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mudguards
Postby Top_Bhoy » Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:13 am
Anyone know of an Aussie or overseas online dealer where these will be available to Aus at reasonable cost (including delivery)?
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Re: mudguards
Postby Aushiker » Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:48 am
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Re: mudguards
Postby queequeg » Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:50 am
I got my last set of SKS Guards from Bike24
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Re: mudguards
Postby am50em » Sun Apr 06, 2014 1:29 pm
Are the SKS ones better?
http://www.bike24.com/1.php?product=266 ... 1000,5,160
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Re: mudguards
Postby Top_Bhoy » Sun Apr 06, 2014 4:57 pm
ChainReaction have them in black (which I might yet do), Evans want $128.94 for deliveryCrawf wrote:Chain Reaction or Evans.
A couple of places have been like that...reasonable purchase price but rocket high delivery costs. It makes you wonder how the likes of Wiggle and ChainReaction can deliver similar type items for free (or very low) and these other places are in the $100+ region.
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Re: mudguards
Postby Top_Bhoy » Sun Apr 06, 2014 6:01 pm
I'm no mudguard expert but the axioms do appear similar and get a good review here http://road.cc/content/review/74762-axi ... -mudguardsam50em wrote:I am looking at http://www.this link is broken/Axiom-Rainr ... -Gaurd-Set
Are the SKS ones better?
http://www.bike24.com/1.php?product=266 ... 1000,5,160
Definitely worth considering but for me...I have this fixation of getting silver and these are black. Once the worse weather comes along, I'll probably have to compromise if I haven't found a pair in silver.
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Re: mudguards
Postby am50em » Sun Apr 06, 2014 6:35 pm
SKS sound a little difficult to fit and not sure about them with disc brakes.
You can get the silver SKS Longboard for 44euros (A$64) delivered from Bike24.
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Re: mudguards
Postby Top_Bhoy » Mon Apr 07, 2014 6:29 pm
The video here http://www.sks-germany.com/?l=en&a=prod ... 6409800121 shows them being fitted to a disk braked bike....but I know what you mean.am50em wrote:Thanks - based on reviews ordered the Axioms.
SKS sound a little difficult to fit and not sure about them with disc brakes.
You can get the silver SKS Longboard for 44euros (A$64) delivered from Bike24.
I'm looking at Bike24 and trying to decide what else I need such as very good winter gloves and some overshoes/gaiters.
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Re: mudguards
Postby il padrone » Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:08 pm
No surprise there. Australian bike shops generally have the attitude that mudguards are a frivolous and unneccesary bit of fluff. Better range, prices, and service from overseas stores. Try St John Street Cycles (they will ship to you), Bike24, xxcyle.com, or Starbike.Top_Bhoy wrote:I'm looking for SKS Longboard 45mm (in silver) mudguards to suit a 700/32 tyre on the disc braked commuter bike I run with. I can't find them (any colour) in any of 3 local shops I was in today nor online from Aus dealers.
[edit] Reading on would be good. I see nearly all these have already been canvassed
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Re: mudguards
Postby tubby74 » Tue Apr 08, 2014 10:39 am
might pay to be patient. I wanted the sks chromoplastic in silver, was out of stock at c r c during a free shipping promo whilst available in black, but came back into stock a week later. as usual had no trouble getting over the free shipping value anywayTop_Bhoy wrote:Thanks for all the replies.
ChainReaction have them in black (which I might yet do), Evans want $128.94 for deliveryCrawf wrote:Chain Reaction or Evans.
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Re: mudguards
Postby am50em » Tue Apr 08, 2014 11:25 am
http://www.this link is broken/Toba-Fender ... m-Silver_4
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Re: mudguards
Postby am50em » Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:08 pm
Took about an hour to get them fitted - mostly due to the fact that the rear guard was just touching the rear derailleur and undid all the bolts to try and get it to clear it. It is still very close but looks like it will not interfere. Looks pretty good (will get photo later). The dark reflective strips really light up in the headlights. Looks like I will get to test it out thoroughly on weekend if weather forecast is correct!
I did not fit before when I had the temporary cable disc brakes as they mount too far out. The hydro brakes sit inboard and do not require any special fitting when mounting the guards. Also did a rough test fit of a standard (non-disc) version of Topeak Super Tourist DX Rack which should fit fine (just ordered one - current one went o the commuter).
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Re: mudguards
Postby Ross » Sat Aug 16, 2014 4:18 pm
Fixed that for youil padrone wrote: No surprise there. Australian bike shops generally have the attitude that customers are a frivolous and unneccesary bit of fluff. Better range, prices, and service from overseas stores. Try St John Street Cycles (they will ship to you), Bike24, xxcyle.com, or Starbike.
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