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Berthoud come in a long and a short version.
Long is long.
Goes from well under the front rack to hit it when going down curbs too slow length at the bottom.
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I bought 26" and 700c Berthoud, both the "long" version. The 700c were approximately the same length as my VO ones (I've unfortunately deleted the picture since), and the 26" were only slightly longer than Bluemels.
It's possible that Berthoud fucked up the order and gave me the short version both times, as I'm not 100% sure they were on top of their shipping game (one of the packages was missing all of the mounting hardware, which of course they provided at no extra cost afterwards), but if they didn't I wouldn't call their fenders "very long".Some pictures below (the unmounted ones are the 26", the shitty picture in front of the arc de triomphe are the 700c with added SKS flaps). Not the best pictures to show off length, but still might give a clue.
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Fun fact: the short and long version of Berthoud guards only differ in the above the wheel part of the front guard. Like you say, in case you run a front rack, the long guards are more suitable.
Obviously you can decide to rotate the front guard to your own desire, but since Berthoud guards come predrilled at the crown area, you’d have to cover that hole if you don’t intend to use it. Long story short: in most cases choosing long over short Berthoud guards won’t give you more coverage at the toes.
Veblen
Tijs
I've been wondering the same, as every front mudguard I've had (GB, VO and Bluemels, which are indeed way too short) was slightly disappointing in terms of front coverage compared to longboards (which almost touch the ground).
Thankfully I've not had to replace my longboards yet, but if I were to do so on a reasonable budget (i.e. no Honjo), I'd probably go for Pelago mudguards with extra-long flaps (e.g. from Raw, if you're in the UK).
If the flaps turn out to be too floppy, it's easy enough to add a flat alu/stainless steel bracket on the inside to increase rigidity. The SKS flaps are fairly short compared to the ones I've bought from Ass Savers, which are themselves shorter than the long ones you can get from Raw, so, on paper, I think it's easy enough to reach coverage similar to longboards.
As a bonus, they'll look way better than longboards.