i see alot of people running with out heel gards can i pull mine off with out hurting the quad the rear fenders look weak with out them .
if your running with out them tell me . i think they look weird.
but if it there for a reason i can get used to it.

thanx

 

I've been running without mine for about a month now. No problems. I've
even raced a 2 hour harescramble without them.

--Lee

 

They're just there to keep you from running over your legs. The heal gaurds don't support the fenders... if anything, the fender holds the heal gaurd up. I ran mine w/o the gaurds and it does look MUCH better, but after runnin over my leg during practice one day, I bolted them back up. Just to help the looks a little, I trimmed a lot of the side of the gaurds off so they didn't flare out the sides so much and it doesn't look to bad now.

 

I have a blaze and I also took them off and threw them away. Problem is I now have a broken fender from a muddy race. You can take the guard off just make sure you keep the portion that goes from the subframe to the fender. I have seen two cannondales with broken fenders from removeing all.

 

I took mine off and my fender cracked during a muddy race.
I made brackets to stiffen the fenders and haven't had any problem yet.
I don't like running with them because the mud packs up on them.

 

I broke the bracket that holds them on and took them off.After one mud race I cracked my fenders on both sides.

 

Well crap, I guess I was wrong. Sorry about that.

 

I understand---Mine broke after three races---I haven't had a problem since though. Mud is their enemy.

 

ok i pulled them off and 1st lap busted a legg ripped my foot right off
lol oh i guess i never told no one im a amputee so no pain but man did i freak people out at the track foot riped off and im mad as he(( coming off the track lol http://dodgetrucks.org/photopost/data/44960070-med.JPG