andsaw
Senior Member
Sent an email to Cruds about what suggestions they would do for a rear front nose that's too short where it meets the rear stays, this is what i wrote,
Hi, i bought a second set of crudcatcher 2 for my summer bike and the rear nose is too short by about 2-3 inches and when there is rain it fails to get rid of the water effectively and chucks all the water and debris all over the rear stays and back on to rear wheel and reducing my braking and fills my front derailleur cable exit on the frame full of debris clogging it up, is there anything that you propose to do about it because as is, its not doing what it is supposed to do.
This is what i got from them,
You can effectively extend the length of the chain set part with thin packaging tape.
See pics….I have just done this at my desk to give you the basic idea. You can use as many layers of tape as you like but it won’t take much as there is no strength needed
Cheers
Mr CRUD
I replied with,
Im 5 11, so i pay £20 plus on a £1300 bike and you want me to add some bit of packing tape? are you serious, is that the best solution you can come up with, how about redesigning the product instead to fit all bikes, this is going on the cycling forum i use, cant wait for all the pith taking, im staggered.
Then got this back,
I instinctively knew it was a big mistake taking the trouble to try to help you. The problem you mention applies to a tiny percentage of bike frames.
By all means post away on the forum if you have nothing better to do
Peter Tomkins
Managing Director
Sensible Products Ltd
So i sent this,
You went to all that trouble of supplying all the spare nose and tail for front and rears, did it not occur to you that you might run into problems of not supplying an extension for that part of the rear nose, its got nothing to do with i have got nothing better to do, there is a safety aspect to loads of water getting splashed on to the rim of the wheel, im saying a child could of come up with that idea, i had better ones, and that sort of response from a managing director makes you sound like a 20year old, and shouldn't you be a bit more Sensible like the title of your company is called and be a bit more professional about it.
I haven't had anything back, unbelievable or what.
Sorry guys pics haven't loaded, its an Aspx file and don't know how to convert and load, but the basic idea is strips of packing tape lined lengthways on the inside and outside, imagination needed.
Managed one pic.
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