My last few rides have been really wet, I've been sick of getting muck flung off the front wheel in my eyes and mouth :x
So I looked around for some kind of front mudguard, looking at the "less is more" options I noticed the plethora of neoprene guards which fit around the crown and brake arch, and also the MarshGuard and the Mucky Nuts Face Fender.
I came across a link to a DIY solution instead of forking out the £10 or whatever for a production version.
http://www.bike198.com/diy-mud-guard-fender/
The site has a link to download a template, which I then printed off.
For the material I used a Tesco clipboard, stiff yet flexible enough to use, and only £2...
I soon realised I had massively overspent I could make 4 of these guards from the £2 clipboard!!
Next I taped the template to the clipboard and carefully scored around it with a sharp Stanley knife.
Then I cut it out using scissors, drilled the holes, and smoothed off the edges with some fine sandpaper...
Four cableties later and it was fitted to the bike...
It's surprisingly good at stopping muck from flinging off your front wheel and going into your face, and it helps keep the fork stanchions cleaner, whilst managing to look fairly inconspicuous.
With the leftover clipboard I may try a version which extends out the front a little more, see what difference that makes.
But for £2 I can't complain too much!
So I looked around for some kind of front mudguard, looking at the "less is more" options I noticed the plethora of neoprene guards which fit around the crown and brake arch, and also the MarshGuard and the Mucky Nuts Face Fender.
I came across a link to a DIY solution instead of forking out the £10 or whatever for a production version.
http://www.bike198.com/diy-mud-guard-fender/
The site has a link to download a template, which I then printed off.
For the material I used a Tesco clipboard, stiff yet flexible enough to use, and only £2...
I soon realised I had massively overspent
I could make 4 of these guards from the £2 clipboard!!Next I taped the template to the clipboard and carefully scored around it with a sharp Stanley knife.
Then I cut it out using scissors, drilled the holes, and smoothed off the edges with some fine sandpaper...
Four cableties later and it was fitted to the bike...
It's surprisingly good at stopping muck from flinging off your front wheel and going into your face, and it helps keep the fork stanchions cleaner, whilst managing to look fairly inconspicuous.
With the leftover clipboard I may try a version which extends out the front a little more, see what difference that makes.
But for £2 I can't complain too much!
