Humbug
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| posted on 16/9/06 at 01:38 PM |
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Mudflaps made of tyres
Following my successful (so I thought) creation of mudflaps from pieces of tyre - see here:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=50106&page=1 - I found that the flaps have gradually curled away from the cycle wing to the
point where it was looking stupid, only a month after fitting.
I think it was because the tyres I used were quite a bit wider than the cycle wings, so I had to cut off all of the shoulder. I am guessing that the
flat bit curled out because of the steel wire in the tyre as the shoulders were not there to keep them in check.
Anyway, I have just made some new ones out of narrower tyre, so I can keep the shoulders which will hopefully hold them in shape better.
In the pic you can see the previous mudflap - it seems to be curling a bit even though I took this just after fitting it - and the new one, which
follows the line of the road tyre better. I'll let you know what happens.
 
Rescued attachment 2006-09-16 old and new mudflaps.JPG
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graememk
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| posted on 16/9/06 at 01:52 PM |
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lol tight ar5e.
i have been wondering about being hit by stones and road kill though, dosnt anyone make longer cycle wings ?
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Humbug
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| posted on 16/9/06 at 03:16 PM |
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That's what you said last time round!
I think MNR have longer cycle wings, but they come over the front more.
The mudflaps do make quite a bit of difference by reducing the amout of water and road cr*p being flung up and back. Having said that, even with them
there is a certain amount of crud on front of the rear wings
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JamJah
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| posted on 16/9/06 at 05:24 PM |
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Could you not strenghten them using a coat hanger or something?
Give the mudflaps something to hold on to, after all wouldnt your toes curl that closeto the ground/apex?
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02GF74
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| posted on 19/9/06 at 03:09 PM |
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bonkers 
would not a sheet of ali be easier/nicer/cheaper/lighter/blinger???
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