Do you use mudguards?

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  • beccalily
    beccalily Posts: 310
    Well thats okay then... least I'm not the only wierdo! 8)
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  • scott_voltage_yz25
    scott_voltage_yz25 Posts: 2
    i havnt been into biking long and i dont know an awful lot but one thing i do know is mudguards are the bigest mistake to make i bought a pair when i first started but every week i spend ages ajusting the them during rides and all they would do is get my bike dirty so i just dicided to smash em' off one ride and stuff the pecies in my bag so if you want addvice get muddy its great fun! and no in-ride hasal! :P
  • scott_voltage_yz25
    scott_voltage_yz25 Posts: 2
    also i thought id add that if your gonna be a wimpish tart on the trails why dont you go by your self a nice road bike and pedal round a safe city all day and stay clean or ..... you can be a proper rider and enjoy the taste of mud and cold water any way it saves weight coz u dont need a bottle of water coz your get free water from the trail ! :D :P
  • danhx
    danhx Posts: 165
    scott_voltage_yz25 wrote:
    ..... you can be a proper rider and enjoy the taste of dog poop and sheep wee....

    Fixed it for you :)
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  • shorty15
    shorty15 Posts: 97
    I didnt have mudguards fitted to my bike at first,but I noticed the difference when i did :D
  • danhx
    danhx Posts: 165
    I've made a decision today that I'm definately going to get mud guards.

    Ok they look daft, but I get laughed at by pedestrians for having mud on my face anyway so with mud guards I'd get laughed at but atleast my face would be clean!
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  • Matteeboy
    Matteeboy Posts: 996
    scott_voltage_yz25 wrote:
    also i thought id add that if your gonna be a wimpish tart on the trails why dont you go by your self a nice road bike and pedal round a safe city all day and stay clean or ..... you can be a proper rider and enjoy the taste of mud and cold water any way it saves weight coz u dont need a bottle of water coz your get free water from the trail ! :D :P

    Two of yesterdays maddest, drop flying, jump crunching nutters on our group ride has mudguards on.
    Your bike gets clogged with mud - mud guards allow you to slow this clogging down.

    Wimpish tart indeed - suggest you try surfing double overhead waves in February...
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  • sparrowlegs78
    sparrowlegs78 Posts: 2,583
    Living here in soggy lancashire i need my muddies..within the first 10 mins of a ride i'd be soaked through and miserable with my bum crevice full of grinding mud!..i'll stick to being a girly girl and just go nekkid mud wrestling instead :lol:
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  • KonaMike
    KonaMike Posts: 805
    A front Crud catcher would of saved me from a few mouthfulls of mud yesterday....at least I hope it was mud !
  • jambosm6
    jambosm6 Posts: 14
    I have an adapted Topeak Defender FX on my fork, adapted beacuse I have cut the front bit off the guard, as it doesn't fit on Rock Shox forks, and I only need to worry about the bits being flicked up into my face. Unclips easily too so if you don't need it...

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