Thanks guys, I guess I was looking to purchase the items as a complete unit which seemed a nice easy way. Like you rightly say it is just as easy to purchase the components and make them up myself. Nice if I could find some stainless saddle washers though.
The "saddle washers" are generally aluminium, available at any decent bike shop.
No point in doing these in stainless, the aluminium won't rust
Ambrose Nankivell said the following on 22/02/2007 01:02:
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My favourite's pedantumin 😉
Not a rare alloy then? :-)
Well, we're all out of unobtanium 🙂
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Hi, does anybody know a supplier in the UK for stainless mudguard mounts. I am after the bolts for the seat stay bridge and the fork crown. Sheldon Brown sell them (http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/fenders.html) but unfortunately don't ship them to the UK unless you spend over $100. There is a picture of the parts on the website, numbers BO6025 6 x 25 bolt for seat stay bridge & BO6045 6 x 45 bolt for fork crown.
Thanks
Any good hardware store, also you will find good stainless steel will last better than anything else with a similar price, if you do go alluminium then make sure it is anodised.
The two commonly available types of ss for fasteners are A2 and A4; the latter is more corrosion-resistant and the former is stronger. I've always had A2 on my machines (corrosion isn't as bad as a rack or mudguard in the wheel). On the trike, used through several winters then left in a shed for 15 years, the fastners were not visibly corroded, so the type doesn't seem to be an issue. -- Peter. If you can do it today, you didn't put off enough yesterday.
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Hi, does anybody know a supplier in the UK for stainless mudguard mounts. I am after the bolts for the seat stay bridge and the fork crown. Sheldon Brown sell them (http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/fenders.html) but unfortunately don't ship them to the UK unless you spend over $100. There is a picture of the parts on the website, numbers BO6025 6 x 25 bolt for seat stay bridge & BO6045 6 x 45 bolt for fork crown.
I didn't know that mudguards were available in britain these days, I haven't seen a bike with them on for years.
And, I've never understood why people buy bikes without mudguards, when it's raining you get all the water up your back.
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The washers are available at local bike shops, maybe alloy rather than SS though.
Every metallic object you can buy today is an alloy. Steel is an alloy of iron, SS is also an alloy of iron, "Aluminium" for cycle parts is an alloy, "Titanium" for cycle parts is an alloy. The pure metal of every one of these is useless as a structural material, but can be very good in alloyed form.
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Hi, does anybody know a supplier in the UK for stainless mudguard mounts. I am after the bolts for the seat stay bridge and the fork crown. Sheldon Brown sell them (http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/fenders.html) but unfortunately don't ship them to the UK unless you spend over $100. There is a picture of the parts on the website, numbers BO6025 6 x 25 bolt for seat stay bridge & BO6045 6 x 45 bolt for fork crown.
They're just normal stainless bolts. Where to get them depends on where you are. Cambridge, I'd just pop into Mackays. Other towns, find a bolt seller. There are some on the interweb - www.namrick.co.uk look suitable for this sort of thing. Obviously for a on-off my mail order you'll pay more. (I'd take the opportunity to get some other spares in at the same time :-) )
(or do you need the funny shaped washery bits too?)
cheers, clive
Thanks guys, I guess I was looking to purchase the items as a complete unit which seemed a nice easy way. Like you rightly say it is just as easy to purchase the components and make them up myself. Nice if I could find some stainless saddle washers though.
What is the conection between mudguards and saddles?
But a good exercise in French. And worth to have a look at not only for the touring cyclist. As for the bolts: there are slight differences between the French and the American version. It will be a matter of taste and availability which one to chose.
