Mudguard Noise
There must be a secret to setting up mudguards so that they don't rub on the tyre everytime you hit a bump. I have grown quite adept at reaching round on my Torq and pulling the rear mudguard back into place, but it is annoying. I have tried tightening screws to no avail.
Ideas welcome.
Django
Hi Django:
I don't want to 'rain on your parade' if you find Flecc's solution ideal.
You did not say whether your 'guards were those silly apologies supplied by eZee or full mudguards subsequently fitted.
I have fitted full mudguards and it is the front one that is annoying. I am more than a bit deaf so perhaps I am oblivious to the rattling rear one.
The problem is:
1.The size of the tyres - even the biggest (widest) guards provide very little clearance.
2. The 'knobliness' of the tyres - the vibrations cause the fixing, where the stay joins the guard, to catch on those knobs - producing a noise like to card running on the spokes referred to in another thread on this Forum.
3. The fact that the front forks are such a hard ride. No flex or softening of the bumps as in the case of front suspension fitted to the Sprint.
Perhaps Schwalbe Marathon Tyres will cure more than punctures!
Peter