{"id":181,"date":"2008-04-23T15:18:07","date_gmt":"2008-04-23T13:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conradstoltz.com\/how-to-make-a-mountain-bike-mud-guard-in-3-minutes\/"},"modified":"2014-03-26T10:14:19","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T08:14:19","slug":"how-to-make-a-mountain-bike-mud-guard-in-3-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conradstoltz.com\/index.php\/how-to-make-a-mountain-bike-mud-guard-in-3-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make a mountain bike mud guard in 3 minutes. #Cavemanstyle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Caveman’s hot tip for wet weather racing: How to keep sand & mud out of your eyes by making a low tech, high performance mud guard from a used soft drink bottle:<\/p>\n

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1) Dig through garbage cans and find a 1 or 2 liter bottle. Or buy a new one and pour out the contents. (I wouldn’t recommend downing 2l of soft drink right before your ride) A plastic or Styrofoam fast food take away box is also about the right size. And available in most trash cans near you…<\/p>\n

2) Cut it lenghtwise like the image above. (Make sure bottle logo does not conflict with your sponsors or clash with you bike\/race kit colour scheme)<\/p>\n

3) Place “mud guard” between the wheel and where your face would be if you were sitting on the bike.<\/p>\n

4) You may need 2 cable ties to fix it to the frame, but this one I made in 3 minutes right before the start, fit nicely between the cables and frame.<\/p>\n

5) Happy wet weather riding<\/p>\n

Tech goodies, What you see in the picture:<\/p>\n

– Low tech, high performance mud guard.<\/p>\n

– Rockshox Reba 29er forks. Prototype<\/p>\n

– Specialized The Captain 2.00 29er tire.<\/p>\n

– Avid Juicy 7 disk brake.<\/p>\n

– Specialized Stumpjumper 29er frame<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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