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Seeing as everything is under water round my way (maybe a bit of an exaggeration) I think it might be a good idea to fit some mudguards to keep the spray off.
What I would like is:
1) Quick/Easy to fit/remove
2) Reasonable spray protection
3) Cover a 40mm tyre.
4) Not completely gopping
Do such things exist?
Discs or cantis? I have fitted sks to my boardman. Removal is not trivial. The rear is mounted to seat and chainstay bridges. Front is bolted to brake hole on fork. That's two or three tricky bolts to remove. The mudguard stay bolts are trivial to take off. Everything will need some form of bolt at the brake bridge. A solution is to cut a slot in the mudguard bracket so it drops out on loosening the bolt. Then to replace, just slot back in and nip it up tight. It won't fail and will make removal much faster.
ass saver and put up with it
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Probably should have said what bike they are for. It's a Jamis Renegade Expat. It has discs.
It's got loads of bosses etc for mudguards but using them seems like a faff.
Always a compromise - either good coverage but take a while to remove or poor coverage and remove quickly.
Good guards well-fitted (ie not needing bending or flexing into position - much depends a lot on how well the fittings on the bike were placed) can be 5-10 mins to fit or remove to a bike with discs once set up and adjusted. Once you've done it a couple of times it's easy.
Both my SKS and my TW cheapies only need 3 or 4 bolts to secure plus a little care not to lose any spacers, ie some leccy tape over the bolts and spacers when I put them away.
A basic SKS P45 etc looks OK if fitted neatly.
I've been happy with my Crud Roadracer 3's, plus a mud flap to lengthen the back (but that was mainly for the following riders on the club run rather than my own bum)
Attach via special velcro and a ziptie, cover big tyres well enough, not expensive. You can get 'better' but fit and remove in seconds, without tools, works for me so i can road ride in to work without hacking up my kit with road water, then take the guards off at work and ride home without guards on a more CX based route.
theotherjonv - MemberI've been happy with my Crud Roadracer 3's,
Do they cover 40mm tyres?
SKS are a faff to fit but it;s a 10 minute hob to remove/ refit.
Discs makes it much easier.
They say up to 35's but seem to cover my 35's with plenty to spare.
SKS Urban Velo 42, doddle to remove and give decent enough coverage (front mech is a bit exposed, if you have one)
http://www.sks-germany.com/en/products/velo-42-urban-2/