Mudguard stays for a special - what size steel strip?

[DavidL]

Before I go shopping for "massively too big" or "wish I'd got the thicker stuff" what's a starting point for steel strip to make mudguard stays?   Its a special so "what works" rather than "what's correct" but of course the factory DID know what they were doing...

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Thinking two "straps" at the back, at the front triangulate to support the weight of the lamps "forward" and a single bit of strip to the rear.

[Howard Wright]

Hi David

There was a thread on this subject a little while back.  Search “mudguards for an rtc special”.  I won’t comment further as a picture posted of my stays resulted in them being roundly condemned! They have been replaced since then  .

Cheers

Howard

[DavidL]

Thankyou !!!

The RTC thread mentioned:

https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/for...guards+rtc

...which linked to this "for an Ulster Rep" {...which, turns out, never had cycle wings anyway }

https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/for...hp?tid=707

[Rick F]

This is how I did it. Basic material 10mm x 20mm mild steel, fettled to my drawings by a local blacksmith/welder. The headlamp seating is a piece of tube welded in position with a top plate drilled to take the lamp fixing.

They are vibration free (steel mudguards) and have been in use for 7,500 mile/nine years without any problems


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