Mudguard clearances

juststartinout
juststartinout Posts: 86
edited September 2011 in Road buying advice
hi all i'm looking for my first winter trainer with a good mudguard clearance between 700 x 25 tyre and mudguard as i dont want to have to keep stopping and cleaning out the mud that i'd pick up off the country lanes i mainly ride on.so would a road bike like a ribble audax be suitable or would a cyclo cross like a planet x uncle john be more suitable? or could you recommend any others.budget £1000.many thanks

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  • Slow Downcp
    Slow Downcp Posts: 3,041
    A road bike will be fine - 99% of my riding is unclassified lanes (plus the odd canal towpath and bridleway), on different road bikes with 23-25c tyres and mudguards and only the odd issue with mud/branches getting caught up on particularly bad/wet days
    Carlsberg don't make cycle clothing, but if they did it would probably still not be as good as Assos
  • juststartinout
    juststartinout Posts: 86
    thanks for that slow
  • rothers_bikeo
    rothers_bikeo Posts: 225
    The Genesis Equilibrium is well worth a look at
  • canamdad
    canamdad Posts: 165
    Kinesis T2 is another to look at
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,414
    get a cross bike with disk brakes, *much* better in muddy/wet conditions than rim brakes

    you can get a 2011 genesis croix de fer for under a grand at the moment...

    http://www.ukbikesdepot.com/m16b7s23p50 ... S_GB/13526
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny

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