Mud Guards, are they worth it?

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  • RealMan
    RealMan Posts: 2,166
    For people who ride all year around, mudguards are a must have.

    For people who only ride when its sunny, you dont need them.
    Whatever you do don't get moto style ones ala Topeak Defenders. I let my LBS sell me a pair of those when I bought my bike. First actual real bump and the fork brace chopped the front guard bracket in half. Might be fine on longer travel bikes I guess though.

    I was using those with a recon fork, and they worked perfectly. Never had a single problem.
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    delcol wrote:
    i run neo guard on my santacruz , you cant get the sks shock blade or the T,H,E fenders to fit fox 36 the hole is to small for the bung to fit same with marzocchi 55s...

    Easy enough to adapt the spacer or make your own, if you do want one... Or use a star nut and a long bolt.
    Uncompromising extremist
  • singlespeedexplosif
    singlespeedexplosif Posts: 1,564
    For people who ride all year around, mudguards are a must have
    tosh, tish and piffle. 312 days ridden in sunny lancashire last year. No guards. I agree they might be a 'nice to have' for some people, but they're most definitely not a 'must have'.
  • kitenski
    kitenski Posts: 218
    Dazzza wrote:
    I have no idea why giant decided to place them on such a random position unless like you say they have their own version of a crud catcher coming. :?

    My demo X1 from Giant had what looked like a standard crud catcher half way up the downtube, seemed to work fine....thinking of emailing them to find out what model it was they had fitted .

    Cheers,

    Greg
  • mikeage
    mikeage Posts: 150
    does anyone use the marzocchi fenders that fit on the underside of the crown on marz forks? tempted by one of them for this winter so any opinions welcomed, maybe even coupled with the old crudcatcher a bit further down the tube than normal for full splatter resistance!

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