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That cf mudguard on today's fresh goods - looks interesting.
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I wasn't sure how it'd fit but according to their website it zipties under your fork brace.
Anyone got or used something like this? Fed up of crap guards on the crown - never had anything that worked well apart from the dedicated Marzocchi one on my 66s.
Wasn't there a bloke on here about a month ago that had used one of these and in one ride it had worn all the paint off his forks and started chewing into the aluminium?
If you get one, make sure you put lashings of helitape/old inner tube in place to protect the forks!
Here's mine.
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It's quite good at keeping the crap off. I stuck some old inner tube to where it attaches on the fork leg to stop scratching. If the bike goes in the car it's a bit of a pain with the medium guard, with to forks to the side ie flat to the boot the guard holds the forks off the floor and it takes the some of the weight of the bike. But deffo keeps the crap off 😉 Looks good too. Be digging it out again soon after a very wet Tuesday night ride, but back to summer again last night,strange.
I'm sure I read something about these along the lines of carbon fibre being a really poor material to use for a rock guard as it won't disperse the impact of a rock like plastic / rubber.
I think the answer was some layers of inner-tube between the guard and frame for added damping.
^^^^ It's for a mudguard,not frame protection 😉
? Rockguardz is the company. That ^^^^ is a mudguard. It was the mudhugger that someone posted about trashing their forks, these are pretty good but mine rubbed a bit so maybe a bit of helitape if you don't want your forks scuffed.
Ha ha dave beat me to it 🙂
downhilldave - Member
Here's mine.
that looks like it's annihilated your fork clearance
If you are going to be spending that much on a mudguard then you may as well buy the Powa Defender. best guard i've ever used and it has a propper attachment for your forks instead of the cable ties that other products use
They'll fit a hans dampf under them on fox or rockshox crowns without a problem (least they do for me), so no real concern about clearance.
To be honest though, having had one for a little under a year, I'd get something with a clamp rather than zip-tied on in case I need to chuck it on the car roof.
Have a down tube guard on the remedy from rockguardz, backed up with foam too 😉 quality pretty good, mudguards are good too although prefer the powa one i use on other bike.
If the bike goes in the car it's a bit of a pain
Oh yeah.. of course. My bike goes into a bag frequently so I'd need something removeable.. hmm...
Powa Dfender has a quick release clamp
They work brilliantly but, mine didn't last long due to it being too brittle. It cracked in under four months, not good enough for £40