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  • That's the kind of stuff we should have more of in this thread. More cheaply but sensibly converted road bikes and fewer peach stemmed mob-rousers.

    Cheers. Peach-stemmed mob-rousers is a lovely turn of phrase. I nearly bought a Toyko Fixed Wide Open just the other day, as they're on a massive sale, and it would be lighter, nicer, have eyelets and proper clearance for rack and mudguards and bigger tyres, but I'm glad I didn't to be honest. There's satisfaction to be had in taking something you already have and making it fit a new purpose rather than just getting your wallet out!

    Seems like a good idea, though I would worry a little about sway with the mounting position that far back.

    The position is actually talked up as a deliberate thing in the product info, to enable decent heel clearance with panniers even on road bikes with short chainstays. Will report back if there's sway.

    If it doesn´t, some v-brake noodles will do the job. That´s how I fitted a PDW basket on my road bike:

    Nice job on that Miyata by the way. I´m slowly upgrading my road bike to something similar, although I think I´ll get a Tubus Fly rear rack. I´d like to fit full mudguards too, because Raceblades are only useful with light rain, but unfortunately clearances are too tight . :(

    Noodles look great, that's ingenious! Yep I was eyeing up the Tubus Fly as well, but decided I didn't need to spend that much in the end. I think Tubus racks come with mounting hardware for bikes without eyelets too? Otherwise I guess there's the p-clip route. Agreed that Raceblades are not a proper substitute for real mudguards, it's not bad at the back but I think I might get one of these mudflaps to extend the coverage on the front.

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