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Biggest thing was the shape. The SKS are very square and were super tricky to fit to my frame - the gap between the tyre and frame is roundish and so a square guard didn't really fit.
Also the mounting hardware. The SKS stay goes inside the mudguard and so takes up a lot of space. And fits with a little plastic clip and silicone spacer. The whole lot came unclipped in the woods and I lost the spacer. Then lost both clip and spacer from the other guard.
Pelagos guards have none of these issues, were hassle free to fit and cost me €55, so value is decent
Momentum-
fair comments.
I guess the profile of the tyre / frame / guard varies quite a bit.
in my case the sks edge were a great fit but as you said, the stays inside the guards do limit the tyre size.
I did consider making my own stays and flipping the clip so they mount on the outside, but deffo not something that should have to be done. a bit of a weird design decision IMO
bigshape
what gives the pelago the edge over the sks?