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I fancy these, but I'm not paying £90 for them! :shock:
https://fudgescyclestore.com/product/mo ... sh_w_stays
Is there a cheaper source anywhere?

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Mick F wrote:I fancy these, but I'm not paying £90 for them! :shock:
https://fudgescyclestore.com/product/mo ... sh_w_stays
Is there a cheaper source anywhere?

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Aluminium is renowned for being noisy though.
Especially in conjuction with hard pumped tyres on small wheels.
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Yeah, it's only £90, and that's only a night or two out down the pub.
Noise? I doubt it'd be much different on my TSR.

I still balk at the cost.
Fudges know how to charge! The normal chromoplastic ones are £70 there, but only £30odd normally.
https://fudgescyclestore.com/product/al ... _20_models

Amazon, for instance.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/SKS-Bluemels-M ... th=1&psc=1

PS:
I know the front stays need bending to get past the front suspension. This is one of the excuses that Fudges use for the high cost.
DIY bending is fine, coz I've done it when I fitted an extra set of stays at the front as the Fudges ones only come with one pair and the front mudguard snaps. Since repaired.
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Go for it Mick, they look nice and money spent on bikes is seldom regretted I find.
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Last summer before I sold my TSR, and fancied a pair of these, https://www.cyclesense.co.uk/ quoted me £68 inc postage.

I bought a rear suspension rebuild kit from them previously - and was pleased with their price and service - unlike Fudges :(
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Hi
£16.62 upwards on eBay.
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Why not make your own. A man of your ability should be able to do this. Here's a thread on 20" wooden mudguards to inspire you.viewtopic.php?f=5&t=60650&p=515497&hilit=Kingpin+Mudguards#p515497
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Flat eh?
I would think that water and spray would come out the sides.

As for DIY wooden ones, I don't think I could make a neat enough job. It's the little things that make the job neat, like stays and fittings etc.

Personally, I would like to do away with mudguards altogether, but living where we do, and riding a small-wheeled bike, mudguards are a necessity. I'm ok with Mercian in the better weather without 'guards, but Moulton needs them 12months of the year as all you need is a damp road, and yuk! it's all over the thing.

I still fancy the shine alu ones.
eBay has been looked at for an hour or so. Any pointers?
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Thanks, but plastic.
Bookmarked, along with these.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kansi-Mudguard ... +mudguards (white plastic)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silver-Plast ... :rk:2:pf:0 (silver plastic)

These are alu, but I'd probably have to doctor the fittings a bit.
https://www.tokyobike.co.uk/tokyobike-f ... i-vel.html

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The one's you linked aren't for 20" wheels.
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They might be too wide for a caliper braked TSR frame with Shimano R650 DPs ?

Which is why the expensive Moulton alu ones are probably best suited to 28mm tyres and DP brakes, as they're much narrower
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Good point!

Just measured the present ones.
45mm
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A whole bike for £45?
Loads of choice.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Apollo-Ivory ... SwAQVcOMJJ
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