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CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: mudguards http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: mudguards en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:27:35 +0000 kaputnik on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-20460 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:46:23 +0000 kaputnik 20460@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ THEY'RE HERE :D <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/5307199930/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5205/5307199930_ba81047eaf.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/5307199930/">They're here!</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kaputniq/">kaputniq</a>, on Flickr Smudge on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-18657 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:14:41 +0000 Smudge 18657@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @Alibali, my SKS guards had a short mudflap on the front but my shoes still got spattered, I attacked an old milk carton (suitably washed) with scissors then used black duct tape to make a large and ugly extension to the mudflap. Much cleaner shoes now :-) I now only worry when splashing through deep puddles, which, whilst they may be attacked with impunity whilst freewhweeling, still result in wet tootsies if you keep pedalling :-/ Certainly a big improvement though... Min on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-18628 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:24:08 +0000 Min 18628@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Kaputnik-just stay away from the yellow snow.. alibali on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-18621 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:35:44 +0000 alibali 18621@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Certainly agree with the need for mudguards for commuting; not all workplaces have a shower or even anywhere to change. Even have a pair of moto-x style ones on my MTB (but they fall off at Glentress..) However, even the nice silver ones on my Pathfinder leave my feet splattered afer a few minutes on the WOLW and towpath. I have a pair of overshoes but they are a faf. Can the mudflap users (duct tape or otherwise) confirm the effectiveness of that approach on having clean-ish shoes on arrival at work, please? My guess is they do keep the crud off the BB, cables and chain though. kaputnik on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-18595 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:43:06 +0000 kaputnik 18595@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I've cheered up no end as I've found someone who will ship me a pair of these beauties to the UK; <img src="http://ecom1.planetbike.com/planetbike/media/7046_3.jpg"> spytfyre on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-10139 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:02:24 +0000 spytfyre 10139@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @SRD - I know I was just winding you up SRD on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-10138 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:25:41 +0000 SRD 10138@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ white better than yellow! (I was agreeing that you were getting carried away) spytfyre on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-10137 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:14:35 +0000 spytfyre 10137@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @SRD - were you agreeing to Yellow? SRD on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-10136 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:10:51 +0000 SRD 10136@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Yes. and yes :) spytfyre on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-10135 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:03:15 +0000 spytfyre 10135@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ (You are welcome to try white.) I already did... didn't you notice... chdot on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-10134 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:29:32 +0000 chdot 10134@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ "I do think we need more colourful text on this site" As long as no-one agrees on yellow. (You are welcome to try white.) P.s. re bikes/brellas/pix "you can't always get what you want, sometimes..." spytfyre on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-10133 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:22:45 +0000 spytfyre 10133@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ swiz... and I got all excited too pics 1. 4. 5. 6. in fact many of them the cyclist is not the one with the brolly or the brolly is not being held in the hands of the rider at the time(fixed to bike), they are merely pics with a brolly and a bike in yes I do think we need more colourful text on this site . . and I may be getting a bit carried away chdot on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-10132 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:16:49 +0000 chdot 10132@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ More here <a href="http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/bicycle,umbrella" rel="nofollow">http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/bicycle,umbrella</a> Kirst on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-10129 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:55:41 +0000 Kirst 10129@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ My mum used to have an umbrella hat. spytfyre on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-10126 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:38:44 +0000 spytfyre 10126@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ maybe if you cut the long handle off and just taped it with gaffer or duct tape to something that sits on top of your head, obviously such headgear would need to be held on with some form of straps to prevent the wind from removing it at the first opportunity... I've done some research and figure one of <a href="http://i.stpost.com/erez4/erez?src=ProductImages/1201M%5F09.tif&tmp=FullSize&redirect=0">these new fangled contraptions</a> might do the trick (of course I jest) SRD on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-10125 