The 'Will Crud Roadracers fit my bike?' thread

jameses

Seeing as it's about that time of year when people start fitting mudguards, there will inevitably be half a dozen threads a day asking if Cruds will fit their bike/tyre combination. Thought it might be a good idea to compile a list of which are known to work and which don't.

Please post the make/model of bike and tyres (remember to include tyre width!). If 'some modification required' appears next to the bike name, it generally means people have had to chop bits off/mold the guards to get them to fit; this often seems to be the case with the rear guard on smaller frame sizes. I'll try to keep a list going in this post:

Bianchi Via Nirone:
Continental Gatorskins (23mm)
Continental GP4000s (23mm)
Continental GP4Seasons (25mm)

Boardman Pro Carbon
Mavic ?? (23mm)

Boardman Team Carbon
Michelin Pro4 (23mm)

Boardman Team Comp:
Blizzard Sport (25mm)
Panaracer ?? (23mm, not 25mm)

B'Twin FC5:
Schwalbe Blizzard Sport (23mm)

B'Twin Triban 3:
Continental Gatorskin Hardshell (23mm)

Cannondale CAAD:
Continental Gatorskins (25mm)
Vittoria Evo Corse CX (25mm)
Schwalbe Durano S (25mm)

Cannondale SuperSix:
Continental GP4000s (23mm)

Canyon Roadlite Al:
Continental GP 4Seasons (25mm)
Mavic Aksion (25mm)

Cervelo R3:
Vittoria Open Pave (24mm, SRAM Red brakes)

Colnago Arte (some modification required):
??? (23mm, SRAM Red brakes)

Cube Agree GTC:
Michelin Pro Race 4 Endurance (??mm)

Cube Peloton:
Continental GP 4Seasons (25mm)

Felt F series:
Continental GP4000 (25mm)
Vittoria Zaffiro (23mm)

Felt Z series:
Continental 4Seasons (25mm)
Continental Gatorskin (25mm, but very tight fit with Sora brakes)

Focus Cayo (some modification required):
Continental 4 Seasons (23mm)
Michelin Pro4 (23mm)

Focus Izalco:
No joy

Forme Axe Edge (some modification required):
??? (23mm) -

Giant Defy (some modification may be required):
Continental Gatorskins (23mm; 25mm very tight)
Continental GP4Seasons (25mm, no modification required)

Giant SCR3:
Michelin Pro4 Endurance (25mm)

Giant TCR (some modification may be required):
Continental GP 4 Seasons (23mm)
Michelin Pro4 (23mm)

Jamis Ventura:
Not enough clearance with 23mm tyres (Michelin Lithion 2, Vittoria Zaffiro)

Litespeed Siena
Vittoria Open Pave (24mm, SRAM Red brakes)

Look 585:
no joy

Pinarello FP Uno:
Vittoria Rubino Pro Slick (23mm)

Planet X Pro Carbon (some modification required):
Continental GP4000s (23mm, SRAM Apex brakes)

Ribble 7005/7046 Sportive:
Continental Gatorskins (25mm), but very tight fit at the rear

Ribble Gran Fondo:
??? (23mm) - tight fit with Campag skeleton double pivot front/single pivot rear

Ridley Icarus:
Hutchinson ?? (23mm)

Rose Xeon:
Continental GP4000s (25mm) will not fit
Mavic ??? (23mm)

Specialized Allez:
Continental GP4000s (23mm)
Michelin Lithion 2 (25mm) - possible, but very tight under front brake (Sram Rival)

Specialized Secteur:
Continental GP4000s (25mm)
Michelin Lithion 2 (25mm)
Michelin Pro4 Endurance (25mm)
Specialized All Condition Sport (25mm)
Specialized All Condition Armadillo (25mm)

Specialized Venge:
Continental GP4000 (23mm)

Trek 1.2:
Specialized Armadillo (25mm)

Trek Domane:
Bontrager Racelite Hardcase (23mm)

Trek Madone:
??? (23mm)

LiamW

viewtopic.php?f=40042&t=12718891

I think you'll find what you need in that thread.

chris_bass

If its any help (probably not given different bikes and tyres and pretty much everything!) i managed to fit some to my cube agree gtc, the front was a bit tricky and every now and then it slightly rubs the tyre but all in all pretty good!

raymondo60

As long as your bike has front forks, rear seatstays, and runs 25c tyres or thinner, they will fit! A bit of fettling may be required, but they will fit.....

Bozman

Raymondo60 wrote:

As long as your bike has front forks, rear seatstays, and runs 25c tyres or thinner, they will fit! A bit of fettling may be required, but they will fit.....

I'll give you two frames that won't take cruds, a Focus Izalco and a Look 585 and I'd guess that there's plenty more too.

mpatts

In my experience*, they fit all bikes on the market



*sample size, one spec allez.

smidsy

Cannondale CAAD 5 with 25mm tyres - fits, but my is it tight and fiddly.

jameses

LiamW wrote:

http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40042&t=12718891

I think you'll find what you need in that thread.

:roll: Did you even read my post? The idea is to compile a list of tried and tested frame/tyre combinations in the first post so that people don't have to go searching through 18 pages of discussion or start a new thread every time.

jameses

smidsy wrote:

Cannondale CAAD 5 with 25mm tyres - fits, but my is it tight and fiddly.

