Tricky mudguard solution for cyclocross bike

petemadoc

My cyclocross bike leads a double life

Primary use is with 23mm road tyres as a commuting and rainy day bike. For this purpose I want to have some mudguards fitted.

Secondary use is for offroad mayhem, racing and generally mucking about with 35mm cross tyres, no mudguards required.

So what are my options for mudguards. They must be easy to install and remove quickly and fit the bike while using skinny tyres only. Last year I had a MTB aeroplane wing which just looks daft and doesn't protect components.

Monty Dog

SKS Raceblades? They do a wider-section pair - they don't give great coverage but enough to stop you getting a wet ar$e.

Mr Cruds might be a bit narrow and depends on whether you have something to hold the bit under the fork crown / brake bridge.

I'm in a similar position and will probably look to get creative with an old pair of Raceblades and some old SKS chromoplastics to make something with a bit more coverage.

davenice

I've got a set of these for commuting:

http://www.bbbparts.com/proinfo3.php?N= ... =EN&Y=2011

I couldn't get the cruds to fit without rubbing and while the SKS ones were OK, I never got round to putting them on after taking them off, because it was a bit of a faff.

These are really good - not as much protection as a full set of mudguards (might be problematic on club runs) but it rained quite a lot on the way to work yesterday and I didn't get covered in spray. They also take about 15 seconds to fit and remove!

The only issue is that they attach to the brake mounts (I have dual pivot caliper brakes) - I'm guessing you might have cantilevers in which case you might have issues. If you're interested and have a hole for a bolt that might be in roughly the right place, I'll get a couple of close-up photos to show how they fit and help you work out whether they'd foul on your canti cables.

Dave

petemadoc

This is what my front brakes look like.



There is a hole to take mud guards but it currently has a front hanger but it may still fit?

BelgianBeerGeek

The crudguards are good but are meant for road bikes where they will fit snugly (they don't really wrap around the wheel so if you leave a large gap the spray will work around the guard too easily). They also attach with cable ties around the brake calipers so I think they are are out in this case.

I have also used SKS raceblades and these are a good option. As said, they will keep most of the water off you. The bike will still get filthy. Don't be put off, they are really simple and very quick to fit. One issue: the front guard may rest on the fork where a bike computer sensor fits. Of course, if you don't have one then this is not a problem.

rbarcan

I had this when my new Kona Jake the Snake arrived without the full set of bosses it should have had. My LBS offered to throw in the wide Raceblades and they work just fine - very quick to whip on and off too

davenice

Looking at your photo, the BBB road protectors would fit. However I'm starting to wonder whether they're good enough for cyclocross... They're very much like the MTB solution and just stop the water hitting your face and bum. I'm not sure if they're enclosed enough for cyclocross (although frankly given how much mud I can get wedged in the fork of my MTB, I can't imagine it would take much to really wedge up a CX machine with full 'guards!

I'll try and take a photo of the mudguards tonight or tomorrow so you can see what I mean.

Dave

nevman

Someone put me onto these last winter and they worked fine on my CX bike

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/zefal-trail-hyb ... guard-set/

Monty Dog

^^ no one uses guards for cx, I expect the OP wants the guards for road use.

petemadoc

Monty Dog wrote:

^^ no one uses guards for cx, I expect the OP wants the guards for road use.

Correct

Road use only with 23mm tyres

redvee

I've got RoadRacers on my SingleCross running 700*25s. I made sokme brackets out of I?O blanking plates from the local PC shop. I've not taken them off but I'd guess around 10-15 mins if I needed to.

jomoj

Pete - is the issue that your frame / fork doesn't have mudguard eyelets?

If so then I've fitted a rear SKS cromoplastic guard to my Crosslight frame (which has neither eyelets or a chainstay bridge) using some leftover cateye brackets and some other bits and bobs and it works a treat. see below



yes, I know I need to trim the stays a bit It does have a drilled seatstay bridge so I just used the standard clip with a nut and bolt through to secure it at that point. The tyres are 700x28 by the way and there's plenty of clearance

Front fork had eyelets but no hole in the crown so I drilled and tapped a thread into it - it had an alu crown so I wouldn't attempt this with a full carbon fork.