Mudguard to fit Lefty fork??

Mattcee

My Cannondale has the 'Lefty' fork so my usual little front mudguard doesn't fit as I need to wrap the velcro around both legs.
Is there a mudguard that will fit a lefty fork?

doomanic

Assuming the Leftie has a conventional steerer tube I suspect you're going to be stuck with something like this;

LimitedGarry

Pretty much that. I cringe every time I see a lefty. Not that I'm judging it or anything, but it's kinda like seeing a flying saucer. Once I saw one riding with mudguards and wodered how they mount. Googled around a bit and it turns out even this kind of mudguard isn't a guaranteed fit. If I recall correctly, the hole on the lefty is a bit thinner than usual (or thicker, idunno)
I've also seen pictures of a lefty having a mudguard secured by zip ties. Ghetto AF but functional (as functional as mudguards on a MTB can be, anyways).

batmo

LimitedGarry wrote:

even this kind of mudguard isn't a guaranteed fit.

The problem is not so much that the bung doesn't fit in the steerer, but that the mudguard is designed with a gap for the crown at right-angles to the wheel. On a Lefty, the crown (half-crown?) is not at 90° to the wheel, but angled forward.
I found this out with the missus's bike and it certainly doesn't improve the situation when a mudguard isn't considered a particularly good present in the first place...

Mattcee

Looks like I'm out of luck then and will have to fit one of those frame downtube mudguards

poucher

I use a SKS mudguard with the Lefty quick release adaptor, its on and off in seconds :-

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sks+l ... tQQsAQIkgE

More info for you here in this post, pics of my old Jeckyll kitted out :-

viewtopic.php?p=15950410

This will do the job!

Mattcee

poucher wrote:

I use a SKS mudguard with the Lefty quick release adaptor, its on and off in seconds :-

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sks+l ... tQQsAQIkgE

More info for you here in this post, pics of my old Jeckyll kitted out :-

viewtopic.php?p=15950410

This will do the job!

Excellent info, thanks!

swod1

Mudhugger now do one for the lefty fork, £35 pound though.

JBA

Mudhugger have just released a Lefty-specific guard.