[Closed] Full suspension rear mudguard, not seat post mounted??

The Fender Bender?

there is one available from decathlon which fits on canti mounts and can be modified. there is one that fits seats stays as well that would work fine on most full sus but I can't remember the manufacturer.

Druidh posted it a while ago

If it's to protect the bike - no ideas, if to protect you - waterproof shorts

honourablegeorge - Fender Bender, can only see them for the front, do they sell/be adapted for the rear end?

TandemJeremy - what modification is required, I can see the canti mounted mudguards on the website? Will it work and not look rubbish?

Thanks guys

Who cares what they look like? FWIW I have a decathlon and I think its the neatest solution I have seen If your bike does not have canti mounts then you will need to make some mounts up. there is one that already has clips to go round seat stays. seach thru druidhs posts to find it

I mount the seatpost version on the bit of seattube just below the seat clamp. Worked on the last 6 frames including the suspension frames. I find it better there as it's closer to the wheel and you can still faff about with the height of the post.

I have front and rear crud catcher and a neoguard and lovely mw80 boots. Came back last night dry, warm and surprising so little mud the wife let me into the kitchen.

The guards have lasted 2 seasons now so all I can think is you didn't quite fit it right? I ride most evenings for about 12miles offroad and I haven't broken them

crikey - I nearly went to Decathlon at the weekend to get one of those mudguards thinking that it would be very 'niche'...

Depends on your frame, but they'll fit at the back just as easy as the front

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You need one of these:

http://www.zefal.com/en/mudguards/124-no-mud.html

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Attaches to the 'seatstays' on the swingarm. It should fit OK, although might need a bit of modding.....

thats the badger stumpy!

I had it fitted correctly, but lowered the saddle for some messing about on some steep stuff.
Sat back into the saddle coming down, hence it did not like it.

Anyone got any pictures of modified Decathlon mudguards?

Stumpy01 - they look good will look into them now!!

I think you could mod the decathlon one to do the same job with a couple of cable ties. it looks almost identical

As above the Decathlon one works well with a couple of plastic P-clips

Decathlon one, that zefal copied... simply the best rear mud guard I've used.

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EDIT: £8 if Geoff is asking about this un... (click picture for link)

Price? Do you think they work on a Pitch?

A fender bender on the rear is almost useless: it'll just keep crap off your pivots and shock.

A modified decathlon works a good bit better and depending on how vertical your seat stays are might even keep you clean (mine works from the waist down!). It's god awful ugly though!

Here's my modified versions: a fender bender:

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A decathlon:

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I've got the decathlon one and a Pitch, it should work, although I've not got arround to fitting it yet (needs bigger than the 13mm P-clips i ordered.

don't some of them catch the seatpost on full compression?

Water proof shorts and glasses here. Everyone looks better muddy, especially an ugly bugger like myself!

don't some of them catch the seatpost on full compression?

The pitch seemed to move up so the guard alays stays horisontal above the tyre, shouldn't be more than half an inch over the tyre anyway, so couple that with smaller winter rubber and it's no worse than the big tyre thats normaly there.

couldashouldawoulda - Member

A fender bender on the rear is almost useless: it'll just keep crap off your pivots and shock.

Depends on your frame- I made a CokeBottleGuard for my Ellsworth and those gigantic hideous linkages turn out to be ideal mudguard mounts.

i have a rockrider 9.1 so should the decathlon rockrider one fit my bike without modding it??

Nope. You need canti mounts and (as far as I can tell) the 9.1 is disc only.

cheers druidh...so i need to do a wee bit of jiggery pokkery

Most mudguards are made from a plastic that can be shaped with a bit of heat, so if yours don't fit, or curve right, it can be fixed.

Depends on your frame- I made a CokeBottleGuard for my Ellsworth

Ahe - I can see how that would work but I'm talking about normal bikes here 😉

The modded decathlon on the yeti above never hits the seattube for me. I agree it looks like it might - but it doesnt for some reason.

Its attached using one of the pastic rubbery things that come in the pack along with cable ties. I meant to get some P clips to make it more permanent but never got round to it and it just works so that how its staying for the winter.

The one bit I did grind off with a dremel was the red reflector on the back. Even still it's fugly!