Where to buy front mudguards?

In article <[email hidden]>, yan wong

Quoted message said:

I have 2 road touring bikes (old Claude Butlers, converted to 700c
wheels) both of which need new front mudguards, but have perfectly
OK back mudguards.

If you were nearer you could have 2 pairs for free - but you ain't :-)

--
A T (Sandy) Morton
on the Bicycle Island
In the Global Village
http://www.millport.net

yan wong said:

I have 2 road touring bikes (old Claude Butlers, converted to 700c
wheels) both of which need new front mudguards, but have perfectly OK
back mudguards. Is there anywhere in the UK or online where I can buy
just front mudguards for tourers? I don't want to pay for two back
ones as well, especially since I suspect that I won't be able to sell
them or give them away without the front ones. There seem to be
plenty of front mudguards for sale on their own if you have a MTB,
but not if you have a road bike. I can't believe that other people
haven't had the same need.

Sorry I don't know where front mudguards can be bought on their own
(except from a friendly local bike shop perhaps). Personally, I would
risk buying pairs and auctioning the rears on www.eBay.co.uk. If it's a
popular brand, someone with a broken or tatty rear guard may want a
replacement. Even mudguard stays fetch a few quid there.

~PB

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

Quoted message said:

I have 2 road touring bikes (old Claude Butlers, converted to 700c wheels)
both of which need new front mudguards, but have perfectly OK back

mudguards.

Quoted message said:

Is there anywhere in the UK or online where I can buy just front mudguards
for tourers? I don't want to pay for two back ones as well, especially

since

Quoted message said:

I suspect that I won't be able to sell them or give them away without the
front ones. There seem to be plenty of front mudguards for sale on their

own

Quoted message said:

if you have a MTB, but not if you have a road bike. I can't believe that
other people haven't had the same need.

How unfeasible would it be to cut down a back mudguard and put it on the
front? May need some minor metalwork, but worth a shot?

cheers,
clive

In message <[email hidden]>, Clive George
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

How unfeasible would it be to cut down a back mudguard and put it on the
front? May need some minor metalwork, but worth a shot?

Only if you like living dangerously.
With cheap basic front mudguards, an object picked up by your tyre can
get stuck between the tyre and the mudguard: then the wheel stops going
round so "you WILL crash, and IF you wake up, it WILL be in hospital"
(Chris Juden) - but this type of accident is often fatal.

Fit only front mudguards with safety fixings that pop out when that
happens, like the SKS chromoplastic ones. I use them, they're light,
easy to fit and almost indestructible, and stay smart looking.

Shop around the mail order sites, eg St John Street
<www.sjscycles.com>

They're not cheap, but they're good mudguards and they could save your
life. It oughta be illegal to sell the unsafe kind, they must've caused
more deaths than h*lm*ts prevent!

--
Sue ]🙁🙂

Sandy Morton <[email hidden]> wrote:
: In article <[email hidden]>, yan wong
: <[email hidden]> wrote:
:> I have 2 road touring bikes (old Claude Butlers, converted to 700c
:> wheels) both of which need new front mudguards, but have perfectly
:> OK back mudguards.

: If you were nearer you could have 2 pairs for free - but you ain't :-)

Thanks, and thanks to the other posters in this thread for suggestions too.
Looks like I'll have to come up with some sort of workaround.

Yan

yan wong said:

I have 2 road touring bikes (old Claude Butlers, converted to 700c wheels)
both of which need new front mudguards, but have perfectly OK back mudguards.
Is there anywhere in the UK or online where I can buy just front mudguards
for tourers?

I once bought a single blade from a recumbent shop (can't remember the
name at the mo'😉 - you might try some of the specialist shops - e.g.
www.sjscycles.com.

Failing that, the cheapest mudguards I've found were from Halfords at
about £11 or so. All the 'proper' cycle shops seem to charge £20 a set,
which seems a rip-off to me.

AC

Quoted message said:

I don't want to pay for two back ones as well, especially since
I suspect that I won't be able to sell them or give them away without the
front ones. There seem to be plenty of front mudguards for sale on their own
if you have a MTB, but not if you have a road bike. I can't believe that
other people haven't had the same need.

Cheers

Yan

yan wong <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

I have 2 road touring bikes (old Claude Butlers, converted to 700c wheels)
both of which need new front mudguards, but have perfectly OK back mudguards.
Is there anywhere in the UK or online where I can buy just front mudguards
for tourers? I don't want to pay for two back ones as well, especially since
I suspect that I won't be able to sell them or give them away without the
front ones. There seem to be plenty of front mudguards for sale on their own
if you have a MTB, but not if you have a road bike. I can't believe that
other people haven't had the same need.

Seeings you've a ox ac uk domain, have you tried Bee Line on the
Cowley road (near the Plain r-bout). They're usually very helpful in
things like that. Also, that fella with the tiny shop on, you know,
the main drag in Jericho, behind the Radcliffe...

Rory <[email hidden]> wrote:
: Seeings you've a ox ac uk domain, have you tried Bee Line on the
: Cowley road (near the Plain r-bout). They're usually very helpful in
: things like that. Also, that fella with the tiny shop on, you know,
: the main drag in Jericho, behind the Radcliffe...

Walton St. Cycles? By coincidence I've just been there this lunchtime
(for another reason). They only sell in pairs - hence my assuming that
online might be a better bet. But I'll try Bee Line - thanks for the
heads-up.

Yan

On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 22:01:18 +0100, Sue <[email hidden]> wrote
in message <[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

With cheap basic front mudguards, an object picked up by your tyre can
get stuck between the tyre and the mudguard: then the wheel stops going
round so "you WILL crash, and IF you wake up, it WILL be in hospital"
(Chris Juden) - but this type of accident is often fatal.

As anybody who remembers Chris, who ran Bikes & Trikes in Oxford Road,
will probably acknowledge.

Guy
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