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@Sam_Doman
I don't like my mudguard to move. I hate bike rattles, and nothing sounds worse then rattly stainless mudguards.
I originally made custom stainless brackets, of appropriate lengths, for the fork crown and seatstay bridge, but they were always a bit floppy before I fitted the racks. When I fitted them; I very carefully adjusted my racks to be as low as possible, for two reasons: to lower the bike's centre of gravity, and to create an extra fixing point for the mudguards. I simply folded a shallow crease into the mudguard, being careful not to distort the shape, drilled some 3mm holes and used some cable ties to fasten them. I was worried the cable ties would chafe on the drilled edge, but de-burred each hole from both sides, and they've been absolutely fine, original zip-ties after several months of riding. The front mudguard is now fastened to 3 fixed points, and the rear to 4. This makes them both very rigid, and the bike almost sounds like a basketball when you bounce it on It's tyres. Also used the same technique to mount the front light
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