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Ive been looking for mudguards for my Reilly Gradient.
The seatstay and chainstay bridges have a tapped hole to allow guard mounting. Im guessing i will have to drill the rear guard to allow mounting to the seatstay mounting point? (The tapped hole points downwards towards the hub).
Also its my intention to run 30 or 32mm tyres. The bike has clearance for both normal and wide mudguards. Im looking at the Portland Design Works or the Kinesis guards. Both come in normal and wide.
Is there any advantage in fitting huards that are a lot wider than my tyres? Other than it would let me run my bigger tyres if i later decide to do that?
Any thoughts gratefully accepted
Ian
The seatstay and chainstay bridges have a tapped hole to allow guard mounting. Im guessing i will have to drill the rear guard to allow mounting to the seatstay mounting point? (The tapped hole points downwards towards the hub).
You can either drill through the guard, or use an l-shaped backet to provide a hole in the "normal" spot for the original mount. I went for the first option, you just need t be sure that you're drilling in the right place
PDW do a different bracket that fits onto bridges with the hole pointing down so you don't have to drill the guards.
For Kinesis you can drill a hole or bend the bracket to fit.
PDW have a whole range of fixings, and shipped quite quickly when i couldn’t find them in the UK.
I run the wide guards with 32mm tyres on my Laverack. Better coverage than squeezing tyres under the narrow ones. I am neither a racer nor aero myself
Just fitted a set of the narrow kinesis guards over 32mm tyres. You couldn’t really go any bigger. The guards are nicely made and a step up from previous experiences with sks
Thanks all, this sounds good. Ive found a suitable mount for with the PDW guards from Condor, and they also do an extended front stay too, that i think is recommended for the Gradient
Ian
I drilled my Kinesis guards, just test fit and mark the spot with a pencil. Much neater than using brackets.
wider guards will catch more water but add more air resistance, i favour the narrow pdw guards which work well with 28mm tyres and dont rattle. Drill a hole in the guard and use a low profile bolt to secure to the seatstay bridge