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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 95692" data-attributes="member: 456"><p>Hi CoreyL, there are several things wrong with your mudguard etc. The rear stand is home made and is probably too long and, without the gussets, is probably too weak to be used seriously. You could just try removing the 't' bar which holds the stand up and pivoting the rear part of the mudguard forwards to see how near to the tyre it gets but it looks as though it would be too near. The wheel is quite a long way back in its adjustment slot and you can slacken off the adjusters, slide the wheel as far forwards as it will go and see if you could take a link out of the chain. If you can then moving the wheel forwards would help with the clearance at the rear. You have to judge to see if it is enough. Next, I am not too familiar with singles but it is possible that whoever fitted this mudguard etc. put the two halves of the hinge in the wrong way round. The part with the hole for the wire is at the rear on my bikes and you can probably change them round in order to get a neater wire run. Owners of singles can tell you whether this is correct or not. The main problem probably dates back at least 20 - 25 years when the only rear mudguards available had too small a fore and aft radius. I remember buying one and trying to fit it. After fastening it to the two holes, top and bottom, at the front of the rear frame triangle it was clearly too low at the hinge position. I heaved it upwards and put a permanent crease in it at the position of the top bolt. When I complained to the supplier I was told that that was all that was available. My feeling then, and now, about that is that it would have been better to admit that the things did not fit rather than supply stuff which would not fit. This situation persisted for years until finally the Spare Company found a source of correctly bent mudguards. The usual work round at the time, once one realised the nature of the problem, was to pack out the bottom front mounting about three quarters of an inch so that the rear of the mudguard was pivoted upwards and could be interfaced to the holes in the lifting handle. That matches on your so what has been done is not clear. It is probably not economically viable to buy a new mudguard and start again but it would be a great help to you if you contacted some local single owner and took your bike over and measured them up, side by side to see just where they differ. As David said, none of this is too serious, except you need to be very careful with that rear stand, and you can persist with what you have and enjoy the bike. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 95692, member: 456"] Hi CoreyL, there are several things wrong with your mudguard etc. The rear stand is home made and is probably too long and, without the gussets, is probably too weak to be used seriously. You could just try removing the 't' bar which holds the stand up and pivoting the rear part of the mudguard forwards to see how near to the tyre it gets but it looks as though it would be too near. The wheel is quite a long way back in its adjustment slot and you can slacken off the adjusters, slide the wheel as far forwards as it will go and see if you could take a link out of the chain. If you can then moving the wheel forwards would help with the clearance at the rear. You have to judge to see if it is enough. Next, I am not too familiar with singles but it is possible that whoever fitted this mudguard etc. put the two halves of the hinge in the wrong way round. The part with the hole for the wire is at the rear on my bikes and you can probably change them round in order to get a neater wire run. Owners of singles can tell you whether this is correct or not. The main problem probably dates back at least 20 - 25 years when the only rear mudguards available had too small a fore and aft radius. I remember buying one and trying to fit it. After fastening it to the two holes, top and bottom, at the front of the rear frame triangle it was clearly too low at the hinge position. I heaved it upwards and put a permanent crease in it at the position of the top bolt. When I complained to the supplier I was told that that was all that was available. My feeling then, and now, about that is that it would have been better to admit that the things did not fit rather than supply stuff which would not fit. This situation persisted for years until finally the Spare Company found a source of correctly bent mudguards. The usual work round at the time, once one realised the nature of the problem, was to pack out the bottom front mounting about three quarters of an inch so that the rear of the mudguard was pivoted upwards and could be interfaced to the holes in the lifting handle. That matches on your so what has been done is not clear. It is probably not economically viable to buy a new mudguard and start again but it would be a great help to you if you contacted some local single owner and took your bike over and measured them up, side by side to see just where they differ. As David said, none of this is too serious, except you need to be very careful with that rear stand, and you can persist with what you have and enjoy the bike. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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