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Just taken delivery of a Salsa Vaya and after a very nice christening ride yesterday, I've decided it needs my SKS mudguards on it. Does anyone have a cunning way of mounting the support rods when there's a disc caliper in the way of the right braze-on?
The forks also have braze-ons half way up for a rack, maybe they could be used?
Cheers
use a longer bolt and space it out a bit
And yes, on the front, bolting front mudguard stays on the lowrider braze ons (1/2 way up the leg) usually works well. Stays are shorter, stiffer & don't need the safety QRs on. With a bit of ingenuity you can get lowriders on as well if you want.
safety QRs - is that the naff plastic things on the end of the steel support arms? Can they be removed easily?
I saw this nice method bending around the caliper, but not sure if the struts will be long enough to go around a BB7:
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My dropouts are "unusual" but the principle is the same. One stay has a slight bend and goes 'through' the caliper and the other is bent to go beneath it.
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Yep - just bend the stay around the caliper.
you can see it here (with a BB7) on my Amazon (might help to look at the largest size and zoom in)
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