Mucky Nutz Bender Fender

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  • Kiblams
    Kiblams Posts: 2,423
    joshtp/mbukman wrote:
    i made one, bit of old tyre, 2 cable ties.... works great, although it slips around a bit, so need to sort that....

    Surely the rubber of the tyre is a bit heavy? I have been planning to make one out of part of a 3 litre milk bottle...
    HandsomeDog - OrangeCommuter
  • largephil
    largephil Posts: 358
    edited December 2009
    I had my first ride with the 'bender fender' this week. It does a good job, combined with a crud catcher the front end of my bike was quite clean at the end of the ride. I had maybe half a dozen small spots of mud/water on my face at the end of a fast and very wet ride. Without this mud guard I'd have been covered! If it was an inch longer it may be a bit more effective... where have I heard that before!!!? :oops: :lol:

    I like the styling on the bike, its not even obvious its there at all and it does protect your head set from sludge which is a real bonus. Also it weighs almost nothing for those who watch the grammes. For £7 its probably not even worth the hastle of making your own, you'd easy spend an hour messing about trying to get it right.

    As for the fitting, its a 2 minute job (on the PIKES at least). Not even bothered with any cable ties, just strapped it to the forks on the sides, slide it up and strap it tight to the fork crown, job done!

    I give it a thumbs up.
  • joshtp
    joshtp Posts: 3,966
    Kiblams wrote:
    joshtp/mbukman wrote:
    i made one, bit of old tyre, 2 cable ties.... works great, although it slips around a bit, so need to sort that....

    Surely the rubber of the tyre is a bit heavy? I have been planning to make one out of part of a 3 litre milk bottle...
    hmm, yeah, the rubber is a bti heavy, but its a good shape, and couse it flexes, it doesnt bash anythinjg too badly, but milk bottle is a good idea, i might have another go....
    I like bikes and stuff
  • stanfree
    stanfree Posts: 58
    I bought one last week and after a full week of scottish rain it works really well for protecting forks and face . For £7 you can go wrong took about 5 minutes to fit to my Marzocchi 44's although had to use a couple of cable ties.
  • biff55
    biff55 Posts: 1,404
    got one today , try it out at weekend.
    fitted ok.
    no way putting blue peter type diy crap on m bike.
    :D

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