Charge plug mudguards + bags - London Fixed-gear and Single-speed

melon · 9th July 2008

im looking for a decent bike for under £500, and i like to look of the charge bikes even if they are a little heavy.

however for a commuter bike i think guards are a necessity, its bloody england: it rains all the fucking time. has anyone tried fitting mud guards to a plug?

also somtimes im gonna need to attach panniers, is this possible?

maybe the plug isnt the best suited to my prefrences, can anyone recommend anything better?

Evilmonkey · 9th July 2008

I put a set of race blades on the rear, no probs, think clearance was an issue for the front though. I put them on as a spur of the moment thing one morning, so might have been able to get it to fit with more time.

Deffo nothing on the frame to fix a standard rack for panniers to. There are a number of solutions to that I believe (seat post supported ones, something that fixes on to the skewer / uses p clips) but you'd need to look in to a non standard solution, sorry...

606 · 9th July 2008

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Originally Posted by melon

im looking for a decent bike for under £500, and i like to look of the charge bikes even if they are a little heavy.

however for a commuter bike i think guards are a necessity, its bloody england: it rains all the fucking time. has anyone tried fitting mud guards to a plug?

also somtimes im gonna need to attach panniers, is this possible?

maybe the plug isnt the best suited to my prefrences, can anyone recommend anything better?

Specialized Tricross? It's a single-speed cyclo-cross bike, and I'm sure it's got eyelets for panniers/mud-guards. And as it's for cyclo-cross you can fit skinny, racing tyres or wider, cyclo-cross ones, which might be better if you're commuting in the rain, and dark, in the rush-hour, in December.

badtmy · 9th July 2008

on-one pompino has mounts for racks and guards.
http://www.on-one-shop.co.uk/acatalo...On_One_24.html

9th July 2008	#1
melon	Charge plug mudguards + bags im looking for a decent bike for under £500, and i like to look of the charge bikes even if they are a little heavy. however for a commuter bike i think guards are a necessity, its bloody england: it rains all the fucking time. has anyone tried fitting mud guards to a plug? also somtimes im gonna need to attach panniers, is this possible? maybe the plug isnt the best suited to my prefrences, can anyone recommend anything better?
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9th July 2008	#2
Evilmonkey	I put a set of race blades on the rear, no probs, think clearance was an issue for the front though. I put them on as a spur of the moment thing one morning, so might have been able to get it to fit with more time. Deffo nothing on the frame to fix a standard rack for panniers to. There are a number of solutions to that I believe (seat post supported ones, something that fixes on to the skewer / uses p clips) but you'd need to look in to a non standard solution, sorry...
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badtmy	on-one pompino has mounts for racks and guards. http://www.on-one-shop.co.uk/acatalo...On_One_24.html
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