Where to buy front mudguards?

[yan wong]

I have 2 road touring bikes (old Claude Butlers, converted to 700c wheels)
both of which need new front mudguards, but have perfectly OK back mudguards.
Is there anywhere in the UK or online where I can buy just front mudguards
for tourers? I don't want to pay for two back ones as well, especially since
I suspect that I won't be able to sell them or give them away without the
front ones. There seem to be plenty of front mudguards for sale on their own
if you have a MTB, but not if you have a road bike. I can't believe that
other people haven't had the same need.

Cheers

Yan

 

[Sandy Morton]

In article <[email protected]>, yan wong
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I have 2 road touring bikes (old Claude Butlers, converted to 700c
> wheels) both of which need new front mudguards, but have perfectly
> OK back mudguards.

If you were nearer you could have 2 pairs for free - but you ain't

--
A T (Sandy) Morton
on the Bicycle Island
In the Global Village
http://www.millport.net

 

[Pete Biggs]

yan wong wrote:
> I have 2 road touring bikes (old Claude Butlers, converted to 700c
> wheels) both of which need new front mudguards, but have perfectly OK
> back mudguards. Is there anywhere in the UK or online where I can buy
> just front mudguards for tourers? I don't want to pay for two back
> ones as well, especially since I suspect that I won't be able to sell
> them or give them away without the front ones. There seem to be
> plenty of front mudguards for sale on their own if you have a MTB,
> but not if you have a road bike. I can't believe that other people
> haven't had the same need.

Sorry I don't know where front mudguards can be bought on their own
(except from a friendly local bike shop perhaps). Personally, I would
risk buying pairs and auctioning the rears on www.eBay.co.uk. If it's a
popular brand, someone with a broken or tatty rear guard may want a
replacement. Even mudguard stays fetch a few quid there.

~PB

 

[Clive George]

"yan wong" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I have 2 road touring bikes (old Claude Butlers, converted to 700c wheels)
> both of which need new front mudguards, but have perfectly OK back
mudguards.
> Is there anywhere in the UK or online where I can buy just front mudguards
> for tourers? I don't want to pay for two back ones as well, especially
since
> I suspect that I won't be able to sell them or give them away without the
> front ones. There seem to be plenty of front mudguards for sale on their
own
> if you have a MTB, but not if you have a road bike. I can't believe that
> other people haven't had the same need.

How unfeasible would it be to cut down a back mudguard and put it on the
front? May need some minor metalwork, but worth a shot?

cheers,
clive

 

[Sue]

In message <[email protected]>, Clive George
<[email protected]> writes
>
>How unfeasible would it be to cut down a back mudguard and put it on the
>front? May need some minor metalwork, but worth a shot?
>

Only if you like living dangerously.
With cheap basic front mudguards, an object picked up by your tyre can
get stuck between the tyre and the mudguard: then the wheel stops going
round so "you WILL crash, and IF you wake up, it WILL be in hospital"
(Chris Juden) - but this type of accident is often fatal.

Fit only front mudguards with safety fixings that pop out when that
happens, like the SKS chromoplastic ones. I use them, they're light,
easy to fit and almost indestructible, and stay smart looking.

Shop around the mail order sites, eg St John Street
<www.sjscycles.com>

They're not cheap, but they're good mudguards and they could save your
life. It oughta be illegal to sell the unsafe kind, they must've caused
more deaths than h*lm*ts prevent!

--
Sue ]

 

[yan wong]

Sandy Morton <[email protected]> wrote:
: In article <[email protected]>, yan wong
: <[email protected]> wrote:
:> I have 2 road touring bikes (old Claude Butlers, converted to 700c
:> wheels) both of which need new front mudguards, but have perfectly
:> OK back mudguards.

: If you were nearer you could have 2 pairs for free - but you ain't

Thanks, and thanks to the other posters in this thread for suggestions too.
Looks like I'll have to come up with some sort of workaround.

Yan

 

[anonymous coward]

On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 22:14:01 +0000, yan wong wrote:
>
> I have 2 road touring bikes (old Claude Butlers, converted to 700c wheels)
> both of which need new front mudguards, but have perfectly OK back mudguards.
> Is there anywhere in the UK or online where I can buy just front mudguards
> for tourers?

I once bought a single blade from a recumbent shop (can't remember the
name at the mo') - you might try some of the specialist shops - e.g.
www.sjscycles.com.

Failing that, the cheapest mudguards I've found were from Halfords at
about £11 or so. All the 'proper' cycle shops seem to charge £20 a set,
which seems a rip-off to me.

AC

> I don't want to pay for two back ones as well, especially since
> I suspect that I won't be able to sell them or give them away without the
> front ones. There seem to be plenty of front mudguards for sale on their own
> if you have a MTB, but not if you have a road bike. I can't believe that
> other people haven't had the same need.
>
> Cheers
>
> Yan

 

[Rory]

yan wong <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I have 2 road touring bikes (old Claude Butlers, converted to 700c wheels)
> both of which need new front mudguards, but have perfectly OK back mudguards.
> Is there anywhere in the UK or online where I can buy just front mudguards
> for tourers? I don't want to pay for two back ones as well, especially since
> I suspect that I won't be able to sell them or give them away without the
> front ones. There seem to be plenty of front mudguards for sale on their own
> if you have a MTB, but not if you have a road bike. I can't believe that
> other people haven't had the same need.

Seeings you've a ox ac uk domain, have you tried Bee Line on the
Cowley road (near the Plain r-bout). They're usually very helpful in
things like that. Also, that fella with the tiny shop on, you know,
the main drag in Jericho, behind the Radcliffe...

 

[yan wong]

Rory <[email protected]> wrote:
: Seeings you've a ox ac uk domain, have you tried Bee Line on the
: Cowley road (near the Plain r-bout). They're usually very helpful in
: things like that. Also, that fella with the tiny shop on, you know,
: the main drag in Jericho, behind the Radcliffe...

Walton St. Cycles? By coincidence I've just been there this lunchtime
(for another reason). They only sell in pairs - hence my assuming that
online might be a better bet. But I'll try Bee Line - thanks for the
heads-up.

Yan

 

[Just zis Guy, you know?]

On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 22:01:18 +0100, Sue <[email protected]> wrote
in message <[email protected]>:

>With cheap basic front mudguards, an object picked up by your tyre can
>get stuck between the tyre and the mudguard: then the wheel stops going
>round so "you WILL crash, and IF you wake up, it WILL be in hospital"
>(Chris Juden) - but this type of accident is often fatal.

As anybody who remembers Chris, who ran Bikes & Trikes in Oxford Road,
will probably acknowledge.

Guy
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