Mudguards

hidden mudguard mounts

they sell eyelets that secure in with a grub screw. I actually offered you some about 3 years ago

No problem!!

Yeah they are for the plug and play guards, although I couldn’t get them to plug or indeed play. I also don’t like they have no QR/oh shit breakaway.

Thanks. But I can't remember 3 days ago. :P

I've bought a crappy little plastic zip tie one from Decathlon to go on the front of my bike for now.

Don't buy plastic man, just go organic for all your mudguards...

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Anyone know if you can use Speed rockers with calliper brakes? It doesn't look like it...

Roadracers prob best alternative maybe?

I’ve got a carbon cx fork and a pair of PDW fenders. The fork has a crown hole for fenders, I know it’s going to be pot luck on finding a bolt which is going to fit but I’m not even sure what the bolt is called to google it, any ideas what I need to be looking for?

Also the frame has a bolt hole in the under side of the brake bridge for attaching the fender, any idea what type of bolt I need for this ? Hopefully someone low profile for tire clearance

A pair of M5 cap head bolts will get you sorted. Measure the approximate length you need and you can buy either a whole pack (cheaper) or cherry-pick sizes from somewhere like Accu (spenny but better quality). Stainless is ideal.

My rear guard fits a bit like you describe, so I use a spacer (also from Accu) to make up the gap, and a small leather washer provided with my VO guards to dampen any vibrations. A little bit of rubber or bar tape should also work.

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woow, Accu looks like an amazing resource, if you know what you looking for.

Thankfully I've got lots of M5 stem cap bolts in the parts bin and one of those has married perfectly with the female nut off an old rim brake which will do just the job, thanks for the idea.

for the rear fender I'm sure sure I have some mushroom headed bolt cage bolts that will work and hopefully I wont need any spacer as I think I'm going to need more clearance rather than less.

Great! Glad it all worked out. For what it's worth, for my rear guard I was able to use just a regular socket head bolt (the same profile as your stem bolt) and it doesn't touch the tire. I have quite wide guards and tires, though, plenty of space in between. It might be different with skinnier tires!

Front one's gone no problem, I can't remember what size PDW fenders I got, but there numbering system makes no sense, I think I've got 45s, I know there have a stated max clearance of 35mm tires. I've got 38mm tires on there which blow up more like 41mm and there still a near comical / aesthetically unpleasing amount of clearance.

Going to have a little rest before trying the rear.

Not sure what your idea of aesthetically unpleasing clearance is but 10-12mm is pretty standard for bikes that are ridden. The idea is not only to block water but also to channel away any objects that your tire picks up - which is the reason why the gap at ingress should be slightly smaller than the one at egress.

I think I've got 45s

Might want to double check that, these are 45s on 35c tyres, blow upto 38mm and there isn't much wiggle room..

gap at ingress should be slightly smaller than the one at egress
An important point missed by lots of folk.

I like to think that other people are generally aware of this but default to aesthetics.