Removable Mudguards

d10brp

After getting sprayed on a few rides recently I am looking at getting a set of mudguards. Things is, I need to dismantle my bike twice per week in order to take it with me from home to where I work so I can do a bit of commuting in the week and a longer ride at the weekend. It's means, and it is an absolute must, taking the wheels off and placing the frame in a bike bag. I wouldn't be able to fit the bike in the bag if it had a rear mudguard attached in its usual position.

I know I can get MTB style mudguards with the rear attached to the seat post but I am ideally after the low profile, close to the tyre, type mudguards. I doubt it is possible but does anybody know of this type of mudguard set which is easily removable?

I was looking at the Crud RoadRacer Mk2 but it seems that you have to tie it around that calliper which would be a bit of a faff twice per week.

Bobbinogs

The Cruds are easily removed as they come with a reusable cable tie, takes about 3 minutes to clip on or off (as you have to sort a couple of small thumb screws too). The other option is the SKS Raceblade Long. Don't bother with the small front of bridge bits as they do nothing but the main sections are excellent. Removed in about 5 minutes as you need to take the centering springs off the QR and then clip on. You could leave the hub clips in place to save even more time but I have found that a bit awkward in practice.

Both models work well but I prefer the SKS are they are just much better quality, folks often argue the opposite though.

d10brp

Bobbinogs wrote:

The Cruds are easily removed as they come with a reusable cable tie, takes about 3 minutes to clip on or off (as you have to sort a couple of small thumb screws too). The other option is the SKS Raceblade Long. Don't bother with the small front of bridge bits as they do nothing but the main sections are excellent. Removed in about 5 minutes as you need to take the centering springs off the QR and then clip on. You could leave the hub clips in place to save even more time but I have found that a bit awkward in practice.

Both models work well but I prefer the SKS are they are just much better quality, folks often argue the opposite though.

Thanks for the reply. In the video on the Crud website the cable tie part of the assembly looked a bit fiddly. With the SKS I thought durability was an issue as it likely to rust whereas the Crud is plastic.

Flexisurfer

I have the SKS Race Blade short and the Cruds. The Race Blades are fitted and removed in seconds but because they are short the rear guard chucks all the water a crud at the rear brake and the front chucks it up the back of the fork, they do stop you from getting covered in too much road grime though. The Cruds cover more as the rear goes right down to the bottom bracket and the front goes right under the fork and front brake so keeping the bike much cleaner in that respect, however they are a bit more of a pain to keep taking on and off due to the close tolerances as the pass under the brake. I've had the Cruds with 23 and now 25 mil tyres and I just know that they're gonna rub in the rain but that's a trade off I guess?

Bobbinogs

The SKS Raceblade Longs are made from chromoplastic and are very well made. It is the same stuff as their other quality mudguards so I don't foresee a problem with durability, but anything that you remove/replace is prone to wear, particularly at the joints. The Longs provide all the cover that the Cruds do, without the constant bouncing around and flexing that the Cruds suffer from.

If you do go for SKS, make sure that the ones you buy are the redesigned ones (see the recall notice sticky at the top of this forum).

d10brp

Bobbinogs wrote:

The SKS Raceblade Longs are made from chromoplastic and are very well made. It is the same stuff as their other quality mudguards so I don't foresee a problem with durability, but anything that you remove/replace is prone to wear, particularly at the joints. The Longs provide all the cover that the Cruds do, without the constant bouncing around and flexing that the Cruds suffer from.

If you do go for SKS, make sure that the ones you buy are the redesigned ones (see the recall notice sticky at the top of this forum).

SKS it is then. Get these http://www.wiggle.co.uk/sks-race-blade- ... guard-set/. I'm sure by now they'll be a post recall version.

Thanks

Edit: scrap that, using 25mm 4 season tyres, so that rules out the race blades. It's either going to be the standard Chromoplastic guards on Wiggle or the Cruds.