Home made mud flaps - suggestions?
07-23-07, 11:10 AM
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Home made mud flaps - suggestions?
I'm too cheap to spend $20 for a special mud flap from my LBS, knowing that there HAS to be a way to make something on the cheap (or free) at home with misc. stuff laying around, and so I'm hoping to get some inspiration from you all. What do you use?
07-23-07, 11:14 AM
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Stair tread and zip ties. Total cost < $4.00 at the hardware store.
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Just walk around the local home improvement store and keep your mind and eyes open. There's plenty of rubber, tapes, leather etc.
Possibly an old heavy jacket? Yours or thrift store.
Possibly an old heavy jacket? Yours or thrift store.
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I used a mouse pad. Folded it in two, stapled the sides. Then stapled it to the fender. Works great.
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Check out what mine look like in the "hideously charming commuter bike (with pics)" thread. Only difference is I painted my mudflaps.
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You can also use any plastic bottle(milk, water, bleach, window cleaner, w/e works) cut to size. Drill a hole in your fender and 2 holes in your mudflap and attach with a zip tie.
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I used a piece of a discarded rubber car floor mat. Heavy yet flexible.
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For homemade fenders, I was looking around the office on a rainy afternoon. I think I have a work-able idea I hope I don't have to try out.
Check out those corrogated plastic fedex, DHL, and USPS tubs they deliver mail in these days. There is already a thick wire in there all the way around the top. I bet you could cut up one of those crates, saving the part around the top. Use the wire to form the plastic into a fender shape. Attach to bike with something. (I was eying a chunk of cat5 data cable.
The plastic is lightweight, waterproof, and the integrated wire gives you something to construct and maintain the shape of the fender with.
Check out those corrogated plastic fedex, DHL, and USPS tubs they deliver mail in these days. There is already a thick wire in there all the way around the top. I bet you could cut up one of those crates, saving the part around the top. Use the wire to form the plastic into a fender shape. Attach to bike with something. (I was eying a chunk of cat5 data cable.
The plastic is lightweight, waterproof, and the integrated wire gives you something to construct and maintain the shape of the fender with.
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For homemade fenders, I was looking around the office on a rainy afternoon. I think I have a work-able idea I hope I don't have to try out.
Check out those corrogated plastic fedex, DHL, and USPS tubs they deliver mail in these days. There is already a thick wire in there all the way around the top. I bet you could cut up one of those crates, saving the part around the top. Use the wire to form the plastic into a fender shape. Attach to bike with something. (I was eying a chunk of cat5 data cable.
The plastic is lightweight, waterproof, and the integrated wire gives you something to construct and maintain the shape of the fender with.
Check out those corrogated plastic fedex, DHL, and USPS tubs they deliver mail in these days. There is already a thick wire in there all the way around the top. I bet you could cut up one of those crates, saving the part around the top. Use the wire to form the plastic into a fender shape. Attach to bike with something. (I was eying a chunk of cat5 data cable.
The plastic is lightweight, waterproof, and the integrated wire gives you something to construct and maintain the shape of the fender with.
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