SKS Race Blade or Crud Road Racer MK2

brucebanner
brucebanner Posts: 256
edited September 2010 in Road buying advice
Hi All,

I'm in need of a set of muguards to prepare for the rainy weather, which so far I've managed to avoid somewhat. Which one shall I get for my Trek 1.5 compact?

- http://www.evanscycles.com/products/sks ... k-ec012084
- http://www.evanscycles.com/products/cru ... t-ec024071
- or anything else you have in mind.

How do I figure out if the guards will fit my tyre? If I decide to upgrade the wheels to, say, Mavic Cosmic Carbon SL 2010 Wheelset will these fit?

Please also say why you prefer one from the other.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Those are wheels not tyres. It's the tyres you need to worry about, not the wheels!

    Have a look at the bike review site in my signature for a review of the Cruds...
  • marin_maniac
    marin_maniac Posts: 513
    Cruds.
  • blackrockracer
    blackrockracer Posts: 86
    Cruds , there is a new updated 2011 version on the market. SKS raceblades should be burned in a big pile asap!
  • father_jack
    father_jack Posts: 3,509
    Race Bloods or poo. Bought them, didn't work.................so I bought another bike! Really.
    Say... That's a nice bike..
    Trax T700 with Lew Racing Pro VT-1 ;-)
  • SteK
    SteK Posts: 148
    +1 Cruds - I've never tried them, but setting them up has to be eaiser than the raceblades. They're a real bitch.

    Cruds look cooler too.
  • Scrumple
    Scrumple Posts: 2,665
    How have the Mk2 changed?

    Apart fro being longer - and stronger (as described), is there any other difference to warrant an upgrade?

    Connections changed??
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Scrumple wrote:
    How have the Mk2 changed?

    Apart fro being longer - and stronger (as described), is there any other difference to warrant an upgrade?

    Connections changed??

    Connections are the same (but stronger.) The extra coverage is great!
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    Make you have enough clearance for the cruds, Mr. Crud told me you have to be able to fit a 5mm allen key between the tyre and the brake or they won't fit.
    Smarter than the average bear.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Yeah, there appears to be a fit issue on some bikes. IIRC Planet Xs are a bit tight...
  • bendertherobot
    bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
    My Crud MK II's came this morning. Awesome. And, for whatever reason, just worked straight away.
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  • pretsof
    pretsof Posts: 4
    I'm glad for you. I bought cruds last year and always though it would be a miracle if they fitted on my allez sport. I was right, clearances just too tight to get them to run freely.
    Admittedly I've got 700x25's on instead of 23's but even then with the smaller tyres I think it's a long shot.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    That 2mm difference on the tyre will make a big difference to fit.
  • brucebanner
    brucebanner Posts: 256
    It'd be great if someone with a trek 1.5 would confirm whether the Cruds fitted on it or not.
  • moonshine
    moonshine Posts: 1,021
    brucebanner wrote:
    It'd be great if someone with a trek 1.5 would confirm whether the Cruds fitted on it or not.

    I just fitted a set of SKS chromeplastic mudguards on my GF's trek 1.2WSD with no problems. (ok it took a while, but they go on fine

    I would fit these as a proper set of guards over the roadracers.... i

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