Mudguards

VO guards look great which means @hippy will NEVER get them! He is strictly anti.

Hippy you deserve swarf.

The only mudguard that I ever 'kind of' liked was my old one. It was just a bare strip of aluminium. Some French brand. Minimalist muddie guardie.

Well they are aluminium so stiff and light but yeah, they don’t like to be bent. Also re-drilling mounting holes can (allegedly) lead to cracks.

I’d agree they’re not ideal for a hack / work bike / Australians.

Salmons or something? They don’t really work do they?

On a Tripster they would be 100% anti.

Yeah

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SALMON-FRENCH-VINTAGE-ALLOY-MUDGUARDS-/302666214882?clk_rvr_id=1488710775107&rmvSB=true

They're great. Of course they work, on a road bike where the tyre is skinnier than the guard but now that I've bought like 42s and shit for the Tripster they won't fit and they're not wide enough anyway.

Maybe I should get some fluoro pink mudguards...

Either GB ones

http://sella-berolinum.de/shop/schutzbleche/28-622mm-/1685/28-/-50mm-/-lang-gilles-berthoud-schutzblech-set-ungebohrt?c=63

Or sks longboards

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobile/se/en/sks-longboard-mudguard-set/rp-prod68581

"loads of use"... "not precious with your bikes"... hmm

If anyone is interested, I've got a set of 650b x 62 honjo's going for free. They've lived a life, but there is still yet more in them!

Don't really want to ditch them, and I no longer need them.

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/319241/#comment14178179

Damn. London and I’d have snatched them real fast

Crud Racer Mk3 Mudguards - £10 at Halfords.

http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bike-par­ts/mudguards/crud-roadracer-mk3-mudguard­-set-700c?

GB still considered the best of the metal guards?

Anyone know what the max tyre size you’ll fit inside the 40mm ones is? I’m thinking a 28 will be ok?

I’d probably go for VO again as I have them on another bike but the blurb says 35mm version does up to 25c tyres and the 45mm version for up to 35c tyres. I have the 45mm version and they look ‘baggy’ over 30s, would prefer a closer fit this time.

Usually they specify 10 mm space as a rule of thumb. I have 35mm VO guards and I'm on 25 with room to spare. Have yet to try 28s but I think they'll fit nicely.

I have 28s under my 40mm GBs, look cracking. Looked fine with 32s too, just need to get the fit just right or they rub slightly.

I once had 42c under 30mm guards...

CSB

Anyway, I’ve bought but not fitted Pelago 45mm fenders which look really decent. SBC can get them in. £50

when did £50 become acceptable amount for mudguards?

^ says the guy with £120 mudguards

Seems about standard if not cheap for metal guards. PDW are 75-80

Since tidy guards = IG points.

I've just put VO 35mm on over 28mm tyres, no problems at all. Tried over 32s, but that was going too far. There's enough vertical space, have yet to try it in a downpour to see how the spray is.

Should still be better than the years I had 30mm PDW over 28s. Love a close-fitting guard.

GB still considered the best of the metal guards?

Look no further than Honjo, noticeably better quality than anything else by a country mile. Albeit at a significant cost......

Way I look at it though is people will happily spend 100 quid on a saddle, or a set of tyres etc, so why not on guards? They'll last you an awful lot longer than a set of tyres, or say, 10 rolls of bar tape...

people will happily spend 100 quid on a saddle, or a set of tyres etc

Not me. Mudguards though, that's different :)

Anyone got a rear SKS Longboard 45mm in silver going spare?

My Velo Orange guards have cracked near the seat stay bridge.

Everyone I ride with told me aluminium guards would crack .... I shoulda listened. Back to SKS.