Mud guards advice please!

[fraz101]

I’m going to need to get mud guards for my winter bike, for club rides.

I attach picture of bike in question, I have fitted 28mm tyres and it is on Sram Force rim brakes.

How do I know what will fit? HELP

 

[Slick]

Works for me.

https://www.google.com/search?q=sks...NoLXdpei1zZXJwyAEIwAEB&sclient=mobile-sh-serp

 

[Mike_P]

Clearance between the brake assembly and the wheel is often an issue on road bikes and if it is tight probably the Flinger Race Pro clip ons which fit either side of the brake assembly

 

[vickster]

Just take it to your LBS and see what they suggest.
You may be stuck with cruds or race blades and 23 or 25mm tyres.

 

[wafter]

Looks like it doesn't have mounts so you're looking at "universal" jobs like the SKS items Slick recommends. I have some SKS longboards on a couple of mine and love them, but have no experience of their other products.

As for fit, unfortunately I think this is always going to be an educated guess / leap of faith to some extent; but it would be worth looking at potentially tight areas (fork crown, chainstay and seatstay bridges) to check there's actually some room - if you can only get a fag paper in there there's little point proceeding..

 

[fraz101]

There is no room!!!!!!

 

[Randomnerd]

N + 1

 

[vickster]

There is no room!!!!!!

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23mm tyres plus cruds?

 

[wafter]

There is no room!!!!!!

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There's your answer, then

IIRC you can get guards that bridge these bits, although they're going to increasingly be compromised by these limitations..

 

[cyberknight]

unless you go for something long it might keep you dry but those following will still get spray off your back wheel, something like sks raceblade long

sks raceblade pro

crud mk 3 might be an issue with front fork clearance for the tabs catchibg the spokes on the front wheel as the fork is very close to the spokes if i remember

 

[si_c]

The Raceblades linked above with 23mm tyres are likely to be your best bet for satisfying club ride requirements - which are broadly about not making the person behind you drown in road spray. The Raceblade Pros are great mudguards for what they are - they fit easily and don't require any mounting holes on the frame and work pretty well in most conditions. A key point though is before you mount them to the frame make sure you get some helicopter tape over the frame so that fretting doesn't remove the paint.

That being said I cannot stress enough how much full length mudguards (the ones which mount at the bottom bracket as well) make a difference, the biggest problem with short mudguards is that the rear wheel now dumps a torrent of gritty water right on the drivetrain and your feet, negating the two biggest plus points for fitting mudguards in the first place.

Be prepared to thoroughly and regularly clean your bike.

 

[Mike_P]

The Flingers provide more protection than the Raceblades
https://road.cc/content/review/flinger-race-pro-clip-mudguards-279399

 

[fraz101]

23mm tyres plus cruds?

Not going to 23mm

 

[si_c]

Not going to 23mm

You might be able to get 25s under mudguards, but you are likely to get a little tyre rub from time to time, not a huge issue but it can be annoying.

 

[vickster]

Not going to 23mm

Ungenerous 25s then as above if there’s clearance. Or generous 23s