Mudguards

The next struggle is to work out the best fit for a 42 x 26" tyre that's in black as they only do 26" guards in silver and the 650b black ones are out of stock

get a shorter version of 650b and worry mainly about tyre width at its widest, side spray and 10mm clearance, stays can be cut

@Klar do you want to add anything?

I'd wait for 65ob black Zeppelins to come back into stock. It didn't take too long for them to be re-stocked last time. They look awesome and as long as the frame can take 52mm guards they should work well.

Cheers, It's one of the 51cm Isen frames so will check with @coldharbour on which guards fit the smaller frames

I can report on good mounting of a dynamo light on a set of the PDW guards (black)

Not sure how they'll fit with a 26" wheel though :/

Ah,

Yeah not sure. I saw the linked SKS edge was 28" so assumed 700c. PDW do a gravel guard in 650b, that might work?

Yeah I splurged on the PDW Beast for my Surly, don't think it'll fit the small Isen's unfortunately. I'll wait for Matt's guidance, if only the forks had drilling for a dynamo I could just get any old guards.

VO guards are great. On my commuter they've lasted 6 years so far.

The 45mm PDWs required some massaging to fit inbetween the seatstays on my 55cm ISEN frame...

Is the plan to run 26" with big tyres?

@motoko Plan is for her to have 2 wheelsets

650b with the new GP 5000 650b 28" tyres for summer and faster rides
26" dynamo for winter and touring. Looking at Schwallbe Marathon Supremes in 1.6"

The guards would only be for the 26" Wheelset

They're a new product. SKS makes good products in my experience so I doubt they'll be shit

I'd get the 50 mm 26" GBs and spray them black

Or these and flaps. Front is quite short.

Bluemels and a bar mounted light are the fallback option

Longboards or Bluemels.

Anyone had direct comparison.

Ok so I looked back 6 pages and still can't find information on which is the best material for flaps?

Is there a template?

Whatever piece of rubber/plastic/leather/wood/concrete you have laying around. Draw a triangle with a flattened top on it, put two holes (or whatever) in and attach.

Fwiw you should be looking at what conti calls the 27" version of those tyres

nah SKS makes shit products too, I have had one of their single stay guards for about £20 .. it was utter shite

I'd only stick with their proven stuff but not for mudguard light mounting.

@Saffronspokes how about a rando rack and light mounted on that?

I'd be surprised if you couldn't stick a light on top of the bluemels

I don't think the fork on the small Isens can take a rando rack, what mounts do they need?

Isen supply mudguard adapters for the small fork as it doesn't come drilled for guards either.

I've got the tyres thanks. Picked them up from Bikester in the New Year. They look lovely seem much truer to size than the GP 4000s

Pretty encouraging that conti have gone ahead and made them in road-size 650b. Maybe more progressive small bike geo to come

In a fit of misery this morning i ordered https://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/sks-germany-bluemels-75-u-mudguard-set-782388
for my Brother Big Bro without looking at the coverage picture. Looks extremely scant.

get a spork ;)