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I’m a self-confessed mudguard fetishist.

I saw of the prototype ages ago:
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whats-this-front-mudguard

I like the idea of a front “hugger” mudguard, rather than big Moto-X one mounted in the crouwn, but £59 really does take the p!ss for a piece of plastic.

I’ll stop ranting on the front page now.

My initial thought was “that won’t fit on my Thors” due to the double-arch, then realised how naff it was being model specific.

Then I remembered, Marzocchi use to produce their own specific mudguard by Acerbis. The difference was it only cost £20 new, and looked a whole load better.

DSC_0509 by ir_bandito, on Flickr

looks good but the price is a joke

That may well be the case, but I’m pretty sure it’s makeable and assembleable within the UK for a good deal less than £59.

i have something similar that i fully made and assembled out of the back plastic cover of a black and red notepad.

hoops over and zip ties to the fork legs, a bit like those mucky nutz ones but both sides and longer.

cheap it was. pretty much £0.

But why price yourself so far out of the market, when ultimatly its a piece of plastic with some bolts? What does it matter that its made in the UK? Apart from the mold-tooling, its not complex, so ideal for sending to the far-east. Knowing that I’m paying for a Brit to take one of these out of a machine and put it in a bag, rather than a foreigner isn’t enough to make me “buy British”.

Have a look at Chain Reaction. The most expensive mtb front mudguard is the Topeak Defender (classy name huh?) at £25. Fugly, but less than half the price of the Dfender.

I’ll be amazed if I ever see more than 10 of these on the trails (that aren’t freebies given to journos/sponsored riders). Maybe thats why they need the high price. Not the best bsuiness plan IMO

Would like to Brant’s take on this ‘design’ and ‘business model’, seem to remember something being said about celebrity designers by someone the other day 😉

The tail edge of the mudguard is further from the tyre than the middle.
It will act as a funnel, clog with mud and stop the wheel rotating.

It’s a basic law of mudguard design that the mudguard should get further from the tyre towards the front.

Like this.

Crud seem to manage to make plastic things for reasonable prices within the UK.

I presume CNC machines are pretty cheap

oh

fully made and assembled in the UK – that’s what you are paying for. I guarantee if it were made in china it’d be half the price, everyone would be raving about it, and in the next breath complaining about the ‘death of british manufacturing’…

Sorry Sam can’t agree with you on this, I have visited the company who manufacture Crud guards and they are located in Pickering North Yorkshire.

They are being greedy that’s all

I’ve seen these in use at recent uplift days and in very muddy conditions they work well. But dam expensive!

way way too expensive 😯

presumably hope don’t hire them by the hour.

Out of interest rough cost of cnc machine?
I have no idea but pricey I’d guess.

Haha, the wonders of Ebay

I think the mud guard itself is pretty ugly TBF, oh and the price is insane.

BNIB stoner?

cost of cnc machine was linked to the £50 hope hub example.

expensive then Brant

I dont recall you over pricing your goods

That is stupid money for a piece of plastic – there can be no debate of that

They’re supposed to work very well, don’t think I’ll be buying one until I break/lose my collection of other front guards though.

Happy to ‘test’ one though 😉