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[email protected] January 14th 06 11:56 AM

Add on mudflaps - any ideas ?
 
Dont know if anyone can advise - Ive got a Dawes Sardar (26" wheel
tourer) which I use for daily commuting - its got chromoplastic (SKS
cheap copies) mudguards, however the front doesnt have a mudflap.

Any ideas where I can get these as extras - mudguards are quite wide,
as tyres are 1.5 width.


Sam Salt January 14th 06 12:23 PM

Add on mudflaps - any ideas ?
 
wrote:
Dont know if anyone can advise - Ive got a Dawes Sardar (26" wheel
tourer) which I use for daily commuting - its got chromoplastic (SKS
cheap copies) mudguards, however the front doesnt have a mudflap.

Any ideas where I can get these as extras - mudguards are quite wide,
as tyres are 1.5 width.

Got mine from the CTC shop I think it was.

http://www.ctcshop.com/dept.jsp?dept...ubdept_id=4070

They attach by a couple of wrap around arms but they kept slipping down
so I drilled them and the mudguard and inserted a nut and bolt,no
further problems.

Sam Salt

[email protected] January 14th 06 02:20 PM

Add on mudflaps - any ideas ?
 
Any old bike shop should be able to sell you a mudflap. I glue mine on
with UHU after making sure all is clean and roughened up surfaces
slightly with sandpaper. Or you can make one from half of a tonic water
bottle. They work really well keeping feet dryer, legs mud free and
bottom of bike much cleaner


wafflycat January 14th 06 02:44 PM

Add on mudflaps - any ideas ?
 

wrote in message
oups.com...
Dont know if anyone can advise - Ive got a Dawes Sardar (26" wheel
tourer) which I use for daily commuting - its got chromoplastic (SKS
cheap copies) mudguards, however the front doesnt have a mudflap.

Any ideas where I can get these as extras - mudguards are quite wide,
as tyres are 1.5 width.


Make your own? See

http://www.coriniumcc.co.uk/tips.html#A

Cheers, helen s


druidh January 14th 06 03:14 PM

Add on mudflaps - any ideas ?
 
wrote:
Dont know if anyone can advise - Ive got a Dawes Sardar (26" wheel
tourer) which I use for daily commuting - its got chromoplastic (SKS
cheap copies) mudguards, however the front doesnt have a mudflap.

Any ideas where I can get these as extras - mudguards are quite wide,
as tyres are 1.5 width.

Edinburgh Bike Co-op do them. Called "Nimbus" and available for £1.95,
or £2.80 if you want a reflective triangle.


druidh

Pete Biggs January 14th 06 05:24 PM

Add on mudflaps - any ideas ?
 
wrote:
Dont know if anyone can advise - Ive got a Dawes Sardar (26" wheel
tourer) which I use for daily commuting - its got chromoplastic (SKS
cheap copies) mudguards, however the front doesnt have a mudflap.

Any ideas where I can get these as extras - mudguards are quite wide,
as tyres are 1.5 width.


I made some entirely from stiff self-adhesive reflective tape.

~PB




Mark \(MSA\) January 15th 06 06:27 PM

Add on mudflaps - any ideas ?
 
wrote:
Dont know if anyone can advise - Ive got a Dawes Sardar (26" wheel
tourer) which I use for daily commuting - its got chromoplastic (SKS
cheap copies) mudguards, however the front doesnt have a mudflap.

Any ideas where I can get these as extras - mudguards are quite wide,
as tyres are 1.5 width.


Mine are made from 2 litre, plastic milk cartons. I also have some
thick plastic table mats that I bought when I liked the material...they
will go on eventually. I fix mine on with 2 small brass nuts & bolts,
easier to change than a rivet.


--
Mark
_______________________________________
Nerves of Steel, Heart of Gold, Knob of Butter



[email protected] January 15th 06 10:47 PM

Add on mudflaps - any ideas ?
 

wrote:
Dont know if anyone can advise - Ive got a Dawes Sardar (26" wheel
tourer) which I use for daily commuting - its got chromoplastic (SKS
cheap copies) mudguards, however the front doesnt have a mudflap.

Any ideas where I can get these as extras - mudguards are quite wide,
as tyres are 1.5 width.


I made a front one from a PET (pop) bottle and a single rivet. It
relies on being folded in behind the stays on both sides. If it comes
out from these it flaps above 20mph

http://delap.org/images/mudflap1.gif and
http://delap.org/images/mudflap2.gif

I have trimmed the sides further since the photos. Back flap is a
plastic salad cream bottle. This is rigid enough to be solid with just
a single rivet.

Home made mudguards can be longer than most commercial ones. Hand for
trailers

best wishes
james


Pat January 16th 06 02:43 PM

Add on mudflaps - any ideas ?
 
I simply take and old fender and cut of "X" number of inches and pop
rivet it on. Nuts and bolts have a habbit of working lose!
Pat

wrote:
Any old bike shop should be able to sell you a mudflap. I glue mine on
with UHU after making sure all is clean and roughened up surfaces
slightly with sandpaper. Or you can make one from half of a tonic water
bottle. They work really well keeping feet dryer, legs mud free and
bottom of bike much cleaner




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