help naming a part!!

Posted on Sat 21st, May 2011

• #1

nicholaswebb

hello there,

i was at ripley jumble today with my dad, and he was admiring a part on an old bike that he wants to source - i want to find it for him but i cant remember the name of the part - i phoned a few bike shops and no one has heard of it!

its a rounded strip of metal that sits just above the tyres (its attached to the frame near the brakes), and is used to sweep away any chips picked up in the tyre, before they are ridden over again and pushed further into the tyre. i was not that taken with them but he loves it! he says everyone used to use them when he was racing in the early 60s.

if anyone knows the name of these it would be excellent, i can start my hunt for them!

thankyou very much for your time

nick
• #2

Aroogah

Flint catcher?

http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/components/flint-catchers-comp.html
• #3

nicholaswebb

legend!! that was quick work. i didnt expect anyone to be around on such a nice day, let alone anyone who would know!
• #4

RckStdy

love this

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