Detachable gravel mudguards

SKS Speedrockers. 99% as good as regular SKS guards but 10x as quick to remove if needed.

SKS Speedrocker.

Take a little bit of time initially setting up, but once done, it's literally 30 seconds to remove, and 45 seconds to reinstall.

End of thread.

Interested in people's recommendations for these. I tried the speedrockers but there's not enough of a gap between tyre and frame/fork (old gravel bike). I'm after something like the SKS raceblades but for wider tyres.

Full mudguards like a PDW or SKS Edge AL take a while to fit well but once fitted, they are without a double the best coverage and rattle free.

The thing is, once set up, they take a lot less time to remove and refit than most people think.

Ass saver win wing

Another vote for Speedrockers

I just leave my SKS edges on all the time.

Win Wing for easily demountable. Otherwise I’d leave them on all the time and buy some PDWs. .

I have edge Al as recommended above and I reckon it's 5-10 minutes to remove them as I have to take the rear wheel out.

However I've not found them as quiet as people say, the rear rattles and creaks a bit, I've even tried different bridges as the one that comes with it folds. It hasn't solved it so I've put it down to the position of the seat stay mount on my sonder camino

The problem I have with the Edge Al is the square profile doesn't fit nicely with rounded gravel fork crowns. So you end up sizing down, then there's not enough mud clearance over the tyre. This is on a Specialized Diverge, other frames/forks may fare better.

Still yet to solve this conundrum, its getting an expensive hobby in its own right! The Flinger F50's look like they may solve the issue without the PDW expense but for a cheaper and quickly delivered option I've ordered a Win Wing. Doesn't help the front wheel thought.

The win wing works well on the rear. The zefal g50s look ideal for what your looking for too

@swdan

I had a similar problem. The solution for me was to shorten the length of the mudguard by sawing off a few cm at the front so that the rear was shorter, if you see what I mean.

They've been silent since I did that.

@easily that's interesting, I presume you cut the front end of the rear guard but installed it with the "new" front end on the same position meaning here was slightly less coverage at the rear? Might give that a go as I'm at the point if getting rid of them the noise annoys me so much. Ideally I'd maintain the rear coverage as they are there for the commute and it's a courtesy to other riders but I guess not essential

swdan

Yeah, that's exactly right. You cannot shorten the rear because of the stays, but if you cut a bit off the front and drill a new hole it's effectively the same thing.

I think I took off maybe 5cm - which still left plenty at the back, though maybe not if you do group rides. I'd take it a little bit at a time - you can always saw off a bit more, but you cannot stick it back on again 🙂

There was actually a thread about this, but I cannot find it because STW

Another vote for SKS Edge AL and either leave them on all the time, or unbolt them quickly.

I’ve even tried different bridges as the one that comes with it folds.

IME the standard rear plastic bridge (that clips around the edges of the guard) are crap. I drilled my Edge AL56 and bolted a random spare SKS metal L-shaped bracket to it instead and it's solid. I think the creaking was the plastic one previously.

Still yet to solve this conundrum, its getting an expensive hobby in its own right! The Flinger F50’s look like they may solve the issue without the PDW expense

@tthew I'm in a similar place: exceeded the limits of my Edge AL56s by swapping to 29x2.2 Conti Race Kings but can't bring myself to order the PDWs in 65mm width due to cost! Velo Orange another option but still expensive. Flinger look good too until I realised they top out at 50mm width.

i have a set of brand new boxed SKS Speedrockers going a begging.  Bit bulky to post but if anyone is after them and in Glasgow area shout up and we can do a deal

I had a similar problem. The solution for me was to just buy another bike to commute on.

I had a similar problem. The solution for me was to just buy another bike to commute on.

Obviously.

To be fair, it's what I did when I needed a road bike I could fit mudguards on....

The advantage of the Speedrockers is that they can be removed/reinstalled in seconds. They also work on bikes (as per my main gravel bike) that don't have frame mounting points for mudguards/racks.

I've got SKS Edge Al on my Day One SS, and really like them. I'm sure they can be removed within a few minutes, which is fine if doing occasionally, but a bit of a faff if doing twice-weekly.

As per the OP, I generally like to ride my gravel bike without mudguards (unless the weather is permanently wet/filthy), but it's handy to quickly reinstall mudguards ready for the Monday morning commute.

I bought a set of fixed mudguards for my Ragley Trig but they hit the rear wheel behind the seat tube (700x38), so I'm looking at other options (I'd be interested to now if any Trig owners have fixed mudguards & 700cc wheels).

The Zefal Shield G50 looks interesting. I used an early version of this design years ago on a mountain bike & coverage was extremely good. They seem to be well reviewed too.

https://www.zefal.com/en/front-rear-mudguards/683-shield-g50.html

Obviously.

Also my solution - commuter runs PDWs and 28c tyres. Gravel runs 33c off road and 30c GP5000s on road. Gravel has a Win Wing. Keeps rider, back light and seat pack clean. Bike needs a wash, but it would get one anyway. Commuter is washed less often, but only subject to road not mud.

I chose SKS Veloflex mudguards instead of Speedrockers. I didn't like the split front guard design of the Speedrockers and the limited width (for wider gravel tyres). I also modified them so I could bolt the stays and guards directly to the frame, forks and seat stay bridge instead of using the supplied QR strap mounts. The guards are rock solid, but can easily be taken off by removing 6 allen screws (stays, fork crown and seat stay bridge). I have not had any problems with them off road, so I suspect I will probably just keep them mounted.

I had to modify the guards fairly heavily and make a bracket to cope with my frame clearances and get proper bolted mounting points, but there is an example of someone swapping the supplied front and rear mounts to fit Veloflex guards on a gravel bike:

https://road.cc/content/review/sks-veloflexx-mudguard-set-281327

I use Crud road racer mk3 on my giant tcr with 28mm tyres and specialized cruz with 32mm when it has road tyres on it. They are rated to 38mm. Really pleased with them and have had them for a few years now

Thanks for the posts guys, I think i will look at the speed rockers and win wing/ ass saver