Winter is coming ... Mudguards and tyres
andyh01
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Hi all
So I have the one do it all bike which is disc flat mount adventure/gravel Mason Bokeh, with Hunt wheels currently with 35mm G Ones tubeless tires.
I'm after some mudguards the bike also has fittings for them. The recommended ones are SKS Bluemels but I had the raceblad3d 9n previous bike which didn't last long.
I'm tempted to go alloy rather than chromoplastic so looking at PDWs but the price puts me off a bit or Velo Orange
Are the PDWs worth it?
Any suggestions/recommendations?
Also need to be able to take winter tires, am I best off with MTB type or spiked for snow & ice ? Prefer tubeless I think rims are 19" wide. Ideally change tires November time and leave on until Feb time.
Any help much appreciated
Thanks
Andy
So I have the one do it all bike which is disc flat mount adventure/gravel Mason Bokeh, with Hunt wheels currently with 35mm G Ones tubeless tires.
I'm after some mudguards the bike also has fittings for them. The recommended ones are SKS Bluemels but I had the raceblad3d 9n previous bike which didn't last long.
I'm tempted to go alloy rather than chromoplastic so looking at PDWs but the price puts me off a bit or Velo Orange
Are the PDWs worth it?
Any suggestions/recommendations?
Also need to be able to take winter tires, am I best off with MTB type or spiked for snow & ice ? Prefer tubeless I think rims are 19" wide. Ideally change tires November time and leave on until Feb time.
Any help much appreciated
Thanks
Andy
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Raceblades are a completely different beast to SKS Bluemels/Chromoplastics. The proper fitted guards take an hour or so of tinkering to get them to fit right, but after that they'll be solid and won't need touching. I don't bother with any other guards, I just go for fitted SKS ones every time.0
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Thanks for the quick response.
How do they fit on are they zip ties on the forks?
Bike has 12mm thru axel0 -
SKS Longboards are very good. Somewhat longer and wider than "normal" guards so will easily take a 30mm tyre. They do keep a lot of crap off you, especially if you are riding on muddy tracks. Quite sturdy so should take a bit of hammer.0
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AndyH01 wrote:Thanks for the quick response.
How do they fit on are they zip ties on the forks?
Bike has 12mm thru axel0 -
Thanks all.
I had another look last night if PDWs only go to 45mm with recommend 10mm clearence means could 9nly fit max 35mm tyre. I originally thought I could go with their 650b beast but they won't work in 700c wheels.
I could go for the Zeppelin's which are 51mm
U guess it comes down to which tyres I would use in deep winter whether ice spikes/studs like the marathons which I think can come in at 335mm or whether I go wider and more studs or wider treaded mud tyre? I guess snow sludge is similar to mud??0 -
Where and what are you riding?
Whats makes you think huge tyres are essential for our winter?
My PDWs are now approaching their 4 th 'season'.
I can just about squeeze 23mm in them but , I seem to survive.0 -
JGSI wrote:Where and what are you riding?
Whats makes you think huge tyres are essential for our winter?
My PDWs are now approaching their 4 th 'season'.
I can just about squeeze 23mm in them but , I seem to survive.
Commuting /riding Leicestershire country and cycle lanes roads etc.
My only steed is a Mason Bokeh Adventure/gravel type bike.
My experience of trying to ride with snow/ice on the ground with 28mm slicks and rim brakes
I now have discs and clearance for wider tyres to cope with snow/8ce currently only have the one set of wheels0 -
Good luck for keeping upright on snow and ice is all I can say .
There are those rare days when a walk or bus to work makes more sense.0