Cheap roadbike mudguards

"Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I'm after some cheap mudguards for my Raleigh Banana. Has no fixings at
the top of the seatstays, but does have fixings at the dropout and on the
ends of the forks. What are my options?

Should have mentioned: 700x23 Schwalbe Blizzards, Dual pivot brakes on the
front, old Weinmann calipers on the rear.

Doki said:

I'm after some cheap mudguards for my Raleigh Banana. Has no fixings at the
top of the seatstays, but does have fixings at the dropout and on the ends
of the forks. What are my options?

Mudguards usually bolt onto the brake caliper bridge and fork crown at
the 'top'.

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Doki said:

I'm after some cheap mudguards for my Raleigh Banana. Has no fixings at
the top of the seatstays, but does have fixings at the dropout and on the
ends of the forks. What are my options?

Mudguards usually bolt onto the brake caliper bridge and fork crown at the
'top'.

Aha. I'm more used to my mudguards strapping onto the downtube and bolting
onto the seatpost. So fitting is easy and I just need ones wide enough to
clear my tyres?

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Doki said:

I'm after some cheap mudguards for my Raleigh Banana. Has no fixings at
the top of the seatstays, but does have fixings at the dropout and on the
ends of the forks. What are my options?

Mudguards usually bolt onto the brake caliper bridge and fork crown at the
'top'.

Aha. I'm more used to my mudguards strapping onto the downtube and bolting
onto the seatpost. So fitting is easy and I just need ones wide enough to
clear my tyres?

Yes, wide enough to clear the tyres and narrow enough to fit inside the
seat seat stays on the back and between the fork blades at the front.
The rear usually clips onto a cross member btween the chainstays in
front of the rear wheel too. The guards you get may have a bracket but
a zip tie is often used too.

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I'm after some cheap mudguards for my Raleigh Banana. Has no fixings at
the top of the seatstays, but does have fixings at the dropout and on
the ends of the forks. What are my options?

SKS Race Blades. Highly recommended. Easy fit, fit anything, work.

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I'm after some cheap mudguards for my Raleigh Banana. Has no fixings at
the top of the seatstays, but does have fixings at the dropout and on
the ends of the forks. What are my options?

SKS Race Blades. Highly recommended. Easy fit, fit anything, work.

Does ease of fitting equal ease of removal though?

Doki said:

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SKS Race Blades. Highly recommended. Easy fit, fit anything, work.

Does ease of fitting equal ease of removal though?

And does ease or fit and removal have any bearing on the primary
function of mudguards, particularly on a commuter?

I've not tried them myself, but I've read mixed reports on Race
Blades, from "yeah, they're pretty good" to "bloody useless". Also
seen it said they often damage paint finish around the fitting
doobreys. They don't sound like a good solution for a commuting bike
to me.

"Bob"
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Doki said:

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in message <[email hidden]>, Doki

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I'm after some cheap mudguards for my Raleigh Banana. Has no fixings at
the top of the seatstays, but does have fixings at the dropout and on
the ends of the forks. What are my options?

SKS Race Blades. Highly recommended. Easy fit, fit anything, work.

Does ease of fitting equal ease of removal though?

Proper, permanent mudguards are a better solution than race blades,
providing your bike can take proper ones which it sounds like it can. I
got some SKS proper guards from a bloke on eBay last year.

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in message <[email hidden]>, Doki

(') said:

I'm after some cheap mudguards for my Raleigh Banana. Has no fixings
at the top of the seatstays, but does have fixings at the dropout and
on the ends of the forks. What are my options?

SKS Race Blades. Highly recommended. Easy fit, fit anything, work.

Does ease of fitting equal ease of removal though?

In this case, yup.

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Doki said:

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SKS Race Blades. Highly recommended. Easy fit, fit anything, work.

Does ease of fitting equal ease of removal though?

And does ease or fit and removal have any bearing on the primary
function of mudguards, particularly on a commuter?

Yep. The harder they are to get off, the less likely they are to get nicked
😄. Raceblades are £30 pounds quid a set, and if they just clip on and off,
they could walk pretty easily. I paid £10 for the bike...