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Hi All,
Looks like I'll be soon fitting my new 'mudguard' for the front fork, judging by the forecast, and generally it looks like winter's on it's way now so it'll have to happen sooner or later.
So..... I run Rev's, generally 100mm uphill and then dial them out to 130mm to return home, and so far haven't used anything 'in the middle'.
Do people fit them to be slightly slack at 100mm, therefore slightly stretched at 130mm,
or taught at 100mm so more stretched at 130mm??? taught at 130mm and very slack at 100mm??
....or am I worrying too much as usual?
cheers all
Q
Youll need it set for 130.
On my 140mm Rev u-turn's I just fix it at 140mm (not stretched either), once wound it doesn't flap about or look like it could foul the tyre.
ok....thanks.
I'll set it with the forks at 130mm
cheers
Q
My (small) neoguard on my Revs has a habit of rubbing the tyre (a 2.4" Mountain King, more like 2.3" any other make of tyre) when the fork is working on middling or bigger sized bumps, as does the XS size on my Durin Marathon with a 2.25" Nobby Nic.
Not sure what I'm doing wrong, if anything. Anyone else experienced this / any suggestions?
drain, i assume you have the neo gaurd wrapped under the arch so the tyre can hit it when its muddy. i had similar clearance issues on my sid race.
the solution is to cut it so it just reaches the top of the arch, then use cable ties going under the arch and through the neo gaurd holes that are allready there, think i used the XS size gaurd.
looks much neater, lighter and no clearance, fowling issues.
of course an inner tube works just as well if your going to start hacking it up, this looks better though
Thanks for the advice dobo - I'm interpreting this as I'd need to cut off the long velcro straps and substitute with cable ties? Certainly the straps seem to be the root cause of the rub as they're quite thick, and zip ties would be a lot thinner.
Good timing with this tip as I'm doing the SDW at the weekend and the forecast is a bit wet for Saturday - after being dry for weeks, typical!
yep cut the straps off, and use skinny cable ties. was on the south downs yesterday, winchester end and not a single patch of mud. unless it absolutely pisses it down all night then i cant see it getting very muddy, slippery YES, i wouldnt worry about mud tyres or anything though but looks like its gona be windy, that will slow you down 🙂
Ta muchly for the update Dobo - great news! From the forecasts it looks like the wind is WNW veering to NW by Sunday so it should be a tailwind going from Winchester to Eastbourne, wahay!
Although I do seem to have a knack for going into headwinds all the round a circular loop, not sure how that happens, so who knows...