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anyone tried these? for fitting on a cotic roadrat.
They won't fit on a RoadRat as far as I know as they're designed to fix to the roadie caliper style brake mount. If you're running V's this will foul the cable I think. If you're running disks you might be able to cludge it.
I have a RoadRat and was disappointed when I looked at the photos and fitting guide as I had planned to get some.
Having said that, a friend of mine who does have them isn't keen on them as they seem to need constant adjustment apparently...
SKS FTW. Accept no other, there is only one etc etc
I've got some on my road bike. Dead easy to fit, light and really unobtrusive looking.
Only thing I'm not sure about is they have a little felt pad which rubs on either side of the rim to keep the mud guard central. It's abit off putting at first as it makes a 'shishing' noise when you're riding, especially in the wet, but you eventually get used to it.
Like PS I found the 'rubbing' noise rather off putting, I heated the mounts slightly and widened them.
They were alright, stopped me getting wet! Quite brittle, I broke the ends off both, pop bike onto back wheel to manoeuvre into bike store, and bang. They also wore a groove in the back of the seat tube, and they rattled a bit. I'd broken enough bits come spring that I chucked them in the bin, I know I could have got spares, but I CBA.
Great value, easy to fit, but I wouldn't use them again.
avoid, they snapped when I was fitting them (the little elongated eyelet on the rear stays poped off) and the plastic guards were all bent out of shape so try as I might I cant tget them to stay central anyway, just get SKS chromoplastics, got them on my other bike and while they take longer to fit (debatable, the crud's never got finished fitting really) they havn't needed touching since and just do thier job.
total guff, mine snapped after hardly any use and they wobble like a wobbly thing - say..... jelly for example
I've got them on my Langster and I rate them.
Easy to fit, so much so that I take them on and off for wet and dry days. If they rub on the tire you have put the brushes in the wrong place. They should brush on the rim which also helps keep it clean. Friction is pretty much non exisitent.
Free spares as well.
Recommended.
I've got some for my Charge Plug for the winter, they're not on there now
They do rub a bit on the rim sometimes, could do with being a bit wider for the rims and tyres I have on my Plug
but I like 'em a lot 8)
MrCrudd does spare bits too at the very reasonable price of a stamp! (or two)
No one said they brush the tyre, they do brush the rim, making noise. Mine also got so covered in shit that they made the rim dirtier, not cleaner! Two of them fell off too.
If you want a quick solution they're good, but IMO they're no substitute for proper guards.
If You can fit SKS full guards than do it as the Crud guards are not as good. Easy to fit etc and a very good alternative to SKS race blades (which are worse imo). My road bike doesn't have enough clearance to put full guards on front so I have a rear SKS and front Crud. I used the rear tail on the front so my feet are better covered from water.
They might seem flimsy but once properly fitted and the brushes bedded in I had no rubbing noise.
Very good product if full guards are not an option. Get them cheap on eBay, something like £15-17.
Wow, completely the opposite experiences here!
Hated the SKSs, wobbly messy pieces of crap that constantly rubbed and moved out of position. Gave them away.
The cruds were easy to fit, never rubbed, never went squint, looked better, weighed less. Then I broke them a la Njee20 wheeling the bike through a door on the back wheel.
I'd use them on the luxury bike, maybe not on a daily commuter.
edit: I was talking about the SKS raceblades, my mistake.
Proper full length SKS guards are ace if you have the clearances. The Crud ones are designed for 23mm tyres with next to no clearance. They just don't work if you have loads of clearance as the way they attach is meant for tight gaps. I think they are ace, never broken any bits on my set despite me having to take my bike down into a tight cellar every time I use it. I reckon they are 85% as good as full SKS guards. I spoke to several shops about them and they reckoned they were miles better than the SKS raceblades (not full guards but clip on like the crud version).
never tried raceblades, but the chromoplastics have been great despite initial reservations about having guards at all. Rode through a 6" deep flood and about a mile or running water when contractors hit a water main in Barkham, a few splashes to my toes but not enough to get them wet was all I recieved, I'd have been soaked without them*.
*other guards may have been just as good, but I've not had a bad word to say about these other than not being particularly light. But outside of competition thats just added resistance to the training.
Hasn't the roadrat got proper guard mounts?
If so, proper bolt on chromo-plastics with a nice big flap are waaaaay better than the race-guards. Race-guards are a good solution if you have a road-racer and wish it had mudguards. If you've got a bike designed to take a proper set of guards then go with those.