Tea? (Part 2)

[Arch]

That could have been any 'Jo'

Can one of the extremely good fettling people of tea reccommend a material to make a mudguard flap from? You know to make them a bit longer at the front, don't want to be washing the bike every month

Well, I don't know if I should even help you, but...

Plastic milk bottle. Get a big 4 or 6 pinter, and cut a shape from one flat side, then rivet to the bottom of the guard.

Fairy Liquid bottle would do it too, but you'll have a curved flap.

 

[Night Train]

Can one of the extremely good fettling people of tea reccommend a material to make a mudguard flap from? You know to make them a bit longer at the front, don't want to be washing the bike every month

2l pop bottle.
A bit of car inner tube.

 

[coffeejo]

Ok folks, it's time for beddybyes. Night night.

 

[potsy]

Someone who does a lot of fettling and who lives in nearish to you Potsy? No, no-one springs to mind. You would need special training for that sort of thing.

Baggy?
TY Arch and NT, i had kind of thought that a pop/milk bottle would do it, would you leave it clear or paint it blackto match the guards?
Also I have plenty of nuts and bolts but no rivet tool, I'm guessing a couple of small nuts with washers would be OK?
I also don't have a drill so would be making holes in brand new guards with ???

 

[Arch]

Leather of course, is classic, needs to be thickish...

I'm saying nothing about Potsy, mind...

 

[Arch]

Baggy?
TY Arch and NT, i had kind of thought that a pop/milk bottle would do it, would you leave it clear or paint it blackto match the guards?
Also I have plenty of nuts and bolts but no rivet tool, I'm guessing a couple of small nuts with washers would be OK?
I also don't have a drill so would be making holes in brand new guards with ???

Small nuts and bolts would do, if they don't foul the tyre.

You might make a hole by starting it with a point, like a compasses point, or bradawl, and then enlarging carefully with the point of a craft knife or scalpel. I'd be wary of the plastic cracking though.

I wonder if a hot tool of some sort would melt through... Depends on the guards, some of them have a foil sort of layer laminated in the middle - ah, but probably not balck ones.

As for painting, depends how much you want to disguise the plastic. Not sure what paint would stick well - probably have to be enamel of some kind.

 

[potsy]

Have just put an empty bottle to one side and will have a go tomorrow, another thought, would it be as good to glue it in place?
Not that I have any glue but sure I could find some
Hot tool sounds dangerous for me to be playing with, and knives

 

[Arch]

Not sure how long glue would last, depending on the glue....

Superglue might do it, but personally I'm more afraid of superglue than I am of sharp knives...

Right, I'm freezing, time for bed!

 

[Night Train]

Baggy?
TY Arch and NT, i had kind of thought that a pop/milk bottle would do it, would you leave it clear or paint it blackto match the guards?
Also I have plenty of nuts and bolts but no rivet tool, I'm guessing a couple of small nuts with washers would be OK?
I also don't have a drill so would be making holes in brand new guards with ???

If you want to bring it around here I can sort it for you.

 

[potsy]

If you want to bring it around here I can sort it for you.

Thanks NT, think I'll be OK with this one

Edit due to bad geography

 

[ianrauk]

Morning all.. FPOTD.....

Cold commute this morning...just got to work and the kettle is on..

 

[coffeejo]

Kettle's back on for a pre-lunch cuppa.

 

[Night Train]

Ooohhh tea! Yes please.

Granville and I are in Velovision, thanks to Arch. He is now officially famous and will be read in all corners of the world (where Velovision is read).
I will need to write an update though has he now has six speeds and a strap on Brompton block.

 

[coffeejo]

Granville has a strap-on?

 

[Night Train]

Granville has a strap-on?

Errr, yes.