New bike day! Allmtn 7

[BadgerHun7er]

Well ?
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Someone obviously didn’t watch the video on how to fit or you bought the wrong size. I have the same bike and mudguard and it’s fits like a dream with the original parts.

 

[BadgerHun7er]

That is the problem with the Shimano discs (or calipers, I don't know exactly).
When they're wet they hardly work.
Then they squeak like they want to wake up a polar bear from his winter sleep.
After a second of no effect the brakes start to do what they were meant to do.
Scared me a bit...

Did you bed the brakes in properly before riding in the mud? I have the same bike and suffered the same howling brakes but after changing the pads and bedding in properly before my ride they are awesome. Better than my old Formula The One brakes or my Mag 7’s.

 

[Jorel]

Someone obviously didn’t watch the video on how to fit or you bought the wrong size. I have the same bike and mudguard and it’s fits like a dream with the original parts.
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I watched all the videos, no worries.
If I do it like you did, then the result is a bike that looks like it carries a pershing rocket ramp over the rear tyre ;-)
If you're ok with the look, then all is fine.

I wanted the Mudhugger to be as near as possible to the tyre.
For me that looks way better and btw, the protection is better as well.
So, I removed the foot of the Hugger, drilled additional holes and fitted it inside the chainstays.
The problem on this is that the Hugger has no base to stay when you jump.
This is where I came up with the big zipties.
Now, the Hugger comes very near to the tyre and looks beautifully (in the back you see my old Allmtn 6 with the Mudhugger fitted the same way).

You can watch this modification on the Mudhugger channel (I'm sure you know this already):

How to fit a rear 29er mudhugger to an orange alpine or stage 6

www.themudhugger.co.uk

 

[BadgerHun7er]

I watched all the videos, no worries.
If I do it like you did, then the result is a bike that looks like it carries a pershing rocket ramp over the rear tyre ;-)
If you're ok with the look, then all is fine.

I wanted the Mudhugger to be as near as possible to the tyre.
For me that looks way better and btw, the protection is better as well.
So, I removed the foot of the Hugger, drilled additional holes and fitted it inside the chainstays.
The problem on this is that the Hugger has no base to stay when you jump.
This is where I came up with the big zipties.
Now, the Hugger comes very near to the tyre and looks beautifully (in the back you see my old Allmtn 6 with the Mudhugger fitted the same way).

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You can watch this modification on the Mudhugger channel (I'm sure you know this already):

How to fit a rear 29er mudhugger to an orange alpine or stage 6

www.themudhugger.co.uk

I think you are a little warped when it comes to what looks good. Everyone accepts that ANY mudguard look shite, you just have to accept that and move on. All you have achieved is smaller mud clearance. It won't be long and the ground will be dry enough to remove thos bad boys anyway

 

[Jorel]

I think you are a little warped when it comes to what looks good. Everyone accepts that ANY mudguard look shite, you just have to accept that and move on. All you have achieved is smaller mud clearance. It won't be long and the ground will be dry enough to remove thos bad boys anyway

To each his own.
Been using Mudhugger for two years and my bikes saw almost every kind of mud imaginable.
Absolutely no probs with clearance.
And, I do not remove the Huggers... they stay where they are, rain or shine ;-)

 

[Jorel]

Dang, this bike is amazing!
More airtime with less effort than on my old 6.
So much fun!

Enjoy the vid:

I'm still learning so don't expect worldclass moves in the vid... ?