Mudguards

Urban arrow / omnium or cargo bike dealer might sell you a mismatched pair?

It's actually for an Omnium, but I'm running a bigger front tyre than will fit under the official Omnium guards.

Check at recumbent dealers.

Recumbant shops are a good shout, thanks!

Cheers

Does anyone have 45mm Longboards to swap for 35mm, or want to buy some 35's for £20?

Does anyone know what the length of the standard stays that come with the PDW city fenders is it 345mm, or is that the longer version available as an spare part?

Went with Velo Orange hammered guards. Bit spendy but so worth it. Been through three sets of SKS and got tired of them breaking (last set lasted only three months!) so thought I’d give metal guards a try. They’re seriously solid and classy.

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Or is it normal procedure to bend your own to fit

Hiya
Yes bend them yourself, I've used two pairs of pliers or a vice & pliers to get the bend exactly how you want it.

What are the forum recommended flaps right now?

PS I've bought Raw ones recently. Loads of width options and adhesive reflecto customising possible.

GBs now come in black.

What’s the opinion on the VO Zeppelins? Had SKS Longboards on my Space Horse for over 4 years with no issues, except they dented in because the stupid bike rack at work hangs bikes by the front wheel (plastic guard +weight of bike + multiple hot days = dents) and the front guard snapped when I took it off to rebuild the bike.

I need to cover 700x40 tyres. The longboards also annoyed me because they were a brown shade of black, not jet black.

The matte bluemels are nice and black.

https://www.rosebikes.co.uk/sks-germany-bluemels-matt-53-mudguard-set-2659409

Might still have your denting problem though.

Has anyone got some of these spare?

I only need one really, lost one and can't fit my guards :(

Yeah, I don’t want plastic.

my new longboards are a nice gloss black.
i had some other sks guards (chromoplastics i think) fitted to a previous bike that were that weird brownish black though, with the stripes along them. yeuch.

got a single one in silver with a black serrated washer. Can stick it in the post if you want

I'll upgrade mine at some point but @Vbulman and his Soma has inspired / convinced me to buy a pair of 700c and re-radius the front one.

Got loads in silver in the shop in Shoreditch, welcome to swing by and grab one

Did you sort some flaps? After getting caught in tonight's downpour the only thing I'm missing are flaps.

Please can you send a link to where you have seen these? I can’t seem to find them in black at any UK stockist.

Which shop is that?

Thanks @TvH I may ask you to yet

PM'd

Fuck yeah. Smug dry feet commuting every day. Theyre expensive for bits of thin plastic but look nice and Safety First

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UK Stockist I have no idea. They’ll get them eventually.

Pretty sure you can order from them directly: https://berthoudcycles.fr/

Looking to buy a set of GB guards. But I don’t want to pay 40£ for international shipping. Any suggestions?

SJS?

Buy them from the UK?