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Not wishing to tempt fate with the words mud, what's the best ones that people are using?
Crud guard still? Have had them from last century, but was wondering what is good with suspension forks. The rock shocks I have terribly close arch. What about those neoprene one?
Of course the weathers going to last......
[url= http://www.muckynutz.com/ ]These[/url] work a bit better than the neoprene ones, I reckon, and they also don't direct crap onto your fork seals. I leave mine on all year round, keeps most of the crap off your face pretty well.
Someone will be along shortly to point out that you could make one for free with some plastic and zipties. I'm lazy so I bought one instead.
I also stick front and rear crud guards on in winter.
For the front, Mucky Nuts most of the time but I reach for the Shockboard when things are properly muddy- absolutely fantastic, and less ugly than you'd expect (though, still a bit like bolting a canoe to your forks). Absolutely fantastic. The standard fitting hardware is delicate though, so a couple of mine have broken and now need a bit of cable tie action.
Rear-wise... Crud ****ed up the Crudcatcher unfortunately, the new one looks lovely but the bracket's a disaster- I got mine to work well, but it needed some machining and frankly doing up 3 bolts was simpler than reaching for the lathe then doing up one bolt. Friction fit in soft plastic 😛
Which is weird because the last of the 3-bolt ones was the best mudguard ever.
I had limited success with a Decathlon rear that bolts to canti mounts or with some £2.99 10mm P clamps to your seat stays. It was a little bit short for my liking but that's as I had a tiny rear triangle.
Just noticed that mucky nutz have a new front fender - the Xl version looks like a much more sensibly priced competitor to the Powa defender that mojo are selling.
I currently have a marsh guard as its slightly bigger than the original mucky nutz, looks like I'll be going for the Xl now. Only use a rear mudguard on the commuter/cx bike, crud guards front and rear on that bike, looks naff but happy to take a hit on that so that I don't upset the cleaner at work when I arrive in from my muddy commute lol.
Thanks Stevede!
I hadn't heard of the XL Muck Nutz - got the version 2.1 which is great but at £11 what can go wrong?
Never found anything useful for the back but then again I'm far less concerned getting my bum/back muddy as my eyes are on my face!
Podge- sorry to be a pita but where can these p clips be bought- screw fix or somewhere similar?
I have the decathlon mudguard but no canti bosses so am trying to bodge something to make it fit to the stays..
Edit- Belay that mate, just actually googled it and makes perfect sense- never realised that's what those are!
Now to find some big enough to be shaped around my 575 stays..
Can you buy those crud guard bolts on their own ? Both mine have stripped while being undone.i guess the end corrodes and f..cks the female thread on its way through.
The big round one? Crud supplied me with a free replacement a while back- for all I slag their product, I have to say they're a very good company to deal with.
But best thing to do IME is to drill a hole right through the middle and fit a bolt through instead.
Ghetto crud catcher..........2ltr coke bottle cut longways and some zip ties ........did me fine in the Alps when it pissed down
Cheers everyone, won't need it as it ain't going to rain, snow, frost, hail, crap down
Famous last words....
Althepal, mine came from eBay. The 10mm ones fitted my trance but I had to tale the rubber out which scuffed up my paint so next time I'd go bigger if I could. Unfortunately my new frame has even lower chainstays and they are square so I doubt I'll get anything to fit
Yep, square stays here too. Will prob get bigger ones with a plastic coating, then mould/bend them to the shape of the stays. Might need to use a couple and some sort of spacer to get the guard sitting correctly too!
Op, too late... Look at it out there! Grab your XC lid and goggles mate
the muckynutz look the best, will order some as soon as it looks like its going to rain...
£9 for the muckynutz seems a complete rip off for what it is.
Could any one trace one and PDF it at 100 per cent?
Then I could use a diamond white 2 litre bottle....
Podge- look at the zefal no mud guard.. Just ordered one- similar to the decathlon one but is designed to attach onto stays only. Looks good so I've ordered one. Could be just the ticket!
Al, it's not so much the attachment that is the issue, though with square stays its not that easy, but the length of the guard. If I fitted it to my new frame it'd only really keep spray off below the waist as my rear triangle is tiny
These are good, although I'd like to modify the rear one so that it stays in the same position relative to the rear wheel (full suss):
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=28768