http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Mudguard fixings - unborking the borked en Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:18:55 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17347#post-246556 Tue, 11 Apr 2017 14:48:27 +0000 Ed1 246556@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A boring bike question.</p> <p>The front mud guard broke on my bike when it crashed , It has sks 35mm cromo plastic with clips made specifically for my bike a 2015 revolution country explorer. When I look in the bike shops the SKS have different connectors. Could I buy SKS mudguards and fit the old connectors? The old connectors are made to measure for the bike </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17347#post-245361 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 08:16:42 +0000 gembo 245361@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Very wise to run the commute with mudguards all year round. I might look at mudguard flaps that stay on or can be fixed back on in future times. Such is my belief in the essential nature of mudguards and now mudguard flaps </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17347#post-245355 Thu, 23 Mar 2017 23:10:50 +0000 Mandopicker101 245355@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>OK, so to resurrect my own thread... </p> <p>I attempted to make a loop over the top using inner tube, a bit like the clip on road bike guards (crud racers?). That didn't work. </p> <p>I resorted to copious swathes of 'T-Rex tape (great stuff btw) to hold them together where the mixclips had gone wrong, which <em>did</em> work, but looked terrible. Although the bike itself looks like it's done hard labour, I have some vestiges of pride and caved in when I found some Contec guards on Planet X. </p> <p>Yes, once bitten, twice shy...the Stronglight E-Type monstrosities came from PX...but a fiver (OK, 8.99 when you include the postage). Still cheaper than Decathlon's bargain SKS guards.</p> <p>The Contec guards look like basic SKS affairs - no branding, nothing fancy but they use traditional eye bolts and normal-looking stays. Better still, the stays are almost exactly the right length out of the box! Took me half an hour to fit - I would've been quicker still if I hadn't been doing it by the light of our pend light which is motion sensitive...</p> <p>All's well that sort of ends well. The Stronglight guards will be kept and fettled later. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17347#post-241021 Mon, 16 Jan 2017 15:15:26 +0000 chdot 241021@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There are 'new' drawers at the temporary BS (other end of the yard) but much less full/varied. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17347#post-241018 Mon, 16 Jan 2017 15:03:53 +0000 I were right about that saddle 241018@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The random-fixing-drawers of the Bike Station are now at Daltons, alas. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17347#post-241016 Mon, 16 Jan 2017 14:22:08 +0000 Mandopicker101 241016@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm liking the adaptation route - the brackets from the SKS guards were borked but might be revived. I'll post some pics this evening. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17347#post-241009 Mon, 16 Jan 2017 14:05:07 +0000 wingpig 241009@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My Stronglight other-type-with-metal-mounts didn't make it out of the house on my singlespeed, never mind over any cobbles.<br /> Sounds like you need a tootle through the random-fixing-drawers of something like a Bike Station to find some adaptable metal mounts, unless you just want it over with quickly in which case SJS are probably best. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17347#post-241008 Mon, 16 Jan 2017 14:02:49 +0000 Arellcat 241008@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can you re-use the mudguard stay bracket and bolts from your SKS pair? It's usually entirely possible to poke a couple of holes in the mudguard and zip tie the bracket on.</p> <p>The workshops in bike shops sometimes have spares knocking about. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17347#post-241007 Mon, 16 Jan 2017 13:56:41 +0000 urchaidh 241007@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://sugru.com/">Sugru</a>? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17347#post-241004 Mon, 16 Jan 2017 13:51:04 +0000 I were right about that saddle 241004@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Mandopicker1</p> <p>Post photos and the hive mind will solve this minor glitch. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17347#post-241000 Mon, 16 Jan 2017 13:43:00 +0000 Mandopicker101 241000@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I fitted some <a href="http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/FSSLEMG700/stronglight-e-type-700c-mudguard">Stronglight E-Type mudguards </a>to replace a rather battered SKS affair, held together with elastic bands, zip ties and electrical tape (the old ones certainly helped the 'shabby chic'/it-isn't-worth-stealing vibe). </p> <p>Unlike every other set of guards I've owned, the stays fix to the guard blades via a small plastic widget called a Mix Clip, held on by a small screw. Despite screwing them down as tight as possible, all four clips on the rear guard lasted two minutes over cobbles this morning. </p> <p>Worse, no-one in the UK appears to sell these and while in Germany they cost only 1 Euro a pop, the 9 euros required to post them rather defeats the purpose.</p> <p>I'm thinking the rubbery, strappy, plasticky U-shaped piece from a set of SKS Raceblades would work well....but you can't get those either. Short of industrial-strength outdoor tape, I'm stumped as to how I can repair the guards. Given they've been on for less than 50 miles, I'm extraordinarily loathe to chuck 'em.</p> <p>Any suggestions? </p>