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Dry bum solution

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  • Started 12 years ago by Stepdoh
  • Latest reply from gkgk
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  1. Stepdoh
    Member

    Had a real stinker of a commute home last night. Normal trousers + rain + road detritus = eugh. Can't wait for my kit (and pedals and shoes and red knee warmers!) to arrive on the boat but in the meantime looking for ways of keeping butt a bit dryer.

    Back end is here, it's a bit bereft of connecting options. Running 700x25c Hutchinson tyres. Clearance between tyre and calipers is at least 5mm.

    It's got not much to connect on the seat stay, but has eyelets above the rear dropout.

    Have chatted about raceblades and crud roadracers on the twittser but not really came to any conclusions, any other suggestions?

    Posted 12 years ago #

  2. Smudge
    Member

    Looks like plenty clearance, for a commuting bike I'd go the whole hog and fit SKS full 'guards. less prone to rubbing than raceblades imho
    (All assuming the pic isn't misleading when viewed on a teeny screen!)

    Posted 12 years ago #

  3. custard
    Member

    agreed.looks like plenty of room
    more than I had on the Boardmans bridge

    Posted 12 years ago #

  4. kaputnik
    Moderator

    That bike looks just old enough to have been built before the current fad for designing OUT the ability to use a full mudguards.

    If it has eyelets on the dropout, the other attachment points of a "real" SKS guard are trapped between the brake and the brake hanger and the little bolt hole down by the bottom bracket.

    Front is the same, except BB attachment point.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  5. Smudge
    Member

    Sorted then.. fit (and forget!) "proper" 'guards and bask in the admiring glances at your newly cool audaxy/long haul looking velocipede, and of course a dry clean bum!

    Posted 12 years ago #

  6. crowriver
    Member

    Real mudguards for real cycling.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  7. ARobComp
    Member

    I have one mud guard which clips onto whatever bike I am using if it looks like rain. Best bit is it looks like it's a permanent fix and would need a allen key to remove. This is not the case!

    Doesn't look cool but it works fine plus I can remove it if I'm going for the streamlined look/working on the bike.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  8. gkgk
    Member

    I vote for mudguards but what about one of these?

    Bit rich at £6 but a bit of fun!

    Posted 12 years ago #

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