1 Bike - When do you take off mudguards?

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  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    Till the new year I was a 1 bike man ...
    But commuting on the roadbike with Crud's attached I found that it picked up a lot of mud & rubbish - borrowed the wifes Hybrid for december which was fine, but too small and I missed the option of the drops ...

    So I've got a CX now as well - this has got fixed mudguards on so can be used in the snow/wet without getting filthy (quite handy as we have no shower at work and I don't like putting on really dirty/wet clothing at the end of the day)
    Mudguards have come off the roadbike and I managed to use it for the last fortnight - but it looks like it'll be back to the cx if I ride in this week (didn't bother today cos of the X wind and snow).

    When I had just the 1 bike I just didn't ride to/from work if it was going to be really wet - otherwise I just went out as normal - no mudguards... now I have the option I can increase the rides to work to include the wet.
  • zx6man
    zx6man Posts: 1,092
    I use SKS gaurds and can't be bothered to take them off, they don't look too bad anyway.
  • peat
    peat Posts: 1,242
    Mudguards do look a little pony, but they make the job so much more practical in terms of staying clean and dry.

    THEY STAY ON.
  • Chinley Churner
    Chinley Churner Posts: 313
    once we're past heavy frosts and they're no longer putting salt on the roads
  • simon_masterson
    simon_masterson Posts: 2,740
    MichaelW wrote:
    Mudguards do increase wind resistance and you can feel the difference so don't use the for racing.

    Do they?

    http://janheine.wordpress.com/2012/05/0 ... -bicycles/
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