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Mudguards on CX bike

  • 29-09-2014 4:09pm
    #1
    outfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 942 ✭✭✭


    I'm having trouble finding mudguards that fit my CX. I would like to have ones which can be removed easily. I've tried Raceblades, but the canti brake bosses are in the way at the rear. Also, the 35 mm knobblies make space tight at the front. The canti triangle rules out any type of mudguards that attach to the frame where standard road brakes fit.
    Maybe bending the Raceblade wires, or lengthening them with more wire might work, altho it wont be pretty. Has anyone found mudguards that fit a CX?


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  • #2
    nak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭nak


    I just use a rear clip on or an ass saver.


  • #3
    slideshow bob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 369 ✭✭slideshow bob


    The LBS sorted me out with following set-up when I bought it:
    323633.jpg

    The front guard is actually a back guard off a different set. I've 'inverted' it since and it looks more like a normal guard with it coming through the forks. The front is easily removed, but the back is tie-wrapped to the strut between the seat-stays so I don't remove it.


  • #4
    Peterx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,122 ✭✭✭Peterx


    seatpost mudguard
    http://press.btwin.com/en/product/seat-post-mudguard

    For the front you could use another MTB type guard
    http://www.aimbikeparts.com/publish/content/aim_2010/nl/en/index/products/accessories/accessories.-productCode-AI19006.html


  • #5
    outfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 942 ✭✭✭outfox


    Thanks guys. Unfortunately the MTB type mudguard is not a runner - I need the guards to protect the guy behind me when on club spins.
    Slideshow Bob, your set up looks good. Do you know what brand the rear mudguard is?


  • #6
    aFlabbyPanda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭aFlabbyPanda


    I've got the SKS Bluemels Mud Guard on my Cdf with 37c slicks.


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  • #7
    outfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 942 ✭✭✭outfox


    Thanks The-Sub. Bluemel photos online suggest they wont work with cantis unfortunately.


  • #8
    seven stars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 492 ✭✭seven stars


    I used SKS Chromoplastics on my CX with canti brakes. I had to do a bit of a bodge on them to fit the frame nice and securely so that there was no rattle, but that was to do with the frame and not the brakes.

    In the end I got rid of the canti brakes anyway and replaced them with some cheap Mini-Vs. No matter how I adjusted the bleedin' canti's, I couldn't get the brakes working near as well as I wanted. Haven't looked back since I switched to Mini-Vs.


  • #9
    slideshow bob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 369 ✭✭slideshow bob


    outfox wrote: »
    Do you know what brand the rear mudguard is?
    Nothing marked on the guard. The LBS had them on when I collected the bike from new so I didn't see any packaging for them.

    By the way, my bike has mini-V not cantis. They've been almost as good as calipers.


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