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Great, now I want some posh mudguards. I'd definitely recommend a Carradice of some sort. They're waterproof enough for an hour's commute unless it's absolutely pissing it down, in which case I just chuck anything I don't want to get wet in a carrier bag in there. I'd rather that than have to carry a backpack though!
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Well fuck me. The front went on like a dream. Proper 5 minute job. Mounted the clip behind the fork and used some washers to space it off the headset like I did on my last bike. The rear was much more standard sweating and swearing. Had to drill out the mounting clip that attaches to the seatstay bridge. The system is really good, except I don’t really like the bend into place seatstay clip.
The struts are beefy and adjust really easily, much easier than the SKS ones I used last. Found it a bit weird they don’t give you a bolt for the chainstay bridge, so used the bolt for the seatstay on the chainstay and just used a stainless m6 bolt and nut on the seatstay. Seems to work but might need an m6 nylock with some locktite on it.
It definitely is a tight fit, so I can understand why their recommended clearances are what they are.
I think they look nice in black. Will get a better photo with the frame bag off tomorrow hopefully.
Need to get a better bag solution, thinking some sort of carradice, maybe with a saddle bag support rack and quick release. I’m just slightly worried about it going manky if it’s getting wet a lot.