Mudguards for Off-road Touring

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Blevins
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Mudguards for Off-road Touring

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Any recommendations for a robust mudguard that can withstand offroad touring, fitted on a cross bike?

Doing the Via de Plata in Spain last summer I ended up ripping off my SKS mudguards - all the bumps on the offroad sections just kept knocking them into the tyres.

But this summer I'm set to do camino del norte on the northern coast, and with the greater possibility of rain, thought that maybe some kind of protection is a good thing.

Mountain guard clip on style?

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http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/mudg ... /aid:50735

These from Germany are dirt :) cheap and well made, although you really need to make up the order with something else to mitigate postage costs. They detach easily once the fittings are permanently in place. The lack of strengthening stays seems to be a positive advantage over traditional guards when the going gets really rough.
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Thanks, they look good - still pretty cheap with postage so am considering ordering.
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I've just fitted a pair of them to a 26" wheel tourer I've just built. They seem to be quite robust though I'm maybe going to drill an extra hole, near the rear of the rear mudguard, to zip tie it to my rack.

Mine cost me nothing as I removed them from a bike which had been abandoned on the side of the B7076. After three months I reckoned they weren't coming back for it.
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I've found ones like that to be rattly and flappy offroad as they have little rigidity - the ends wave about sideways. I've used these off road for the past 10 years, which are decent and don't flap about:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/crud ... lsrc=aw.ds
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Blevins wrote:Thanks, they look good - still pretty cheap with postage so am considering ordering.


Try your local Wilkinsons for very similar at £4.99

http://www.wilko.com/bike-parts+accesso ... vt/0343864
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I've got a pair of Gilles Berthoud stainless steel mudguards. They are pretty strong and light. I bought them directly from them in France but I think there are UK suppliers now.
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whatever you get you need to allow lots of clearage between them and the tyres as mud build up will seize the wheel up
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