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:34:06 +0000 SRD 10125@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ And Oxford/Cambridge. My favourite was always the people cycling in the snow with umbrellas. As Kim says, it is common, but I think unduly risky. Nice pic though! Kim on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-10124 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:20:53 +0000 Kim 10124@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Cycling with a brolly is quite common in Europe, I have often see people doing it on the continent. tarmac jockey on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-10099 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:08:24 +0000 tarmac jockey 10099@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Mudguards are not the issue with this likely lad whom I spotted at the lights outside Scottish Widows this morning. It was bad enought walking in the rain with a brolly let alone cycling with a brolly! <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/revstar/4792976054/" title="At least he stopped at the lights! by Clear Spot, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/4792976054_83542027ef.jpg" alt="At least he stopped at the lights!" /></a> steveo on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-10096 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:58:28 +0000 steveo 10096@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Got them on the roady, they are more fiddly to fit than Crud let on and if your wheel isn't perfectly true you get some rubbing, doubt it's doing the tyre any real harm but the noise gets on my nerves. Kim on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076&page=2#post-10093 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:15:13 +0000 Kim 10093@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <a href="http://www.crudproducts.com/products/roadracer">Crud Road Racers</a> anyone? PS on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076#post-10074 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:02:24 +0000 PS 10074@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Horses for courses... No 'guards on my road bike (although race blades go on for the worst of winter). If it's wet, I get a wet *rse, but it's on my cycling kit, which goes straight in the washing machine when I get home. Guards on my singlespeed, which was acquired for the purpose of going around town whilst wearing civvies, which I'd rather didn't get a line of damp crud up the back of... cb on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076#post-10047 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:16:25 +0000 cb 10047@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I can still remember the first time I put mudguards on the bike and used them in anger, cycling back from Queensferry and approaching a flooded section of cycle path. I screwed up my eyes and braced for the usual soaking and... nothing happened. The rest of the journey was spent berating myself for not fitting guards before. Wilmington's Cow on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076#post-10044 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:10:16 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 10044@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I used to have an irrational dislike of mudguards, thought they looked ugly. But then I got the Kaff, and after a couple of wet commutes figured I'd give them a whirl - they stay on year round now. I've got raceblades for the fixed so I can whack on guards if needs be - though like many this morning I'm not sure it made much difference. Then again, the front one is fiddly, so I only ever make sure I'm not getting a wet streak up my back. Kirst on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076#post-10040 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:46:22 +0000 Kirst 10040@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ "I have mudguards on my bikes but aspire to one without (no - I can't just take them off my existing bikes). " Whereas I aspire to living somewhere mudguards aren't needed... chdot on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076#post-10036 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:35:12 +0000 chdot 10036@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ "But Duct Tape is Silver" Other colours are available... "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape">typically olive-green</a>" "I have plenty of it too so I shall get to work" Photos please. spytfyre on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076#post-10035 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:33:31 +0000 spytfyre 10035@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ "duct tape... won't break/bend/grate on kerbs" Good point - I have plenty of it too so I shall get to work. Silence is Golden But Duct Tape is Silver steveo on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076#post-10032 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:17:02 +0000 steveo 10032@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I've got the crud race guard on the roady but the clearance is so tight and my wheels just out of true means that they rub and make an irritating noise. NEED guards for the mtb the Nimbus tyres are terrible for spray ( I think i've had this rant before) chdot on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076#post-10026 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:42:02 +0000 chdot 10026@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ "made out of coke cans etc" Thing about duct tape (or similar) is that (apart from 'self adhesive') it's flexible so it can be long (and wide) enough to be effective but won't break/bend/grate on kerbs etc. spytfyre on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076#post-10024 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:37:20 +0000 spytfyre 10024@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ "Add an extra mudflap" Yeah have meant to for aaaages, also seen some nifty ones riveted onto the ends made out of coke cans etc miggy_magic on "mudguards" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1076#post-10021 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:31:59 +0000 miggy_magic 10021@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ After this morning's hellish commute, I may now review my decision to have no mudguards :-(