DIY Tyre Savers, Tyre Wipers, and Flint Catchers

[hookooekoo]

Has anyone succeeded in making their own? I've seen a few on Ebay and elsewhere online, but they're quite expensive for a bit of bent piano wire and some rubber tubing. Can anyone tell me what the wire diameter is, and the rubber tubing size is?

https://www.renehersecycles.com/shop/equipment/fenders/tire-wipers/

 

[hookooekoo]

 

[hookooekoo]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353536530087

 

[hookooekoo]

First time I've ever seen a chain style tyre saver! Has anyone used this style before? Do they work as well as the wire style?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/312750862556

 

[hookooekoo]

Another non-wire design.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154423400169

 

[pigman]

I assume the chain will always be in contact with the tyre whereas the others are periodically pushed onto the tyre by the rider.
Also the chain type might always rattle, something I couldn't live with

 

[Old Ned]

I never found them much use TBH. A lot of the tyre circumference they didn't really touch and if you bent them so they did they wore the tyre out! In the wet they cover you in spray. OK these days to fit to a classic build but not in the real world.

 

[hookooekoo]

I assume the chain will always be in contact with the tyre whereas the others are periodically pushed onto the tyre by the rider.
Also the chain type might always rattle, something I couldn't live with

With the wind in my ears, I probably wouldn't hear it rattling. And the chain links do look very small, so I'd guess it would be a very faint tinkling sound if anything, rather than a loud rattle.

Something like this might work.

https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/beads-unlimited-silver-light-curb-chain-3mm-x-1m/561414-1003
It's only £3.50 for a whole metre of 3mm chain. Making the other part from 1mm aluminium would be fairly easy.

 

[hookooekoo]

I never found them much use TBH. A lot of the tyre circumference they didn't really touch and if you bent them so they did they wore the tyre out!

In my experience, only the centre third of the tyre is affected. Certainly when I look at old, worn out tyres, almost all of the small cuts are on the centre third.

In the wet they cover you in spray.

Yeah, that does seem to be a reported drawback.

 

[pigman]

All the major diy places sell chain.

Make it really long so it catches near the bottom of the wheel and it could double up as a cafe lock. maybe not