Just received my SKS P35 chromoplastic road mudguards this morning from wiggle. Nice speedy service. Missing a long bolt to mount the front one to the fork so will have to make a trip down to the local hardware.
When I was a teenager in the late 50's /early 60's it was popular to fit silly 9 inch things to bikes...
Oh dear, I remember them - racing guards, the equivalent of go-fast turbo stripes and fluffy dice. Yes I had a set <hangs head in shame>
Come to think of it, I've still got a bike with a set on. It's a Series 2 Moulton and, at the time, I couldn't get suitably small radius guards and I wanted something to keep mud off the brakes and siuspension - well, that's my excuse & I'm sticking to it.
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>>> Oh dear, I remember them - racing guards, the equivalent >>> of go-fast turbo stripes and fluffy dice. >>> Yes I had a set <hangs head in shame> > >> >> I've got a pair in my box of bike bits. > > Have you got a peg and a bit of cardbpoard as well? > I've some strange things in my bike box but why would I have a peg and a bit of cardboard? --
Brrrrrrrrmmmmm
The racing guards made you go twice as fast, but the peg and cardboard meant Warp Speed 10 :-))
Obvious, now you mention it but I had a battery operated engine noise generator on my first 2 wheeler. The frequency of it could be varied to make it sound fast or slow. -- Mark
It's odd that no-one has mentioned the main benift of having mudguards on a commuter: it makes your bike much less nickable!
mudguards are round and go round the wheel but i'm sure you've confused them with the other object answering to that description, usually known as locks
It's odd that no-one has mentioned the main benift of having mudguards on a commuter: it makes your bike much less nickable!
mudguards are round and go round the wheel but i'm sure you've confused them with the other object answering to that description, usually known as locks
Think about it - have you ever seen a stolen bike with mudguards? Nope.
Seriously, the fungal matter that nick bikes are absolutely stupid creatures. Mudguards _do_ make them less likely to nick bikes, as do drop bars and racks. My bike has drop bars, guards and racks for this very reason. They are unaware that these things _add_ value to the bikes.
: mudguards are round and go round the wheel but i'm sure you've confused : them with the other object answering to that description, usually known : as locks
No, I'm not. Mudguards (of the full length variety easpecially) make a bike un-cool. This means it's less likely to get nicked than the £99 full-bounce MTB sat next to it.
Arthur
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Think about it - have you ever seen a stolen bike with mudguards? Nope.
How would I /know/ it was stolen? ;-)
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Seriously, the fungal matter that nick bikes are absolutely stupid creatures. Mudguards _do_ make them less likely to nick bikes, as do drop bars and racks. My bike has drop bars, guards and racks for this very reason. They are unaware that these things _add_ value to the bikes.
I've lost two bikes to marauding pikeys. Both had racks and toe clips and one had mudguards and drop bars as well. More research required here, methinks...
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It's odd that no-one has mentioned the main benift of having mudguards on a commuter: it makes your bike much less nickable!
mudguards are round and go round the wheel but i'm sure you've confused them with the other object answering to that description, usually known as locks
Think about it - have you ever seen a stolen bike with mudguards? Nope.
Seriously, the fungal matter that nick bikes are absolutely stupid creatures. Mudguards _do_ make them less likely to nick bikes, as do drop bars and racks. My bike has drop bars, guards and racks for this very reason. They are unaware that these things _add_ value to the bikes.
I've only ever had one bike nicked. It was a tourer with handbuilt frame, cantilever brakes, drop-bars, toe-clips, mudguards, rack and saddlebag.
I can imagine fixed-wheel being an anti-theft device, or at least an instant-punishment device as the theaving scrote tries to freewheel and falls off.
Think about it - have you ever seen a stolen bike with mudguards? Nope.
How would I /know/ it was stolen? ;-)
Damn, I should have known that my cheap debating tricks would be rumbled on this n.g.
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I've lost two bikes to marauding pikeys. Both had racks and toe clips and one had mudguards and drop bars as well. More research required here, methinks...
Some people have the word 'victim' written all over them. You and Mike must have it on your bikes instead :-)
I suspect your stolen bikes were in good nick. The trick is to have soemthing that looks battered and old. This also has other advantages - the bloke with the shiny new kit _has_ to prove himself, whereas an old and battered bike is proof enough.
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I can imagine fixed-wheel being an anti-theft device, or at least an instant-punishment device as the theaving scrote tries to freewheel and falls off.
Fully laden panniers on a tourer are good too, the first thing any unsuspecting tea-leaf is going to do is drop it as soon as he gets it away from whatever it was leaning against.
Now, a recumbent with loaded panniers must be nigh on thief-proof....
Fully laden panniers on a tourer are good too, the first thing any unsuspecting tea-leaf is going to do is drop it as soon as he gets it away from whatever it was leaning against.
Now, a recumbent with loaded panniers must be nigh on thief-proof....
The ultimate was when the rat was living in the handlebar bag. I'd come out of the shop to find a circle of people slowly backing away from the thing.
