Crud containment issue
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Crud containment issue
I went ride on a paved bike path today. It rained yesterday, so the path was all wet, and some soil from the roadside had mixed with the water, making a light brown-ish muddy sheen on the road for the full 60km of the ride. When I stopped, I dismounted, looked at the bike, and I couldn't believe the amount of crud on it: it was litterally caked with mud, from top to bottom, including the drivetrain that carried the mud up to my pant leg and clogged the nylon tubes, and, amazingly, the topside of the mudguards. I don't understand how that happened, as the mudguards are twice as wide as the tires, cover half the wheels, and the front one even has a soft flap that goes all the way down to the ground.
My bike being an Optima Condor, it's effectively just a MTB as far as everything under the seat is concerned, but my last MTB never attracted mud like that. So I think I might buy (or make) fully-enclosed mudguards, like those on dutch city bikes, to solve the problem. Does anybody know how well they work? I'm concerned that such a mudguard would gather mud inside and let it drip on the cassette and chain.
My bike being an Optima Condor, it's effectively just a MTB as far as everything under the seat is concerned, but my last MTB never attracted mud like that. So I think I might buy (or make) fully-enclosed mudguards, like those on dutch city bikes, to solve the problem. Does anybody know how well they work? I'm concerned that such a mudguard would gather mud inside and let it drip on the cassette and chain.
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I only have a hlaf fender on the back wheel and have never had my bike crud encrusted like yours. Is that typical of the kind of mud on your roads. Maybe it was an anomaly. If so, is it worth going to all that trouble to deal with a once every 5 years mud event?
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Originally Posted by Mars
Is that typical of the kind of mud on your roads. Maybe it was an anomaly. If so, is it worth going to all that trouble to deal with a once every 5 years mud event?
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Wow. Well, it looks like you have to try something all right. Are you going to try and build them out of something or maybe buy them from a Dutch bike place? Keep us posted.
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Originally Posted by Mars
Wow. Well, it looks like you have to try something all right. Are you going to try and build them out of something or maybe buy them from a Dutch bike place? Keep us posted.
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For a minute I thought you were talking about Mookie's posts No offense, but I can't wait for BROL to be up and running again.