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Sicknote
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 Posted Wed Nov 4, 2009 11:05 pm |
| brownleather wrote: | | Geoff_SS wrote: | | I think you'd be even better off with proper mudguards (and an extra flap at both front and rear) despite the tendency here to advocate riding mudguardless. If you can manage it get a frame with full mudguard clearance for your commuting. |
Geoff, I believe Freehub uses a Carrera Virtuoso for commuting, which will take full 'guards. The Young Fellow just need to put his hands in his pockets for some SKS. |
I would guess from this comment that have never been short of money and you missed that he is going to collage.
Will good effort and I would say if you know someone with a rivet gun or try collage to see if they have one you could use and keep it together with that.
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redddraggon
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Posted Wed Nov 4, 2009 11:13 pm |
| Sicknote wrote: | | brownleather wrote: | | Geoff_SS wrote: | | I think you'd be even better off with proper mudguards (and an extra flap at both front and rear) despite the tendency here to advocate riding mudguardless. If you can manage it get a frame with full mudguard clearance for your commuting. |
Geoff, I believe Freehub uses a Carrera Virtuoso for commuting, which will take full 'guards. The Young Fellow just need to put his hands in his pockets for some SKS. |
I would guess from this comment that have never been short of money and you missed that he is going to collage.
Will good effort and I would say if you know someone with a rivet gun or try collage to see if they have one you could use and keep it together with that. |
I assure you he has plenty of money to be buying mudguards.
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freehub
Joined: 25 May 2009
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Posted Wed Nov 4, 2009 11:37 pm |
redddragon, I don't, maybe if I liked going into overdrafts I would, but untill I have the security of a job that can pay off overdrafts, I'm not going into one, even if it is interest free... I also have to keep money in reserve got if something breaks.
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GaryW1960
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 6:14 am |
Love this type of thinking..recycling at its best.
My homemade mudflap was a 2 pint milk container as that was thicker than a lemonade bottle. Cut to shape making the thinnest bottle edge the width and taper to fit inside the guard, 2 holes drilled through and a couple of rivets worked a treat. It was about 8 inches long with 5 inches protruding. Did not bother with tape at all.
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freehub
Joined: 25 May 2009
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 9:35 am |
I'm wondering if I really heat abit of lemonade bottle or milk bottle up, if I'll be able to bend it so it's following the wheel around? I noticed the force of the water bettering the flap causes it to deflect off the flap onto my feet, I could always make a 5" wide flap but it'd look blooming goofy!
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redddraggon
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 10:31 am |
| freehub wrote: | | I could always make a 5" wide flap but it'd look blooming goofy! |
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freehub
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 10:43 am |
I did'nt notice he had one, I'll see on saturday if he's out on the "intro" chaingang. I'm not bothered about getting wet on proper bike rides so I won't even use the front guard on my cannondale.
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Woolfie
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 10:46 am |
Actually I did the same about 3 weeks ago with my race guards - cut up a 2 litre empty coke bottle but instead of tape I used a strong adhesive and attached it to the inside of both the front and the rear guard - the rear one is for my clubmates benefits on group rides. The concave shape of the plastic means it fits to the guard well and so far I have had no issues with flexing in the wind or with them falling off yet - and if they do I will just cut another bottle up.
Any full guards I have come across still are not long enough to prevent spray on your feet or still spraying a rider behind without flaps.
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andy_wrx
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 1:58 pm |
I cut a section out of a fabric conditioner bottle, which was exactly the right curve and rather more rigid than a pop bottle, and pop-riveted it to the bottom of the guard.
It stopped the dumping of a shoeful of water over my foot every time I went through a puddle
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freehub
Joined: 25 May 2009
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 4:30 pm |
It was really pouring it down, I went out, my shins got totally soaked and the thigh area did too, the underside was all dry, I thought it might have just being rain falling but my legs where slightly shielded from the rain, I'm wondering if on my front mudguard I need to extend the top of it, so it goes through and under the brake calipers as I'm wondering if a large amount of water is being deflected off the brakes and all that, I only cycled like 1.5 miles.
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sturmey
Joined: 18 Oct 2008
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Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 2:02 pm |
All this penny pinching heath robinson repairing business reminds me of the old days when my old Raleigh Lenton frame broke a chainstay . I joined the two halves together using some aluminium cut from baked bean tins and held it together with a couple of jubilee clips. Also the time when the ballbearings in the bottom bracket wore out I couldn't afford new ones so I used the beads off a broken mother of pearl necklace instead. And when my hubs needed regreasing I couldn't afford the grease to repack them so I used the fat out of the chip-pan.
Jeez! A set of mudguards costs less than 20 quid.Go get some.
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fast as fupp
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freehub
Joined: 25 May 2009
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Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 9:11 pm |
What, for a mud flap that reduces water spray by an amazing 1100% !!!
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fast as fupp
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Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 9:29 pm |
yes- it could make you rich!
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Wappygixer
Joined: 12 Jul 2008
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Posted Mon Nov 9, 2009 10:38 am |
Just buy some SKS chromoplastics.
£26 a set + about £4 for P clips if you don't have mudguard eyes.
The best guards you can get IMO.
Fit most bikes even with tight tollerences.
If you cant find them locally PM me and I'll sort you out.
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DesWeller
Joined: 05 May 2008
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Posted Mon Nov 9, 2009 10:40 pm |
Nothing wrong with being thrifty Will. Ignore these people.
I'd go along with using rivets to retain your addition, maybe with a wider bottom flap on your modified bottle of pop.
I would also say that the SKS Chromoplastics, while being the best 'guards that I've ever used, still do not keep the water out of my shoes and off the bottoms of my trousers when going through puddles, so don't expect too much!
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