Info on Electra mudguards please

[stephen]

Do they fit any bike, or are they specifically Electra compatible, also the sizes of tyres different models will cover?

 

[stephen]

Re: Info on Electra mudguards (fenders) please

I just realised I should have used the Americn 'fender' - don't you also use that name for a car part? (That which we call 'bumper'?)

Confusing!

I changed the title of this post, anyway.

 

[aka_locojoe]

Ah I was thinking "mud flap" which goes on the end of the fender. Had forgotten what we call fenders others call mud guards.

Anyway my guess is they won't be a factory fit but could probably be tweaked to fit. I've put Nirve fenders on a non Nirve bike. I recall the center mounting hole on the rear didn't line up so I had to drill another one. Can't recall what else I had to do.
I suppose the biggest "if" is if they will fit between the fork and seat stays.

 

[stephen]

Thanks.
The bikes in question, one is 26x2.5 the other is 26x2.2
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com
sell Electra stuff in UK

 

[mastershake916]

No, we call bumpers bumpers.
http://www.answers.com/fender&r=67
There's fender, just like what the mean on a bike.

 

[stephen]

My mistake! So a fender is a ship's bumper as well. What you call a fender on a car we call a wheel arch.

 

[karfer67]

so when you see a bike with a bobed fender you say it is a "bobed bumper" ? interesting just like a boot and bonet is a well you know

 

[stephen]

We call fenders on bikes 'mudguards', we call bumpers 'bumpers' same as U.S., yes, we say bonnet and boot

 

[mastershake916]

I've gotta guess that the boot is the trunk?

 

[stephen]

Correct!

 

[TheDuke]

Don't you guys use a derogatory term for smokes? :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[stephen]

In the uk ... = cigarette, ...... = a type of minced meat in gravy, also a bundle of sticks.

I noticed you call a chainguard a chainguard and not a chainfender!

 

[TheDuke]

O yeah..........Don't you call a Cookie a Biscut?LOL! That's plain crazy!JK :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
L8 EM

 

[stephen]

Biscuit, yes, but that's just the word it is - same with cookie over there. At least we don't call 'crisps' 'chips'
(We call chipped potatos 'chips')

 

[TheDuke]

At least we don't call 'crisps' 'chips'
(We call chipped potatos 'chips')

I thought chips were french fries? As in 'fish & chips'? :? :? :? :? :?
L8 EM

 

[stephen]

Our name for fries, that's right
(Chipped potatos is the full version of the word chips)