DIY mudguard flap saved £10

father_jack

Looking online for mudguard flaps, floored by the prices- £7 to £17, so decided to make my own. I was considering MTB tyre but don't have any at hand, but remembered kept off cuts from our garage so 15 minutes later..

Put the harder wearing pebble surfaced side on the tyre side.

Got enough spare to do about 100 mudflaps, plus spare standard (thinner) felt. Maybe set up a business? £10 each


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jeremyrundle

Think I'll stick with Crud Catchers, sorry.

Dalton

Erm, have to agree, think I would rather have spent a tenner.

Looks pretty awful to me.

But each to their own I guess.

motopatter

why isn't the mudguard longer in the first place huh? :roll:

walkingbootweather

Well done. You appear to have made your bike must less attractive to thieves or anyone else for that matter

redvee

Just think of the saving when the flap gets caught between the tyre and mudguard :shock:

jeremyrundle

I also have to agree, looks terrible, I would hate to have spent over a K on my bike and attach a bit of an old roof

warpcow

I went for a harder material (cut-down plastic folder) for mine. It worked very well in winter; keeping spray off the drivetrain and, more importantly, my shoes. You see some horrible looking (but probably quite functional) versions on fancy commuting bikes during the Swedish winters.

The Rookie

Sorry but that looks shite, at least reverse the bolts (and get the right length) to make it look at least a little less shite!

Simon

Blue Meanie

I wish I'd taken photos, but it was only a winter fix:
Took and old Crud Guard without any fixings and bolted it to where a rear brake caliper normally fits (seat stay bridge caliper hole). The bolt was M5 so it screwed in nicley to the caliper retaining, recessed nut. A couple of locking nylock nuts and a few penny washers.
Applied judicous force (in a vice, not the frame) to bend bolt so mudguard cleared rear wheel, but sat close. (I called it the new 'Bent-Bolt(tm)' technology, but never caught on)
Basically the CG just hovered, seemingly unattached to the bike as the Meanie-construed fixing was so neat.
Last all off 4 months, which was about how long I rode the fixed during winter (the snow made me go mtb). Fail was caused by pulling bike in/out of shed, locking bike at pub/shops against other bikes and a few minor crashes.
This year I'll take photos, and you will want one!

shouldbeinbed

another no i'm afraid, why so long and faffy? the spray is being thrown back and out at that point, why not leave it to it, a small firm plastic lip on the end of the guard or a slightly longer guard would look far less heath robinson and be as effective

graham.

Listen guys.
Just come down off the fence and say what you think will ya!
Graham.

tptvmbircn

I wonder where this idea came from? :roll:

what I had in mind was a single bolt and a sort of triangle shape when i explained it initially but everyone to their own, my uncle would say dose'nt matter what it looks like as long as it works. Me on the other hand unfortunetly a perfectionist!