SKS Chromoplastic P35 mudguards review
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For riders in the know, SKS is THE name in mudguards. It uses a design that has been around for donkeys’ years – and there’s one simple reason for that: they work and work well.
The P35’s guard or fender is made from ‘chromoplastic’, a thin piece of aluminium foil encased in plastic, which gives the distinct metallic look for the silver versions. This is hard wearing and very resistant to cracking – we twisted ours around and back on itself and it didn’t crack or stress.
Our test models – the sleek-looking black version – were easy to fit to our Kinesis Racelight T test bike. P35s have a 35mm width and take a tyre up to 28mm. We got a nice close fit with 23mm and once everything was tightened off they didn’t catch or rub at all.
All hardware is stainless steel. They also feature SKS’s Secu-clip system which keeps the stays in place at the hub end, but will automatically ‘pop’ out in the event of an object catching between tyre and guard; this is an excellent safety measure.
In all, the P35 is the standard by which all guards should be measured.
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Product Specifications
Product
| Name | Name, 0, 10, Name, Chromoplastic P35 |
| Brand | Brand, 0, 20, Brand, SKS |
| Description | Description, 2, 0, Description, This mudguard features a Secu-clip system. |
| Features | Features, 2, 0, Features, There are a number of available sizes: 35,45,50 and 55mm. Stainless steel hardware. |
| Available Colours | Available Colours, 2, 0, Available Colours, Black |
Authors
Warren Rossiter is BikeRadar and Cycling Plus magazine’s senior technical editor for road and gravel. Having been testing bikes for more than 20 years, Warren has an encyclopedic knowledge of road cycling and has been the mastermind behind our Road Bike of the Year test for more than a decade. He’s also a regular presenter on the BikeRadar Podcast and on BikeRadar’s YouTube channel. In his time as a cycling journalist, Warren has written for Mountain Biking UK, What Mountain Bike, Urban Cyclist, Procycling, Cyclingnews, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike and T3. Over the years, Warren has written about thousands of bikes and tested more than 2,500 – from budget road bikes to five-figure superbikes. He has covered all the major innovations in cycling this century, and reported from launches, trade shows and industry events in Europe, Asia, Australia, North American and Africa. While Warren loves fast road bikes and the latest gravel bikes, he also believes electric bikes are the future of transport. You’ll regularly find him commuting on an ebike and he longs for the day when everyone else follows suit. You will find snaps of Warren’s daily rides on the Instagram account of our sister publication, Cycling Plus (@cyclingplus).
