I’m looking for a pair of mudguards for my new ‘gravel’ bike.
The front is easy enough as it has a hole in the crown of the fork and eyelets. But although the rear has eyelets on the dropouts there are no bridges between the seatstays or chainstays.
I was set on something like the SKS Bluemels as the wider version will take a 42mm tyre and they look like they’d be solid enough for light trail riding but I’m not sure if due to the lack of frame mounts they’ll work?
I could go for something like the SKS Raceblade that could take a wider tyre but I’m not convinced they’d stay put.
I’d rather not use mudguards at all but the bike gets parked in the garage after a ride with no love and it’s starting to look sorry for itself.
Any other options? Thanks.
I'll have to take a look in my spares bin but I seem to remember my SKS mudguards came with some brackets for this purpose. I didn't need them but seem to remember something. Failing that seems like P-clips might do the trick:-
https://www.merlincycles.com/tortec-p-clips-106299.html?source=PHG
You want a large size band on cateye rear light bracket. Mount this around the seat tube. Bend an L bracket and mount the mudguard to that. Worked for my son’s Langster. Some of the mudguard options do not need a mount at the seatstay bridge. Curano are one name.
You could drill (or use a solder iron to melt) small hole at the edges of the guard and zip-tie them to SS and CS. Sounds a bodge but can be done neatly.
Or zip ties, corks and woodscrews.
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May or may not cause your downtube to rust through and die.
Thanks, looks like there are some options then.
Think I’ll try the reflector/p clip options first, but after looking at the frame it looks tight between the tyre and seatstays for a guard.
you don't have to run the guard all the way down to the base of the chainstays.
