SKS Raceblade Long Mountings

Adamkalin

Its that time of year again so Im thinking of investing in some of these.

Due to limited space in the flat I store my bike in the narrow under stairs cupboard every night by removing the quick-release front wheel and turning the handlebars 90 degrees. This means I can't use 'fixed' mudguards and hence why I'm attracted to the Raceblades for their easy clip-on function.

Quick question though, would the hub mountings for the front mudguard affect the quick-release usability of the wheel at all? I gather they are fitted through the quick release skewer, but not entirely sure how it fits. Im basically trying to find out if I can whip on/off the wheel as I normally would with these mountings attached, or if it gets more complicated than that.

Hope any users out there can shed some light, cheers.

me-109

Yep, works fine. Eyelets go over the skewer and just rattle around when the wheel is out. Reattach wheel, tighten skewer loosely, refit mudguard to the top mount behind the fork crown and the two axle mounts, then tighten the skewer properly. Did this a lot last winter carrying the bike around in the car when working away.

Bobbinogs

They are dead easy to fit and remove. I don't do the above method but leave the eyelets attached to the guard and then remove the whole unit by unclipping fron the top mount and then unscrewing the QR skewer 'nut' completely and removing the skewer.

I would recommend not fitting the small sections that go in front of the brake bridges as they don't add anything and tend to bounce about. Other than that, cracking product IMO.

It does seem strange removing centering springs (which does make fitting the wheel slightly longer) but in use the whole thing is fine and dandy.

Adamkalin

Thanks for your comments. I dont really mind adding another minute or two to setting up the bike each morning, and it seems like this shouldnt be so much of a big deal. Would removing the wheel each time mean the eyelets/mounts need to be re-aligned each time in order to stop the mudguards rattling around, or does it not really designed like that?

Cheers.

me-109

Yes, but they end up in the same position, so it's not like you have to set them each time to avoid wheel rub.The stays fix to the quick release clip, which is where the in/out adjustment takes place. Once you have set that on the initial fitment, it stays that way.