Mudguards for disc brake equipped road/CX bikes?

[downfader]

I know some use a spacer around the caliper but can you still get stays that are specifically designed to fit to the luggage bolts on the middle of forks such as found on a Genesis Croix de Fer or modern touring bikes? I've done a few internet searches but have come up blank, perhaps they have a specific name I dont know?

You can see the forks on this image:
http://www.ukbikesdepot.com/m90b185.../RS_GB/51520?gclid=CMedloXS4sQCFYrJtAod2lUAQg

My current SKS guards have a spacer but I get the feeling the stays are too short with it in as they've been grinding a groove into the Hayes caliper. Its also bloody annoying to hear it rattle on rough roads.

 

[DRHysted]

Didn't use a spacer on mine, I just put a bend in the stays so it goes around the brake caliper. To be asphetically pleasing I put the same bend in the other side so it looks like it was designed like that. No rattling on mine.

 

[downfader]

Didn't use a spacer on mine, I just put a bend in the stays so it goes around the brake caliper. To be asphetically pleasing I put the same bend in the other side so it looks like it was designed like that. No rattling on mine.

The caliper is quite big though, not sure I can bend it that much. I might take it apart at the week end and measure it all out

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

More importantly though, is that the new Croix De Fer colour??

Ewwww, give me the black or white version any day!!

 

[DRHysted]

The caliper is quite big though, not sure I can bend it that much. I might take it apart at the week end and measure it all out

The only photo I could find was on my tweeter feed (someone else had asked about SKS mudguards), hopefully I've sent it via twitter. If not some random person is wondering why there's a photo of a front wheel and mudguard on their feed!

 

[downfader]

More importantly though, is that the new Croix De Fer colour??

Ewwww, give me the black or white version any day!!

Thats one of them. The touring version is quite a nice metallic red though

[QUOTE 3631693, member: 45"]I've bent the stay before now...

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I think I'll be playing around with it on the weekend to see how I can alter mine. Tempted to buy some more rods and bend my own.