Mudguards n' single speeds

greasedscotsman

Am I missing something? How do you remove the rear wheel from a single speed (or fixed) with full length guards without taking the guard apart?

marcusjb

I use SKS Chromaplastics on my fixed and use a pair of the break-away connectors (as per front mudguards) to make the back wheel easily removeable.

Google tells me they are called Secu Clips:

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/sks-secu-cli ... r-prod666/

Works a treat. Most decent LBS will have them.

peat

I carry a screwdriver to undo the stays and budge the guard over just enough for the wheel to come out of the drop outs. Bit of a faff.

IShaggy

If the guards have a little bit of clearance then you can usually get the wheel out with the tyre deflated.

bendertherobot

You run Marathon+ and don't worry about it

redvee

I run RoadRacers on my Tricross cause of this and undo the rear stay thumbnuts as I've extended the guards and added another set of stays.

greasedscotsman

OK, thanks for all the replies...

MichaelW

Horizontal dropouts or track ends?