Crud roadracer mk3 mudguards waste of money

italodisco

Well I got the above on sale from amazon for my new bike, trek fx3.

Front went on without hassle, the rear mudguard not a hope.

Its v brakes, the mudguard arm that attached to the rear triangle is in the way of the brakes no. Matter what I try.

rtmie

Yip, same experience for me last winter.
Never got a satisfactory fitting, always rubbing somewhere on the rear.

Maidhci

Although I have no experience of these, I think the Crud Roadracer guards are designed for road bikes as opposed to hybrid type bikes with V brakes?

site_owner

They don't fit vbrakes. But in fairness they don't fit anything very well. I've binned a set last year.

Return them to Amazon and get your tenner back.

The fx3 should have eyelets so you can buy real mudguards too

loyatemu

site_owner wrote: »

They don't fit vbrakes. But in fairness they don't fit anything very well. I've binned a set last year.

I've them (the previous versions) on my road bike for years without any problems.

italodisco

They only cost a tenner, if anyone wants the rear one just pm me, unfortunately I've already put the front one on but you can have the rear one for free!

JustJoe7240

italodisco wrote: »

They only cost a tenner, if anyone wants the rear one just pm me, unfortunately I've already put the front one on but you can have the rear one for free!

Pm sent

clod71

I had them and I never really like them...
I love the SKS raceblades, which came after them

site_owner

loyatemu wrote: »

I've them (the previous versions) on my road bike for years without any problems.

the mk2 have a completely different structure i think?

Cee-Jay-Cee

I have them on my Felt VR30 for a year now with zero issues. I remove them in dry weather and stick them back on when it’s wet and never had a problem. They’re much better than the Mk2

blondeonblonde

clod71 wrote: »

I had them and I never really like them...
I love the SKS raceblades, which came after them

+1 for SKS blades. Went through two pairs of cruds, v flimsy. Just fitted SKS last week & it's like night and day. Also they can just clip on and off so easy to remove m

italodisco

Sorry folks I forgot to say, anyone who wants the rear mudguard for free, you'll need to be based in Dublin as I won't be posting it, I don't have the time, sorry!

I'm around the ifsc at lunch hours

sy_flembeck

blondeonblonde wrote: »

+1 for SKS blades. Went through two pairs of cruds, v flimsy. Just fitted SKS last week & it's like night and day. Also they can just clip on and off so easy to remove m

+1. Could have posted the same, word for word

clod71

sy_flembeck wrote: »

+1. Could have posted the same, word for word

one thing to remember is that also the SKS raceblades don't fit bikes with v-brakes/cantis
other than that, I think they are a much better buy than the crud MK3

What Username Guidelines

clod71 wrote: »

one thing to remember is that also the SKS raceblades don't fit bikes with v-brakes/cantis
other than that, I think they are a much better buy than the crud MK3

Why don't they fit with V-Brakes? There are so many adjustment points on the newest versions I would have thought they could be fitted easily enough behind the brake, no?

I know this pic is caliper, but would it not be the same-ish set up for v/canti?

clod71

What Username Guidelines wrote: »

Why don't they fit with V-Brakes? There are so many adjustment points on the newest versions I would have thought they could be fitted easily enough behind the brake, no?

I know this pic is caliper, but would it not be the same-ish set up for v/canti?

I'm obviously talking about the rear one. Not a chance you'll manage to fix it on a bike with Vbrakes/cantis. It is designed to attach on the seatstay, right where where your Vbrakes are fixed.

What Username Guidelines

clod71 wrote: »

I'm obviously talking about the rear one. Not a chance you'll manage to fix it on a bike with Vbrakes/cantis. It is designed to attach on the seatstay, right where where your Vbrakes are fixed.

Yep, I know you're talking about the rear one, but I was just saying that because raceblades mount much further down the seat stay than cruds, and have numerous adjustment points, I would have thought they would fit.

cyfac

+ 1 again for the raceblades getting the winter bike ready this morning nipped into LBS picked up a set had them fitted in 5 minutes couple of adjustments with the allen key and there ready to go a bit pricey but well worth it i think

clod71

What Username Guidelines wrote: »

Yep, I know you're talking about the rear one, but I was just saying that because raceblades mount much further down the seat stay than cruds, and have numerous adjustment points, I would have thought they would fit.

I couldn't manage to put them on my CX...
I definitely wouldn't recommend them if that's the case.