Sorted my ground water management

Kiblams

Hey guys, I have been struggling with excessive ground water and trying to keep my legs/feet dry all winter, all the water that my fender fails to catch was hitting my dowtube and spraying all over my legs. I have finally sorted now by adding a 'crudcatcher-style' mud guard to my downtube close to the BB, the affect of which is something to catch the water that my front fender doesn't

I got to test it last night in the melting ice and the effect was fantastic! it does however rely on not turning the front wheel too much when hitting ground water/puddles.

You can kind of see the guard I this pic I took this morning:

I am chuffed I can get to work with dry legs and feet now

Has anyone else tried this set-up before? (not sure it would fit on skinny road bikes though?)

BentMikey

That's pretty cool! I did something similar myself for my recumbent to keep my bum drier, but I've now managed to fit a reasonable 406 mudguard so that's plenty enough.

Clever Pun

you do seem to have a few lights on there

Kieran_Burns

I ran the same setup with my Tricross for a while. I found the water would spray out the top of the mudguards on really wet days and soak the top half of everything.

I fitted the crud-catcher and solved that problem, and then got better mudguards with a bottom rubber section to keep the lower half dry

Mike Healey

A fender???? :shock:

Tut, tut, my friend. A fender is a rope thingie used to protect boat sides from other boats or harbour side.

I believe, my dear chap, that you are referring to your front mudguard.

scottgeniusltd2005

why not just extend the mudguard to nearly the road?

shouldbeinbed

scottgeniusltd2005 wrote:

why not just extend the mudguard to nearly the road?

+1 they are shorties front and back arent they.

You could get longer ones and with a rubber flared end that catch early spray off.

get a longer rear one and you'd have somewhere else to put another back light

Kiblams

Mike Healey wrote:

A fender???? :shock:

Tut, tut, my friend. A fender is a rope thingie used to protect boat sides from other boats or harbour side.

I believe, my dear chap, that you are referring to your front mudguard.

My apologies, is 'fender' an americanism for mud guards? :?

shouldbeinbed wrote:

get a longer rear one and you'd have somewhere else to put another back light

I like your thinking!

I have been considering 'proper' mudguards for the bike, as these are plastic and not supported by any rods so the weight of a mudflap extending to the ground makes the front mudguard very unstable at speed.

The small 'crud-catcher' style guard was only £2 from Wilkos and does the job just fine for me, plus the £35 price attached to most full mudguard sets is more than the bike is worth

Mike Healey

Kiblams wrote:

Mike Healey wrote:

A fender???? :shock:

Tut, tut, my friend. A fender is a rope thingie used to protect boat sides from other boats or harbour side.

I believe, my dear chap, that you are referring to your front mudguard.

My apologies, is 'fender' an americanism for mud guards? :?

Apology accepted, my dear fellow. Should, however, you, in future, use such Americanisms as "paceline" for "chaingang", or "clinchers" for "high pressures", I am afraid you will become the on-line victim of Pedants

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Neillyy

Personally I think you need some more rear lights :P

Zachariah

I didn't see anything covering the rear half of the back wheel - does this mean you get a nice brown streak up your back every trip?

smegurmum

Mike Healey wrote:

Kiblams wrote:

Mike Healey wrote:

A fender???? :shock:

Tut, tut, my friend. A fender is a rope thingie used to protect boat sides from other boats or harbour side.

I believe, my dear chap, that you are referring to your front mudguard.

My apologies, is 'fender' an americanism for mud guards? :?

Apology accepted, my dear fellow. Should, however, you, in future, use such Americanisms as "paceline" for "chaingang", or "clinchers" for "high pressures", I am afraid you will become the on-line victim of Pedants

Pernickety
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not to be a pedant myself shouldn't there be a word beginning with T in that list? or have i missed the point?

Mike Healey

smegurmum wrote:

Mike Healey wrote:

Kiblams wrote:

Mike Healey wrote:

A fender???? :shock:

Tut, tut, my friend. A fender is a rope thingie used to protect boat sides from other boats or harbour side.

I believe, my dear chap, that you are referring to your front mudguard.

My apologies, is 'fender' an americanism for mud guards? :?

Apology accepted, my dear fellow. Should, however, you, in future, use such Americanisms as "paceline" for "chaingang", or "clinchers" for "high pressures", I am afraid you will become the on-line victim of Pedants

Pernickety
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not to be a pedant myself shouldn't there be a word beginning with T in that list? or have i missed the point?

Just testing