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davek
Guest
Just fitted some SKS "chromoplastic" mudguards to my bike after being
fed up with the amount of muck it has been gathering on recent rides (a
bit after the horse has bolted, but better late than never). Anyway,
two questions...
1. What is the optimum spacing between mudguard and tyre, both from a
performance point of view and with regard to aerodynamics? I've guessed
the mudguard should be as close as possible but I don't know better.
2. The rear mudguard came fitted with both a reflector and a light,
presumably meant to be connected to a dynamo. If I fit a dynamo, where
would I connect the wires to make the light work? I have a hunch that I
should wire it up to the mudguard bracket that clips to the chainstay
bridge, and that the metal in the mudguard will act as a conductor.
Unfortunately, the instructions that came with the mudguards were
unenlightening.
tia,
d.
fed up with the amount of muck it has been gathering on recent rides (a
bit after the horse has bolted, but better late than never). Anyway,
two questions...
1. What is the optimum spacing between mudguard and tyre, both from a
performance point of view and with regard to aerodynamics? I've guessed
the mudguard should be as close as possible but I don't know better.
2. The rear mudguard came fitted with both a reflector and a light,
presumably meant to be connected to a dynamo. If I fit a dynamo, where
would I connect the wires to make the light work? I have a hunch that I
should wire it up to the mudguard bracket that clips to the chainstay
bridge, and that the metal in the mudguard will act as a conductor.
Unfortunately, the instructions that came with the mudguards were
unenlightening.
tia,
d.