Mudguards

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Belagerent in reply to @paulbiche

Suck it and see. You never know. But personally I wouldn't bother for the benefit of having 1 extra mudguard blade, with no fixings or matching blade for the other wheel.

Surprised that's happened tbh. I've folded SKS mudguards in via cack handedness and they normally just..spring back to shape.

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paulbiche in reply to @Belagerent

I probably explained poorly but the website where I purchased the mudguards after explaining the problem told me that they will re-send a whole set (not just the rear blade) which is why I figured it would be a shame to bin a set of mudguards just for a damage on one blade.
Now that you tell that, this is really weird as they are supposed to be plastic (advertised as such) and they are bent like metal guards so they might even be alu ones, did not check as I did not unwrap. Will double check! if so it will definitely be worth trying

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hamrack in reply to @paulbiche

If you snap one in half you'll see they have an aluminium core that adds some stiffness. The plastic 'wings' that stop water coming out at the side have no metal, so you just need to bend the metal core back to shape. Softening the plastic won't hurt, but I don't think it's strictly necessary.

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