Fitting SKS Chromoplastics without a chainstay bridge

[geekinaseat]

Hi All,

I'm fitting some SKS Chromoplastics to my Giant TCX 2 and I've hit a snag, although the TCX 2 comes with eyelets for mudguards I can't fit the rear guard properly as it has no chainstay bridge to attach the front of the mud guard to.

I've searched for solutions to this and the only ones I can find that don't involve cable ties use a gizmo bottle gage mount or a cyclocross pulley bracket attached to the seat tube which provides somewhere to screw the guard to, problem is the TCX already has a cyclocross pulley in place with cables routed along the rear of the frame which all get in the way.

Does anyone know of a neat solution? For example is there a retrofit chainstay bridge I can fit? Or could remove the bolt attaching the pulley for the front derailleur and use this to mount the guard? Or could I trim the guard?

Thanks!

 

[fossyant]

You may need to get creative. You will need to secure at the chain stay. Is it secured at the brake bridge ?

You could cut it short at the brake bridge but that defeats the objective of full guards.

You might be able to adapt a deda dog fang to take a bracket but it might be messy.

Tricky without looking at the bike. Any pics ?

 

[geekinaseat]

Yes it's fixed to the brake bridge but nothing forward of that is securing it at all. Here's a couple of pics sorry about the quality and I didn't realise it was so dirty!



There is an optional attachment to the mudguard which isn't attached on the pics but it would allow the mudguard to clip over a chainstay bridge without any holes drilled.

I'm thinking that I need a tube of 1/2 inch diameter about 2 inches long with two flexible clasps to attach between the two chainstays (if that's what they are called)? I could then clamp the mudguard to it.

 

[I like Skol]

Piece of cake! Get a longer bolt for the pulley and 2 nuts. Drill hole in guard in right place, put longer bolt through then 2 nuts loosely then screw through pulley into frame. Once the bolt is in the right position tighten 1 nut up against pulley to secure that, and the other nut in opposite direction to secure guard.

 

[Smurfy]

is there a retrofit chainstay bridge I can fit?

Tortec mudguards come with a little black plastic bracket that solves this problem.

It's the bit at the top of this picture. The hole in the middle is for the mudguard bolt, and it uses a zip tie round each chainstay.

Maybe a Tortec supplier can order one as a spare part.

Edit: This is the link for the product

http://www.bikestore.ie/accessories...ng-kit-for-tortec-full-mudguards-26-700c.html

 

[2old2care]

I had this problem, and I cut a piece of wood into a wedge shape to fit between the chainstays with two holes for zip ties and screwed the bottom of the guard to the wood (painted of course)!