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Mudguards, who needs them?
Cycling home on my Tikit on Friday evening in the dark, I thought I had run over something plastic with my back wheel. Daylight revealed it was the front mudguard, which had snapped at the single mounting point. It had fallen off and I had ridden over it none the wiser. This is not particularly upsetting, it is a small piece of the bike and wear and tear is to be expected. At first I thought that I wouldn’t bother replacing it. However given the dirty roads we have at the moment, it is clear that the front mudguard protects the hyperfold cable and its routing through the bearing at the bottom of the head tube and so it might be wise to.
My wife essentially only rides her Tikit in good weather, so I think I know where the mudguard is coming form.
There is a hole in everything…
…it’s where the rain gets in. With apologies to Leonard Cohen a short video about keeping the rain out of your frame.
Weatherproofing the Tikit Seatpost from Gareth Dent on Vimeo.
Fitting the Tikit rear rack
There has been some discussion on the Bike Friday Yak list about the best way to fit the Tikit rear rack. I am not sure if this is the best way, but I found that in addition to the issue with the mudguard (fender) stay identified by other Tikit owners, I had a second barrier to mounting the rack caused by the disc brake mechanism.
Rack mounted with mudguard secured to underside of rack