the rear for commuting though, suggest you need a more traditional style on the rear.

Dan

Stuart Ross

Dan
Many thanks for your helpful reply. I will go and get one of those types for the front on the weekend. My rack on the back stops quite a lot of mud but I think I will get a full mudguard on the rear as you suggest.
Thanks again
Stuart