 13th October 2008 | #1 |
 | Wooden mudguards saw this bike in the porn thread:  i really fucking want some of these guards, or at least somthing very similar. where can i get them? im guessing theyre going to be pretty expensive and im tres poor, so might attempt a diy effort, any ideas on wood type? |
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| 13th October 2008 | #3 |
| | They look like the ones from here http://www.fastboyfenders.com/ v. nice, not sure if they are available at the moment. |
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| 13th October 2008 | #4 |
| | well i found this site: http://www.sonic.net/~maryking/wooden_fenders.html i always want to do everything myself but often admit defeat end up giving in to buying instead. i reckon witht he right wood cut to the right thickness it could be done quite easily, however getting the two tones of wood laminated would be difficult. |
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| 13th October 2008 | #7 |
 | This bike and fender were sold recently on eBay.  http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...:X:RTQ:GB:1123 The owner said it was just a piece of wood from an IKEA blind. Possible cheap solution. |
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| 13th October 2008 | #10 |
 | I've just made myself a wooden mudguard, out of a couple of layers of glued ply. It's not to hard to get a nice curve with some clamps and brackets. I'll get some photographs of the prototype up here asap. I just fastened mine into the back-brake bracket however, so it's hardly a Fastboy Cycles piece of work. |
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| 14th October 2008 | #12 |
| | do you need a front fender? id assume so, but i see alot of people with just rears. do bikes with very tight clearance at the fork stop water getting through? if i bend the wood in a certain way, how do i get it to keep its shape? obviously the rods holding it in place have a part in this, but as in the bike above it holds it shape without support. |
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| 14th October 2008 | #13 |
 | to bend wood normally steam or heat is used, the glue together 3 piece (from the link will work ok) check http://www.allwoodwork.com/article/w...nding_wood.htm. i ´d prefer to get the pieces in shape first, let them dry and than glue em, cause of minimising tension in the layers. |
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| 17th October 2008 | #16 |
 | I'm planning a trip over to Copenhagen in the near(ish) future to pick some of these up: http://www.sogreni.dk/Mudguards.php PM me if you are interested in me bringing some back. I'm also after some of the bells he makes - they are lush. |
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 here's a close up of the super high tech fixing !! I got the rear bend up by leaving it in a cup of boiling water (tea !) and then holding it like that until it cooled down, it just pushes in/out, the "spring" of the wood holds it in place. I did make a front, but fixing it on was just too tricky for a woodwork retard like me :) | |
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