My rear SKS chromoplastic mudguard, only months old, has broken clean across. Retailers say they're "virtually indestructible" - this must be the manufacturer's / importer's claim. The ones on my old hybrid lasted for years but the wire stays were fixed on differently: the new one has plastic clips with a small self-tapping screw that goes through the mudguard, and that's where the break is.
Has anyone else had this happen, or heard of it? SKS are German and don't seem to have a website - how can I find out who the importer is and try to get their viewpoint?
I think it happened when I rode into a puddle that was hiding a pothole - I landed with a vicious jar and heard something snap, but as each part of the mudguard is still attached I didn't find the break for some time. It's now held together with insulting tape - not very elegant !
I'm not even sure which pothole it was - Sycamore Road offers a choice - I'll photograph the ugliest and try my luck with Reading Borough Council.
My rear SKS chromoplastic mudguard, only months old, has broken clean across. Has anyone else had this happen, or heard of it?
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I think it happened when I rode into a puddle that was hiding a pothole - I landed with a vicious jar and heard something snap, but as each part of the mudguard is still attached I didn't find the break for some time. It's now held together with insulting tape - not very elegant !
Yes, that's exactly what happened to my rear SKS mudguard last year after I'd only had it a few months. I think road vibration caused a crack which then spread and it broke right accross the middle. Like you, I used tape to botch it together, but it then broke again a little further along. I managed to get hold of a replacement no-brand, cheaper mudguard which looks identical (black chromoplastic) and it has lasted much longer. The front SKS guard is still intact so I have a spare no-brand front guard at the moment as they're sold in pairs. The material it's made from seems a little thicker than the SKS ones. A friend said he knew a few other people who had their recently SKS guards break in the same way. I dont know if this was a just poor batch, or if the quality of SKS gurads in general is not what it once was, but I suspect the latter. I think they're too brittle. I got my cheap no-brand mudguards from my LBS and the one on the bike is holding up well. You may be able to get something very similar to the SKS guards at your LBS too.
It's now held together with insulting tape - not very elegant !
I can see it now :-)
"You what? You're using me to tie together a scummy mudguard, you idiot! How many brain cells do you have?! Don't even think of biting me, you fool! Ha! call that a fixing!...."
It's now held together with insulting tape - not very elegant !
I can see it now :-)
"You what? You're using me to tie together a scummy mudguard, you idiot! How many brain cells do you have?! Don't even think of biting me, you fool! Ha! call that a fixing!...."
Thanks everyone !
-- Sue ]🙁🙂
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