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Any Lightweight Metal Mudguards??
Plastic ones suck...they just crack. I think a metal one, say made out of sufficiently strong aluminium, will be rugged for any stones and twigs which wind up getting caught. So which ones for a 26" wheel, please? I'm assuming such a thing exists. I have the HP Velo SMGTe SWB, and the rear guard has cracked. Why don't they make these things out of light-weight metal?? Copper costs pennies, I'm sure.... |
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Any Lightweight Metal Mudguards??
NYC XYZ wrote:
Plastic ones suck...they just crack. Typically /not/ the case with SKS ones. They're not indestructible, but they don't make a habit of cracking, and they don't bend, corrode and weigh more like metal ones would. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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Any Lightweight Metal Mudguards??
NYC XYZ wrote: Plastic ones suck...they just crack. I think a metal one, say made out of sufficiently strong aluminium, will be rugged for any stones and twigs which wind up getting caught. So which ones for a 26" wheel, please? I'm assuming such a thing exists. I have the HP Velo SMGTe SWB, and the rear guard has cracked. Why don't they make these things out of light-weight metal?? Copper costs pennies, I'm sure.... Check with www.wallbike.com and take a look at the Berthoud stainless steel fenders. I've been using a set for the last three years without any problems... |
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Any Lightweight Metal Mudguards??
Actually, that's just the one I have. I ride pretty hard, mind you, going off two-feet sidewalk curbs and potholes, yeah, but the front is all right, so I can only imagine the back one had a stone pop it or something. The SMGTe user's manual does mention something about spacing the rear shock appropriately for fear of damaging the rear guard, but I don't think it's on account of that that my guard's cracked. No, it's just plastic, and can only take so much. I'll need metal ones. Surely someone's come up with some kind of non-corroding alloy by now??? Hmm, maybe titanium mud guards??? Peter Clinch wrote: Typically /not/ the case with SKS ones. They're not indestructible, but they don't make a habit of cracking, and they don't bend, corrode and weigh more like metal ones would. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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Any Lightweight Metal Mudguards??
Seconded on the SKS (formerly ESGE) fenders, they last a looooong time
compared to any of the other plastic varieties. I typically get 3-4 years (winter seasons in the PNW) out of them, maybe something like 8-12K miles. They also over-build the metal parts on the SKS fenders, that's another common point of failure in the other varieties. -pete "NYC XYZ" wrote in message ups.com... Plastic ones suck...they just crack. I think a metal one, say made out of sufficiently strong aluminium, will be rugged for any stones and twigs which wind up getting caught. So which ones for a 26" wheel, please? I'm assuming such a thing exists. I have the HP Velo SMGTe SWB, and the rear guard has cracked. Why don't they make these things out of light-weight metal?? Copper costs pennies, I'm sure.... |
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Any Lightweight Metal Mudguards??
NYC XYZ wrote: Plastic ones suck...they just crack. I think a metal one, say made out of sufficiently strong aluminium, will be rugged for any stones and twigs which wind up getting caught. So which ones for a 26" wheel, please? I'm assuming such a thing exists. I have the HP Velo SMGTe SWB, and the rear guard has cracked. Why don't they make these things out of light-weight metal?? Copper costs pennies, I'm sure.... http://www.jitensha.com/eng/fndrs_e.html Properly mounted they last and are lightweight. Mike Jenkins |
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Any Lightweight Metal Mudguards??
Pete Grey wrote: Seconded on the SKS (formerly ESGE) fenders, they last a looooong time compared to any of the other plastic varieties. I typically get 3-4 years (winter seasons in the PNW) out of them, maybe something like 8-12K miles. They also over-build the metal parts on the SKS fenders, that's another common point of failure in the other varieties. -pete I beg your pardon, but what's "over-build the metal parts" and how does that make it a "common point of failure"?? I'm looking at my rear fender and I'm wondering if maybe I "tensed" it up too much -- that is to say, whether I fiddled with the stays (or whatever them thin metal rods are called) such that I introduced tension which built up over time (I prefer my fenders a bit "higher" because I imagined that would help prevent twigs getting caught).... |
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Sorry, I guess I wasn't very clear.
I meant to note that the metal parts on the SKS fenders are over-built, about double the thickness as on other fenders. Often, on other fender sets, I've had the metal support that attaches to the brake-bridge snap. I'm guessing something wasn't set up quite right on yours, if your SKS's didn't last that long. I've got a set on my winter bike and my loaded touring bike, a 26" wheel setup that has gone many, many miles on gravel roads, etc. Like I said, they do *eventually* break, but I'm guessing the alluminum variety will as well. The only way to avoid that is probably steeel or Ti fenders, one which is really heavy and I'm not sure anyone would ever attempt to market a Ti variety... My SKS fenders seem to outlast a couple of drivetrain (chain/cogset) changes thou', which seems reasonable to me! -pete "NYC XYZ" wrote in message ups.com... Pete Grey wrote: Seconded on the SKS (formerly ESGE) fenders, they last a looooong time compared to any of the other plastic varieties. I typically get 3-4 years (winter seasons in the PNW) out of them, maybe something like 8-12K miles. They also over-build the metal parts on the SKS fenders, that's another common point of failure in the other varieties. -pete I beg your pardon, but what's "over-build the metal parts" and how does that make it a "common point of failure"?? I'm looking at my rear fender and I'm wondering if maybe I "tensed" it up too much -- that is to say, whether I fiddled with the stays (or whatever them thin metal rods are called) such that I introduced tension which built up over time (I prefer my fenders a bit "higher" because I imagined that would help prevent twigs getting caught).... |
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Any Lightweight Metal Mudguards??
NYC XYZ wrote: Plastic ones suck...they just crack. I think a metal one, say made out of sufficiently strong aluminium, will be rugged for any stones and twigs which wind up getting caught. So which ones for a 26" wheel, please? I'm assuming such a thing exists. I have the HP Velo SMGTe SWB, and the rear guard has cracked. Why don't they make these things out of light-weight metal?? Copper costs pennies, I'm sure.... They do and I've had a set of the really light aluminum ones. After a few years of real use, they look like crumpled cans. If I had the dough and the initiative, I'd get some hammered Honjo ones. Not available in 26, AFAIK. |
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