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As the forecast is rain this week I decide to put the rear mudguard back on the bike. I've got one of [url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=31304 ]THESE[/url] but I can't undo the nut as it just spins round in the plastic. I guess I have over tightened.
For the sake of a tenner I'll just buy another, but it seems like a bit of a design fault. Before I buy another the same are any of the other brands better?
i think mine just spins too. not used it in ages so cant quite remember
It was a flaw with the original design. I bet you've got a 27.2 seatpost. Mail Mr Crud and he'll send you a replacement bracket (pretty quickly too).
Stu.
In the early ones the bolt was the wrong size, as was the shim for 27.2. Obviously didn't test the things properly,it's not like 27.2 is a rare size! Oh, and also the blade doesn't mate too well with the bracket so over time it'll probably come loose and start to rattle, both of mine have now and needed plastic welded together.
All credit to Crud, they replaced all the faulty bits on mine quickly for free without asking for proof of purchase or anything which to me makes up a lot for the fact they launched a faulty product, but even with that resolved it's still not perfect. It's still dependant on the friction fit of the bolt in plastic, which is daft. Very hard to get the balance between fixing the mudguard position and overtightening right.
TBH all in all it's a bit of a fail, the old model was far more effective. If you could get the new blade with the old bracket, that'd be the best mudguard in the world, by miles. Or just fix the bolt so it can be tightened with an allen key on each end instead of being dependant on the interference fit, that'd fix it perfectly. And it's kind of embarassing for Crud that they've not done that simple fix if you ask me.
yeah what they said....
I bought a new one as I thought it would make it easier to get it on & off the seatpost, but it's a bit of a pain in the rear.