daven1986

Hi all,

I am soon to be purchasing a new bike with front disc brakes, and I would like a good mudguard on the front. The rear should be fine with a full cover mudguard, but there is no way support struts are going to get around the disc at the front. Is there something like a raceblade which also has the screw support at the top - i.e. a full cover front mudguard which fits to the front fork as opposed to near the hub.

Thanks

Daven

aggiegrads

Your best bet is either a standoff. Try a trip to the hardware store to find a long (2-3 cm) bolt that has one end with a female thread and one end with a male thread. The male thread gets threaded into the eyelet and the female thread accepts the mounting bolt of the fender stay. The 2-3 cm should get the stay out far enough to clear the disc brake caliper.

The ghetto solution would be to use a longer bolt and a stack of washers.

You may also be able to rig up something if your bike has rack eyelets.

CCrew

Actually a not so "ghetto" solution is a socket head (allen) screw and two nuts.

daven1986

Thanks, on my current bike I butchered the struts and put them in the rack eyelets, but the new bike will have a carbon fork and no eyelets. Will try to find a longer bolt and or nuts or washers.

Thanks for the tips.

Totaled108

I used zip-ties with cut up old tube under them so they won't slip around. Works great so far, a few hundred miles of bad weather and no movement. This is the most getto way, but it works. I'm 500miles away from the bike right now, but will post pix when I get home, tomorrow.

barturtle

The Planet Bike Speed-EZ Hybrid appears to be a much more full coverage fender compared to the Race Blade (or even the Speed-EZ Road)

ItsJustMe

I have full Planet Bike Hardcore fenders. I just spent 10 minutes bending the stays around the disc brakes. Not really a problem. They've been holding up fine for 2 years now.

ollyisk

planet bike cascadias are right up your alley.

they make them in several different widths, and they come with two disc-compatible spacers (front/rear).

it's a little obnoxious to adjust your pads with the fender mounted, but it's still manageable.

daven1986

If it matters I am in the UK, so not sure if I can source these planet bike goods.

dynaryder

daven: what bike? That would help. If there are no eyelets at all,you can use PB Speed-Ez(yes Planet Bike is available in the UK) or P clips. If there are eyelets,longer bolts with spacers and bending the struts should get around the caliper no prob.

al-wagner

I did the same thing and no problems.

daven1986

Bike is a Kona ***** Inc - haven't got it yet though, however I have read that it does have eyelets for mudguards.

dynaryder

Pic on the website shows eyelets,so longer bolts + spacers + bending stays should work.

daven1986

Thanks guess I will be going for standard SKS chromoplastic mudguards!

barturtle

Ah, your earlier post said no eyelets. Kona's website says "fender ready" for that model, so it should have all the mounts you need, you'll just likely need a fender with spacers to clear the brake (or get all kinds of creative bending the stays-I'd go with spacers myself)

JanMM

I spent some quality time mounting PB Hardcore "recumbent" fenders yesterday - bent the left front stay around the disc brake - used plastic spacers from a home center, too.

The forward mounting of the rear fender involved snipping off excess fender and then drilling small holes and securing to the quasi-"seat stays" with zip ties. A little extra creativity is required for mounting fenders on the typical recumbent.

Totaled108

here are a few HORRIBLE pictures of my fender rigging. Works great, hopped off curbs and over rough ground with no fender movement.

daven1986

Thanks

al-wagner

Here is my setup

ItsJustMe

Someone asked me to post a pic of how I modified my stays, here it is. Took about 10 minutes and no extra parts.