Mudguards

anyone got a pair of full length mudguards, silver preferred, will take black if nothing better appears. Running 23's so nothing too large, my rear has split where it was drilled, so will take a read if no one has a pair sitting around.

Have small beer/cash to offer you.

Let me know

What other hammered polished full length mudguard choices are there?

Velo orange
Kinoko (not keen on the smooth sides)

Dia-Compe do them: http://www.alexscycle.com/campee-1/fender/dia-compe-ene-ciclo-hammered-full-fender-f-3.html?currency=GBP

They're the same as the kinoko ones

And they're fab. Finally flapped, and looking for puddles to play in.

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x/post CP. First ever grown up mudguards, only minor swearing during installation. Anyone got flap advice?

If they're SKS guards their flaps are great. While I didn't have one I made a flap from many, many layers of duct tape and attached it to the guard with, you've guessed it, duct tape. This worked surprisingly well and survived most of the winter.

Plastic milk bottle and pop-rivet gun off eBay.

Is this what you want the brake for?

You've changed...

I've wondered about trying something like fleece for a mud flap, or anything that is maybe a tiny bit more aero and less rigid than the standard plastic/leather/rubber types.

My rear PDW guard broke on the way home yesterday - lasted almost exactly 12 months! I blame the shitty state of the roads in london. Probably averaged 50 miles a week on them commuting.

Anyone got any other suggestions for guards that'll work well on a bike with no eyelets?

Where did they break? Mine lasted about 800 miles before the seat tube bracket popped its rivets. Still usable with a couple of holes drilled through and a couple of cable ties.

That's a bit lame; would expect many more than 2500 miles from a set of mudguards. 800 miles would sent back.

The rear one has been getting worse for a while. It started to warp after 6 months so I had to adjust the bracket daily to stop it rubbing against the tyre. It also generally rattled and makes a lot of noise. The final nail in the coffin was when the bracket holding it to the brake snapped yesterday.
I could buy another bracket as the mudguard (besides being worn and warped) is still in one piece, but my commute today was so peaceful it highlighted how crap it had gotten.

I'm tempted by Plume, my only concern is that it's mounted quite high above the wheel so I can't see it being that effective. Anyone got any experience with it? Musguard looks a little better (more coverage) but unfortunately I like my rear brake!

the bracket holding it to the brake snapped yesterday

Snapped?! Isn't is a great big lump of 2mm steel bar?

Maybe rivet an L shape bracket it its place?

Yep. It's the bit that wraps around your brake that snapped.
I guess all the flexing from going in and out of the potholes weakened it and yesterday was one pot hole too many!

Anyone used rsp raceplates? They look similar to the blb ones, wondering if the lack of sides makes them useless or not?

To avoid trawling through this entire thread, what are the opinions on the SKS race blades? Do they guard much seeing as they appear not to cover the seat tube side of the wheel? They'd be for commuting on a Fuji track classic, which I roll down stairs on the back wheel (wheelie style) so I'm pretty keen for the short rear on them…
Cheers!

Much better than Crud, but they're not "proper" mudguards, definitely compromised.

What about PDW?

My rear PDW guard broke

£75 mudguards should be longer lasting.

Cruds are better IMO... unless you're thinking of Raceblade Longs?

Innit.. I am shocked

unless you're thinking of Raceblade Longs

Possibly, but I was mostly thinking of how floppy Cruds are: SKS are much more sturdy.

The regular Raceblade has so little coverage it's hardly worth bothering with. Being sturdy just means it sits in landfill longer ;-)

Raceblade Longs are good though.

A front Raceblade used on the back wheel makes a nice little ass saver alternative for a fixie skidder – that's the only thing keeping mine out of the bin.

So I was thinking long then :)

SKS are much more sturdy.

Which in my experience makes them snap. On a regular basis. And the longs tend to work like a chute, blasting all the crap off the road straight on to the back of your seat tube/BB shell/front/mech/chainset. Front did work okay though.

Not a fan.