Thanks smidsy, glad someone's got the right idea! Which brand/model of tyre have you tried?

smidsy

Had Gatorskins, Vittoria Evo Corse CX and Schwalbe Durano S - all 25mm and all fit.

gubber12345

just fitted a set on a forme axe edge.rs10 shimano wheels and the standard 23mm tyres that come with them.had to fettle a wee bit with them with a heat gun just to mould them a bit to where I wanted them but alls good and no rubbing at the minute.

ps..
took about an hr to do tho.

soslow

Specialized Allez Elite. Size 56 with standard Specialized wheels and Planex X model B on 23mm tyres. Fit no problems at all

rolf_f

You'd probably need to include make and model of brakes as well for this to be worthwhile as they impact on clearance as well.

Ribble Gran Fondo with Campag skeleton double front, single pivot rear brakes, 23mm tyres - just. 25mm tyres - not a chance!

matt-h

Focus Cayo. Could get them on but the front squeaked like mad due it being a bit to close.
Rear was fine though.
23c 4seasons

tedmaul

2012 Giant Defy 2

Conti Gatorskin 25mm: Crud RR MkII won't fit. You can get them on but there is a lot of rubbing from the off making them pretty much unusable.

Conti Gatorskin 23mm: Fit perfectly.

Also worth noting that on the rear guard, i had to hacksaw about an inch off the bottom to make it fit around the bottom bracket area. From what i've read it's reasonably common to have to do something like that on the rear guard.

me-109

Jamis Ventura

Michelin Lithion 2 23mm or Vittoria Zafiro 23mm

No go - not enough clearnace under rear brake bridge.

pitchshifter

Canyon Al - Fit ok but toe overlap on a large caused me to snap the front pretty quickly. Rear is fine though.

Crampeur

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DeEmBe

Fitted a pair to my B'Twin FC5, running on 23mm Schwalbe Blizzard Sport tyres. Plenty of fiddling about with the front one to make sure it doesn't rub but got there in the end. No problems with them at all.

gloomyandy

Planet X pro carbon small frame, with Sram Apex brakes and 23mm GP4000s tyres.

Had to chop the rear guard a fair bit and as a result the rear guard sits further forward on the wheel so I needed to extend the rear with a flap to make things less unpleasant for my club mates! But they do basically fit, a bit of rubbing from time to time as they move around a little, but nothing too bad.

chris_bass

Chris Bass wrote:

If its any help (probably not given different bikes and tyres and pretty much everything!) i managed to fit some to my cube agree gtc, the front was a bit tricky and every now and then it slightly rubs the tyre but all in all pretty good!

did this thread change? i'm sure this isnt what it was when i posted before?!

anyway, cube agree gtc, rs10s, michelin pro race 4 endurance - seems to fit!

napoleond

Cervelo R3 - fit great with 24mm Vittoria open pave. SRAM red brakes.
Colnago Arte- required butchery around rear brake with 23mm tyres and Sram red
Litespeed Siena- as R3

speedo

Recently fit crud 2 roadracers to my TREK DOMANE 6.2 with Bontrager Racelite Hardcase 700C 23 TYRES.
Plenty of room to fit and very little adjustment required afterwards,and to boot work perfectly

mabbo

Had them fitted to my Giant defy 1, 2010 model, using 23 /25 mm tyres. Now moved them onto my winter hack, an old 1990 Giant, steel frame. Using 28mm tyres.

Methinks they can be adjsuted and messed with to fit most options.

rolf_f

mabbo wrote:

Had them fitted to my Giant defy 1, 2010 model, using 23 /25 mm tyres. Now moved them onto my winter hack, an old 1990 Giant, steel frame. Using 28mm tyres.

Methinks they can be adjsuted and messed with to fit most options.

Yep - I'm pretty sure based on a sample set of two you are safe to extrapolate to most bikes built in the last quarter century!

LiamW

JamesEs wrote:

LiamW wrote:

http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40042&t=12718891

I think you'll find what you need in that thread.

:roll: Did you even read my post? The idea is to compile a list of tried and tested frame/tyre combinations in the first post so that people don't have to go searching through 18 pages of discussion or start a new thread every time.

Hold on until i pick up the toys you threw out of your parm mate.

bad_ash

I've got them on my B'twin Triban 3 with 23mm continue Gatorskin Hardshells. I found the front of the front wheel guard was rubbing, so I've made some additional holes which I use additional fasteners to pull it up (attached to caliper).

Balaclavas

Fit fine on my Bianchi Via Nirone (non carbon seatstays) with Conti Gatorskin 23c.

Are they really that dificult to fit on the Izalco? Ive got one, but having not tried fitting any cruds to them, I can't see anything that looks like it'll make it dificult.

Bozman

Balaclavas wrote:

Fit fine on my Bianchi Via Nirone (non carbon seatstays) with Conti Gatorskin 23c.

Are they really that dificult to fit on the Izalco? Ive got one, but having not tried fitting any cruds to them, I can't see anything that looks like it'll make it dificult.

Regarding the Izalco, I got one on the rear but there wasn't the clearance at the front and the fork edges are like blades which made it near-on impossible to attach the little bracket. Someone somewhere may have the patience and bodge it skills to get one to fit but I didn't.

MrSweary

Felt Z85 with Conti 4Seasons 25c… yes.

nammynake

54cm Specialised Allez (2011): Continental GP4000s - 23 mm