http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Bodging a mudguard flap en Wed, 13 May 2026 05:09:39 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-140425 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:46:54 +0000 fimm 140425@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wingpig possibly. They did have a Brompton front flap, just not a back one. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-140420 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:28:20 +0000 wingpig 140420@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There were a couple of mudflap-looking leathery things on their back wall yesterday lunchtime... assume they were Brooks rather than Brompton seeing as they were next to all the saddles. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-140415 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:18:44 +0000 fimm 140415@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Update: BikeTrax didn't have any flaps in stock but expect a delivery by next weekend. My bodge is holding (somewhat to my surprise...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-140331 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 20:19:39 +0000 allebong 140331@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This was pretty much made for the job, in more ways than one!</p> <p><a href="http://postimg.org/image/i20npk9c7/"><img src="http://s7.postimg.org/i20npk9c7/DSC9049.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-140329 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:54:38 +0000 EddieD 140329@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I must thank folk for the tips - with a few strips of gaffer* tape, and a few sections of cut up beer can**, I've usefully extended the SKS raceblades I use on the chameleon, which will serve as a commuter for a while...</p> <p>*Duct and gaffer tape have different glue apparently - gaffer doesn't leave a residue that attracts dust, so theatre's prefer it for marks</p> <p>**Each to their own... My milk has a few days left, the beer can was empty... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-139905 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 09:42:21 +0000 fimm 139905@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Alas, I have no Duck Tape left. I did make a bodge with some blue tape and a piece of yoghurt carton, but I'm not sure it will stay on very long. It didn't fall off this morning, mind you.</p> <p>Thank you for all the advice. I'll get on to BikeTrax at the weekend (and put Duck/gaffer tape on the shopping list). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-139842 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:40:58 +0000 fimm 139842@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Roibeard, yep, that's the thing, cheers. I intend to get a proper new one, but got properly mockit last night, hence the request for a quick'n'dirty bodge... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-139833 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:18:35 +0000 Roibeard 139833@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've got a greater and lesser flap - the lesser to the rear... cb is correct that the lesser one is more rigid!</p> <p><img src="http://bikebuilder.brompton.com/admin/uploads/qpart/1237/QMGBL_RR_SV.jpg?width=250"></p> <p>Brompton do list <a href="http://brompton.com/spares/part/1240/rear-mud-flap-fastenings">the flap </a>without the full mudguard.</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-139831 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:03:24 +0000 Smudge 139831@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Duck tape, duct tape, gaffer tape, black nasty, harry black... There must be some more names I've missed :-) all now seem to be used interchangeably for broad, strong sticking tape. :-)<br /> No flap on the back of my mudguard, must go and look at some pictures of other Bromptons now... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-139801 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:33:01 +0000 crowriver 139801@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Where do I obtain gaffer tape?</em></p> <p>Most pound shops or DIY stores sell it as 'duct tape'. See how Americanised we have become? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-139799 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:31:28 +0000 Arellcat 139799@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Ah, it is the same thing as Duck tape? I have Duck tape.</em></p> <p>Strictly speaking, you probably want duck tape rather than gaffer tape. Gaffer tape is designed not to leave sticky residue when you peel it off again - such as when taping down wiring on stages or studio floors.</p> <p>Duck, from cotton duck (with adhesive), although mostly it's synthetic now. And duct, from back when it was popularly used to repair air ducts. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-139795 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:18:22 +0000 chdot 139795@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah, many names, brands</p> <p><a href="http://m.homebase.co.uk/mt/www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=110&amp;storeId=10151&amp;partNumber=348469" rel="nofollow">http://m.homebase.co.uk/mt/www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=110&amp;storeId=10151&amp;partNumber=348469</a></p> <p>Lidl had silver for about £2 last week. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-139790 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:11:52 +0000 fimm 139790@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah, it is the same thing as Duck tape? I have Duck tape. (unfortantely it is red Duck tape - at least it will go nicely with my new red handlebar ends...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-139789 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:08:50 +0000 kaputnik 139789@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Where do I obtain gaffer tape?<br /> </em></p> <p>Look for "Duck" brand in any hardware store, or larger supermarkets. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-139787 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:02:42 +0000 fimm 139787@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thank you.<br /> Where do I obtain gaffer tape?</p> <p>It is the rear mudguard. I'm sure it did have a flap, and I can't see any other reason why I would suddenly have dirt all the way up my back after cyling home last night. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-139784 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:54:32 +0000 cb 139784@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Rear guards that aren't full length usually have a little raised bit at the end. Is that classed as a 'flap' (given it doesn't actually flap) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-139757 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:26:11 +0000 kaputnik 139757@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>or am I missing a mudflap!?<br /> </em></p> <p>I've older Chromoplastics with flaps front and rear, but newer sets I've bought only have the front flap. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-139744 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 12:56:06 +0000 Smudge 139744@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>+1 for the cut up milk carton.<br /> "rear mudguard flap", do you mean the one on the front 'guard or am I missing a mudflap!?<br /> If it's the front one I'd skip the duct tape and just cut plastic from a milk carton to shape and bolt in place. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-139720 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 10:27:50 +0000 kaputnik 139720@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>some plastic milk jug inside the gaffer tape can be used for re-inforcement. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-139709 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 09:35:14 +0000 chdot 139709@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'Normal' ideas usual involve cutting up plastic things - washing up liquid bottles etc. </p> <p>BUT the quickest and simplest way to make mudflaps (not just as a temp replacement) is to use gaffer tape. </p> <p>Make sure mudguard (esp inside) is clean and dry. Cut a piece of tape more twice as long as the required flap. </p> <p>Stick a couple of cms inside, fold tape roughly in half and stick two sticky sides together. There should be a spare few cms to stick on outside of mudguard. </p> <p>You can now cut rounded corners to make it look <em>slightly</em> more elegant. </p> <p>Usually lasts months. </p> <p>Cheap... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12040#post-139704 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 09:23:30 +0000 fimm 139704@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I seem to have lost the rear mudguard flap off the Brompton. Any suggestions for bodging a replacement until I can get to BikeTrax? I'm getting splattered... </p>