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Finally nearing the end of the most frustrating build ever. When / if it is ever rideable I'll need mudguards as it's going to be my commuter. It's a Van Dessel G&T with no mounting points for guards - no bridges, nothing. So whatever gets mounted is going to have to use zip ties, bungees, glue or magic to hold it in place.
So, what really works?
I currently have these
http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/accessories/bike-accessories/mudguards/crud-road-racer-mk2-mudguards.html
they are fine when set up but they are an absolute pain as when knocked - when storing the bike they need to be fettled everytie you ride
I had some like these which were much better but broke - clumsy storage so user error
http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/accessories/bike-accessories/mudguards/sks-chromoplastic-mudguards-700c-road.html
You get loads that just attach to the forks and stays but something more rigid than the crud ones would be my choice
I've seen the seat stay and fork mounted ones used with success in our road club. I actually considered getting some to replace my full gurads as they are easier to take on and off (I use a cross bike and race every other week on it through winter).
The Crud ones look like they'd work but not the SKS - the forks are disk only carbon ones, so no bolt hole at the top.
A lot of people use Race Blades ( http://www.wiggle.co.uk/sks-race-blade-xl-clip-on-mudguard-set/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=uk&gclid=CKnw0_zvgrICFeTLtAodAA4Agg) but I found them to be a right PITA. As above, one slight knock and they're out of line. Good if you want to take them on and off (my least-favourite bike job is mounting mudguards...) but rubbish as a permanent install.
My advice would be to spend some time in getting / making some brackets from various bits of bent metal to allow you mount normal mudguards onto your frame /forks. For the forks in particular, this wouldn't be difficult.
Cruds are attached to the front brake on mine so I doubt they will work - they will almost certainly rub if you cannot attach ther e- tbh they will almost certainly rub anyway IME but it is very slight when set up
Race blades are pretty good - as good as you would get for that sort of easy-on easy-off guard. The front one mounts round the fork leg so would fit any road bike I would think.
Once you've run them so you're sure of the correct orientation, you can screw the guard so it doesn't move relative to the mount - this stops them moving IME.
If you do get something like these make sure you helitape the bike where the mounting will strap on - I put 4 nice corrosion spots onto my pompino from not doing this over last winter.
I use these jobs.
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They are easy to fit/remove, three minutes tops. I just keep them on this oldie now. They work to, rode though a ford Tuesday no problems. And if they get knocked you just slide the rubbers again.
I've used Raceblades with no issues getting them knocked
I use raceblades. A good tip is to put a bit of old innertube on the fork where they connect and use tiewraps if you will be.leaving them on for a while. They stay in place very well then.
Thanks all.
What's good enough for that Oldgit is good enough for this one.
I've got a set of RaceBlades for my CX bike but I found they rubbed a bit when attached with the standard rubber bands. I'll try zip-ties this winter.