Can anyone recommend mudguards for 26 inch x 1 1 /4" wheels?

DrewSavage

Retro Guru
I'm doing up (well, turning it from a wreck into something saleable) a 1978 BSA Women's 3-speed at the moment, and I'm almost ready to flog it but have got stuck at the mudguard stage.

Everything I can find on eBay seems to be for mountain bikes or hybrids, including a set that I paid £14 for which claimed to fit the bill but I basically had to bin because the fitting was too wide, and even though I pinched the end of the mudguard to fit in between the rear stays the clip kept springing out. The spacing was all wrong anyway.

Can anyone recommend a narrow and inexpensive mudguard that would fit a 26 x 1 1/4 inch wheel?
 
The MTB ones were too wide - the chromoplastic didn't taper enough to fit into the bottom of the rear stay, and I'm not skilled enough to cut it away cleanly... it was impossible to stop it springing out.

I was thinking of going for narrower 700c ones over wide 26" ones. With bigger tyres on the 26's, it shouldn't be too different, no?
 

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