SKS raceblade dont work with canyons

blablablacksheep
blablablacksheep Posts: 1,377
edited February 2014 in Road general
Ordered some sks raceguards to fit my canyon and ive noticed that they wont fit :shock:

Issue im having is where the mudguards attach via the brake caliper, where the bolt of the calliper doesnt go through the brackets from which the mudguards attach.( the U bend of the clip)


Ive managed to fit the rear guard but cannot fit the small extra bit.

Big issue is the front mudguard is useless as i cannot attach the main part only the small front bit that goes in front....

Any suggestions and what should i do? return and if so, what to get instead??
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  • The Mechanic
    The Mechanic Posts: 1,277
    Check out this video that shows you how it is done. These are an evolution from the ones I have that only fit to the forks and stays - no brake fittings on mine.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlOXOSqecEc
    I have only two things to say to that; Bo***cks
  • ai_1
    ai_1 Posts: 3,060
    Which Canyon? The new Ultimate CF SL/SLX or one of the others?
  • wishitwasallflat
    wishitwasallflat Posts: 2,927
    blablablacksheep wrote:
    the bolt of the calliper doesnt go through the brackets from which the mudguards attach.( the U bend of the clip)

    Why not - are brake calliper bolts not a standard diameter? Can't understand nor visualise why it wouldn't fit.
  • blablablacksheep
    blablablacksheep Posts: 1,377
    It's a canyon slx.

    If you have SKS I guess it be easier to understand. Basically the bolt that attaches the brake to frame doesn't fit into/ through the provides brackets which is very annoying as I thought they be standard bolts on canton nothing fancy.

    I'll try upload picture but is there any point in buying another brand as surely they have same issue? Canyon owners what you using??
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  • wishitwasallflat
    wishitwasallflat Posts: 2,927
    blablablacksheep wrote:
    It's a canyon slx.

    If you have SKS I guess it be easier to understand. Basically the bolt that attaches the brake to frame doesn't fit into/ through the provides brackets which is very annoying as I thought they be standard bolts on canton nothing fancy.

    I'll try upload picture but is there any point in buying another brand as surely they have same issue? Canyon owners what you using??

    I have SKS Raceblades and it sounds like a simple option would be to drill out the slot on the guard fitting to accommodate the larger diameter of the brake calliper bolt on your Canyon - provided - you could do that and still leave a bit round the edges so the guard fitting was still strong enough. How much would you need to drill?
  • blablablacksheep
    blablablacksheep Posts: 1,377
    I reckon another 1mm each side of bolt, issue is would the metal be strong enough to be drilled and wouldn't break.

    I'm emailing SKS about this, given they a German company you'd think that one of the most popular bike companies in Germany bikes would work with their mudguards lol...
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  • bobones
    bobones Posts: 1,215
    Remove the brake caliper and fit the guard in front of the fork. The caliper bolt will pass through the hole. The video above shows you.
  • wishitwasallflat
    wishitwasallflat Posts: 2,927
    bobones wrote:
    Remove the brake caliper and fit the guard in front of the fork. The caliper bolt will pass through the hole. The video above shows you.

    Mmmm ... I never thought of that as a possible explanation. Makes good sense though as if you tried to fit the brackets to the rear of the fork (or the front of the brake bridge at the rear) then you would have to get the retaining nut through the bracket - not the bolt. I reckon the bolt is probably about a mm or so bigger diameter than the bolt. As bobones says the brackets go on front of fork so only the bolt needs to go through (not the nut).

    If this is the explanation though how did you get the rear to fit - is it fitted to the rear of the brake bridge so only brake bolts goes through but you were doing the front differently OP?

    Intrigued ....
  • xixang
    xixang Posts: 235
    front brackets in front of fork, rear brackets at rear of bridge. In both cases only the caliper goes through the brackets. This is why they come with longer brackets - for deep forks
  • blablablacksheep
    blablablacksheep Posts: 1,377
    Picture hopefully make sense.

    As you see I've had to put it in the front of fork not behind like instructions say, issue being two brackets used instead of one.

    Rear is same which means cannot have both rear mudguards only one:/http://postimg.org/image/8lhkzd6e7/

    http://postimg.org/image/xudoh5rnj/
    http://postimg.org/image/yfsoc2wz9/

    Thanks
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  • ellj22
    ellj22 Posts: 122
    Check out this video, around 40 seconds in it shows you what you need. Basically the two u shaped bits sandwich together, you select length of bracket depending on fork/frame bridge depth.

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XtofnuaXh7U

    The front and rear work the same way with both brackets fitting directly behind the brake facing opposite directions. The bracket going between the fork legs may need a bit of vertical adjustment to fit perfectly.

    Hope this makes sense.
  • dj58
    dj58 Posts: 2,225
    There is a short video clip on the http://www.sks-germany.com products/mudguards/raceblade long, that show the correct brake bridge brackets fitting arrangement.

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