Dropping the front mudguard height (cyclewings)

[fergus]

Has anyone dropped the gap between their front wheels and the front mudguards? At the moment, mine has a whopping 50mm gap, which acts as an air brake. I want to mount the mudguard right on the tyre, a la sports 2000 cars.

I know of a few people who've modified their front stays, but can't find anything on BC on this.....

[fergus]

GFWilliams said:

Surely you would need to cut the wingstay, shorten it and re-weld it back in place at a shorter length.
You would need to make sure that it's not too close to the wheel though as you don't want a puncture/rubbing if it gets compressed at speed.. (you might need to mount the cycle wing in a different way to using bolts...

Agreed. The tyre and wing stay will move together, so even if the tyre suffers a deflection, it will most likely happen around the contact patch. My wings are bolted but using a fully flush countersunk mounting. Nothing to catch on the tyre!

[fergus]

GFWilliams said:

Would you be thinking of the CSR wings or the normal ones?

Quite a few people have changed to CSR wings...

prob move to grp CSR items.

[fergus]

The Wookie said:

Don't Caterham sell two different lengths of wingstay?

If you can point me in the direction of this, I'd be grateful.

thks