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v brakes and mudguards

  • 25-06-2013 1:47pm
    #1
    Ryder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 995 ✭✭✭


    hey, anyone have a full set of mudguards with v brakes?

    i want to get a full set but am worried about the clearance. commute on a focus mares. thanks


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  • #2
    quozl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,308 ✭✭✭quozl


    I do, on a Trek 7.5 fx. I'm pretty sure it's these ones -I just asked the bike store to fit mud-guards when I ordered the bike but I think these are the ones. http://www.thinkbike.ie/bike_shop/REFLECTOR_GUARDS.aspx .

    Not sure that that means much for whether you can do it on your bike though!


  • #3
    Ryder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 995 ✭✭✭Ryder


    thanks. i think that the trek has linear brakes, which are different. the cable in v brakes runs across the fork so creates clearance issues.


  • #4
    quozl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,308 ✭✭✭quozl


    I'm pretty sure the Trek has V-brakes. They are linear pull but according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_brake#V-brakes 'V-brakes' is just the Shimano trademark name for them - like hoover and vacumn.


  • #5
    Ryder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 995 ✭✭✭Ryder


    sorry, thanks. theyre exactly the ones i have.....and no issues with the mudguards? i had mountain bike type mudguards last winter and the salt (on the roads in the us) destroyed the brakes so need better mudguards this season


  • #6
    slideshow bob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 369 ✭✭slideshow bob


    SKS mudguards working well on the bike I have with V-brakes. Get the right size for your tyres. If you can't figure out if you've enough clearance for the guards I'm sure a LBS will help you.


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  • #7
    quozl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,308 ✭✭✭quozl


    Ryder wrote: »
    and no issues with the mudguards?

    No issues at all. They go below the pull cable/noodle part and above the brake-pads, so the v-brake blocks contact the rim well below them and the arms move either side of them but the arms are further apart than the width of the mud-guards so it's fine.

    Kind of hard to describe but the mud-guard just runs through the gap between the v-brake arms with no issues.

    I've attached a photo showing them mounted


  • #8
    Ryder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 995 ✭✭✭Ryder


    quozl wrote: »
    No issues at all. They go below the pull cable/noodle part and above the brake-pads, so the v-brake blocks contact the rim well below them and the arms move either side of them but the arms are further apart than the width of the mud-guards so it's fine.

    Kind of hard to describe but the mud-guard just runs through the gap between the v-brake arms with no issues.

    I've attached a photo showing them mounted

    thats really helpful, thanks


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