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@Maj
i went to fit said mudguards this morning and didn't even get to drilling,
I naively assumed the front guard would mound like a velo orange (these were sks), inside the fork for maximum clearance, it did not.
due to the way the head tube is on the pomp, combined with the god awful brother all day fork i have on it there is a huge gap you are to run spacers off for this sort of external fitting, fine, usually, but the extra slack by these rear spacers meant my dynamo mount bolt was too short.
The longer bolt provided with the mudguards was a size smaller than my light required, to which my only reaction was a mix of annoyance and familiarity. one should stop expecting bikes to just "work" and understand it's a minefield of standards, general bullshit and sometimes, just shitty engineering on the part of providers.
I have to admit in my frustration i knocked the guard and now have lost one of the stay mounts for the guard, having only 7, not 8, so before I even re-attempt I need to both a longer bolt for a supernover lamp and another stay bolt (which of course can only come in a pack of all fittings)
There is also the concern that even if i got it to fit i'd need to fit smaller, or at least less nobblie tires thanks again, to this absolute weirdo fork which is the all day fork. with this im 3 for 3 on trying to fit 2 racks to it and the angle being wrong (even one with p clamps!!) and now mudguards not fitting. my fault in part sure, but whom would make a fork which does not fit 35c with guards in this economy???
as for what i will do next, it will sit in the shed, maybe forever, simply the permanent reminder of another failed project to alleviate some covid induced stress. maybe i will take it to a bike person when i've forgotten the pain, when i have some smaller tyres, but for now, it is time to act like i didn't want mudguards on my pomp anyway.
Update:
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/mudguards/sks-mudguard-draw-bolt-assembly-each/
bless saint johns sycles :relieved: