What have you improvised? My 'crud catcher' is made out of two long sides of two four pint plastic milk containers cut away and glued together for stiffness, then zip tied to the down tube. Two years on and it's working well.
Why go to all that effort when proper ones are only about £10?
That's £10 saved.
Because it cost him about £0.20p
And tea leaves don't steal milk carton crud catchers...
Because it cost him about £0.20p 😆
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A couple of bikes (one with brazing help), put 3 disc mounts on various bikes (one broke).
I used to do a machining class, made a headset and some bar ends.
Recently ,the rubber (not a neoguard) muck catcher on my forks.
Local tyre shop gave me enough old tubes to kit out all my bikes.
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Best I made was a copy of a givin flexstem.
I make my own mudguards all the time - nowadays mainly from black plastic guttering
Its the effort that you went to that I cant fathom. How long did it take you an hour?
Oh and old milk carton mud guards must look even worse than proper mud guards. And they look crap.
Back in the day, the mid-eighties, home made mudguards were the thing to have.
And it took about ten minutes to make. Some do, others scoff.
Why go to all that effort when proper ones are only about £10?
Cause any time in the shed is fun time 😀
Some do, others scoff.
I'm not scoffing I just don't get it.
Cause any time in the shed is fun time
I can accept this as a good reason.
Perhaps what you don't get is the idea of creating something for yourself rather than pay way over the odds for a manufactured item.
shock/linkage mud guards on my DH bike are homemade and work/look better than anything available on the market.
DH tube fork guard looks better than a neoguard too
a mucky nuts fender (if you prefer that style) would take 5mins to make in your kitchen. and if you can find black plastic sheeting would look better than the original (no rubbish logo).
genuine crud catchers are the best looking/working downtube mounted guards tho.
Well making a shonky copy of a cheap bike part isn't exactly "creating" is it.....
....utmost respect for people who properly DIY bike parts, but those willing to strap a traffic cone, plastic gutter, milk carton to their bikes, well not really my thing at all - my time is far more valuable than than the few pennies scrimped 😆
No I like the idea of making things and doing stuff for myself, my bike never gets taken to the LBS. I have never sent a fork or shock away for service I do it all myself.
There are certain things that are better when made in a mass production facility and are designed to do the job they are doing. A crud catcher for instance is designed to stop mud from hitting you in the face while looking ok and has a concession to attempt to stop your frame getting scratched. [url= http://www.wittons.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=1830&c=01&i=B00389O7SG ]All this for £5.22.[/url] Milk bottles are designed to hold milk.
Sometimes you have to make stuff becasue nothing to do the job you need is available. Like a lower mudguard bracket for a bike with no chainstay bridge, for example....
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Neat, free, and rock solid! 🙂
nothing there ^^ is home made Peter.
ingenious as it is, that's nothing more than a bodge from old bits and pieces 😉
This is different. It looks good and you couldn't buy something else that would do the job.
I like Als frame bodging too.
good stuffs !:-)
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The aim with the mudguards is to get a custom fit to your bike to improve how they work - on in the case of my commuter to work while looking as shonky as possible
nothing there ^^ is [b]HOME MADE[/b] Peter.
I never said it was. I just said I made it. Which I did. Using some bits and bobs, a little trial and error, and some thought.
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nothing there ^^ is HOME MADE Peter.
Neither is a plastic sheet or milk bottle FFS.
So by this theory, is a homemade apple pie not actually homemade because you didn't make the Apples? wtf..
C'mon people where's the pics of these homemade/homebodged things! It's friday, we do photo's on fridays 😉
made a new alloy steerer for a set of old ebay sids that had been cut down too short..
cut the old steerer out with hacksaw (didnt try to press it out to avoid gauling)
turned up a new one out of some he15 bar to give 2 thou of press fit into the fork crown.
froze new steerer in nitrogen, add a dab of loctite 648 and dropped it in place..
been riding it ever since..
Like a lower mudguard bracket for a bike with no chainstay bridge, for example....
I think You'll find the correct bodgeign item for that criteria is a wine bottle cork and a couple fo zip ties!
Anyone who straps old milk bottles to their pride and joy is a loser.
I've changed the stock steel rod for a carbon fibre creation on my floating brake to give me more tyre clearance.not killed me yet....
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I just cannot understand how people throw money away when it can be fabricated.
Time. Watch less telly or read fewer forums!
I have been know to become environmentally smug. Its better to re use than buy new. After all cyclists like to preach environmental consideration. I think those who buy a front fork splash guard are hilarious when its quicker to make one than order it on line and you are not displaying some one elses logo.
Just because... Go for it!
A mate of mine is a metalworker by trade and also as a hobby so he's turned out a number of useful gadgets. He's made a stainless steel clamp to hold a brake hose to a fork lower which serves no practical use aside from looking nicer than a zip-tie. He's also made frame stands, replacement shock bushings, lights, stem faceplates and wall racks.
All cheaper than buying the bits off the shelf.
I made a helmet out of my gran's mixing bowl once - she'd just made some cheese scones when I strapped it to my head, so there was still some mixture in there.
It meant I also had a free snack when I got half way up Helvellyn.
You don't get that with a Giro.
I used a picture hook with zip ties to fix a broken rear mech. It failed on the first lap of a team xc race and I had to singlespeed my bike on the trail to get round. My riding buddies were not happy as they'd been telling me it wouldn't work. Felt like a bit of a tool
Made a few things, ranging from the odd light bracket to a complete FS mountain bike frame in carbon.
Carbon fibre chainsuck protector. Keep checking and not fallen off yet.
We need pics of FS mountain bike frame in carbon richmars 😯
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We need pics of FS mountain bike frame in carbon richmars
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Anyone who straps old milk bottles to their pride and joy is a loser.
Anyone who refers to a bike as 'their pride and joy' is in no position to call anyone else a loser.
I had access to a lathe and mill in my last job made various bar ends a stop gap spider for a set of 3 piece cranks to use an mtb chainring while I waited for a sprocket from winstanleys. I turned a pivot shaft for an old kona frame which worked for a bit...
I miss having machines to play with.