Salmon Mudguards - Info here

Does anyone know if anyone in the US sells these or anything similar to this? Given the way this
winter has been in Ohio I'm ready for something like this.

Alan

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Posted originally on uk.rec.cycling, thought it might be of use here too.

So, the mudguards have arrived from Salmon in France. Model purchased was the GBF1D, designed for
road bikes without clearance for normal guards.

Total price including postage etc was 55 Euros, without checking exactly that's about £36. Not
cheap, but I had no other alternative.

The mudguards come complete with all fixings, including various mounts depending upon your fork,
seat-stay thickness. The manual (well, piece of paper with dodgy photographs) suggests that the
front fixing goes onto the fork dropouts using the brackets provided, I didn't want this so I

modified

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a rear adaptor to fit to the fork itself. The rear seat-stay fitting is quite cumbersome, but
again I made a small change to make it more aesthetically pleasing.

The rear guard goes OVER the rear brake but the bracket still goes under

it.

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Because my bike has virtually no clearance at all here, I had to resort to tapping the bracket
tightly up under the frame using a hammer and a piece

of

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wood to protect it.

The front guard fits very simply. It does not protrude in front of the

fork

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at all.

Both guards have an Allen key connection that allows them to be removed in

a

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couple of seconds, leaving just the brackets in place.

The mudguards are very secure and do not rattle at all.

Quality of product: 7/10 Ease of fitting: 5/10 VFM: 4/10 if there was an alternative, but seeing
as there isn't...8/10

Hope this is of use to someone!

I have posted pictures of the mudguards fitted to my bike, which should explain better.

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Mark
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I researched this for my bikes and have come to the conclusion as follows:

The Planet Bike "Freedy Fenders", are made of polycarbonate which is an engineering structural
polymer. The stays are steel. Full size fenders. However the polycarbonate material plus mud flaps
made this product overall a standout. I understand that they come in other colors in addition to
black. I paid $30 retail, and they are very nice.

I didn't care for the Zefal brand of fenders at all. Though they have many, all off the non full
size fenders don't work, they're [censored]. The full size fenders that they sell use a cellulose based
polymer that isn't nearly as capable or strong as polycarbonate.

SKG, makes a nice looking full size fender with an aluminum inner layer so they look shiny and new.
These are probably very nice and in the same price range too. They didn't have my size at the time.
The fasteners were good also.

My recommendation is either Planet Bike Freddy Fenders, or SKG.

"Alan Fishman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Does anyone know if anyone in the US sells these or anything similar to this? Given the way this
winter has been in Ohio I'm ready for something like this.

Alan

"MSA" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Posted originally on uk.rec.cycling, thought it might be of use here too.

So, the mudguards have arrived from Salmon in France. Model purchased was the GBF1D, designed
for road bikes without clearance for normal guards.

Total price including postage etc was 55 Euros, without checking exactly that's about £36. Not
cheap, but I had no other alternative.

The mudguards come complete with all fixings, including various mounts depending upon your fork,
seat-stay thickness. The manual (well, piece of paper with dodgy photographs) suggests that the
front fixing goes onto the fork dropouts using the brackets provided, I didn't want this so I

modified

Quoted message said:

a rear adaptor to fit to the fork itself. The rear seat-stay fitting is quite cumbersome, but
again I made a small change to make it more aesthetically pleasing.

The rear guard goes OVER the rear brake but the bracket still goes under

it.

Quoted message said:

Because my bike has virtually no clearance at all here, I had to resort to tapping the bracket
tightly up under the frame using a hammer and a piece

of

Quoted message said:

wood to protect it.

The front guard fits very simply. It does not protrude in front of the

fork

Quoted message said:

at all.

Both guards have an Allen key connection that allows them to be removed in

a

Quoted message said:

couple of seconds, leaving just the brackets in place.

The mudguards are very secure and do not rattle at all.

Quality of product: 7/10 Ease of fitting: 5/10 VFM: 4/10 if there was an alternative, but seeing
as there isn't...8/10

Hope this is of use to someone!

I have posted pictures of the mudguards fitted to my bike, which should explain better.

msa.fotopic.netshow collection.phpOpen ↗

--
Mark
______________________________________

"Just ask yourself: What would Scooby Doo?"