Mudguards

Fitting a coke can shim there sounds like a hundred small cuts on the your hands.
I'd go for a longer lenght of heat shrink than needed to fit the bracket, to make sure it has a good hold on the strut.

I've only ever had an issue with them slipping on one stay (out of 8 bikes running guards with those fittings over ~10 years) and the simplest fix was simple to remove the stay from the clip, then slightly ovalise the clip with a pair of pliers, refit the stay and tighten, stayed secure for several years since.

Is there anything to consider other than tried and tested SKS Bleumels to cover 700x45c tyres without weighing a tonne or breaking the bank? Will just be for winter road riding so decent coverage is more important than aesthetics.

i sometimes slide a needle in or just any little extra bit of material usually enough. I think i split a tooth pick in half and shoved in last time, then snapped off the excess

Thanks all responders, shouts @MisterMikkel for the heatshrink solution (and flipping them round), worked a treat

Glad to be of help!

Any pre-made solutions to the problem of these Velo Orange mud flaps costing £20 each?
The 45mm fenders come with holes in this side by side configuration rather than the more usual one top of the other setup that you find most mud flaps with.

I know I can just get some material and cut some out, but I am lazy.

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Interesting that yours have come with holes. When I bought VO fenders I had to drill them myself.

I brought these Gilles Berthoud ones on the last bike that I bought and did up because A. I could get them on cycle to work as I was buying through a shop and B. I am secretly a massively vain person.

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/mudguards-mudflaps/

yes I know the front one was a little low.

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Well I lasercut and engraved some for myself and have been pointlessly plugging them forevermore. Will gladly repeat for the cost of postage and a sheet of polyprop.

RAW mudflaps?

Seconded.

Seconded

+1 (Thirded?)

Trying to fit Flinger guards and the euro clip plug safety thing is completely useless. Plastic plug just pops out at slightest jolt. PIA now to have to order the sks safety clip and wait for delivery.

Think I'm going to shell out for PDW guards for my disc equipped gravel bike (for winter road duties only - the guards will come off again for gravel / offroad and a different set of wheels put in).

Thinking of running 32mm tyres for road - based on collective experience on here can I get away with the 37mm 'road plus' PDW or should I go for the 45mm 'city' version (or will they look stoopid with 32mm tyres)?

Perhaps I should just go larger all round and do 35mm tyres and 45mm guards...

Perhaps I should just go larger all round and do 35mm tyres and 45mm guards...

This.

I'd go with the bigger fender for either of those tire options.

I'd also like to know this as I'm considering some for the same reasons (easy to dismount).
For what it's worth, I tried the 45mm ones many years ago and I couldn't make them fit a frame with fairly tight clearances (420mm chainstays).
Also, I've had some standard road ones in the past, and they worked with 27mm tyres, but were less than ideal.
First port of call would be measure your tyres to determine their actual width.

Are there any full mudguards that will fit a 29 x 2.6 tyre or even 29x3.o?

Honjo make some.

https://www.cyclingabout.com/list-fat-bike-fenders-mudguards-wide-tires/

Thank you.
And that bike is so good.

Yeah, that front mudguard stays / light holder is top notch.

Yikes the price!!!

Is there a good step by step dummies guide to mudguards?

I have an old 26" dawes mtb that I've finally got around to putting 2" tyres in. There's still a reasonable amount of clearance. Pretty sure I want SKS Bluemels. But how do I work out what I need?

Cheers.

You don't need much really. Allen keys and something to snip the stays. I use some big bolt cutters and attach a peg to the end that's getting cut off because they have a habit of going flying. Then tidy up with a file. The actual fitting is quite simple, if a bit fiddly. It's adjusting them to sit straight that's the tricky bit but just takes a bit of trial and error.

Cheers. It's been a long time since I last did it. But both time have been 700c with guards I knew would fit.

I've never done 26" with knobblys.