crud catchers

Stu Coops wrote:

for MTB don't understand why people use them as others have mentioned if you don't like getting dirty get a road bike.

if it was just a case of my body getting dirty i wouldn't bother with them, just jump in a shower after... but no-one wants to see me cycle round naked :shock:

it's not just about getting dirty, it's the difference between getting dirty and getting absolutely coated in crap. it's also about protecting gear and increasing it's lifespan. if i didn't have the £5 rear guard my £80 Camalbak would get three or four times (at least) as dirty and require more cleaning which in the end would wear it out quicker, same with my clothes. also getting stuff in your eyes can be down right dangerous, and glasses just don't keep it all out or can get covered themselves, any thing that reduces that is a good thing.

Just come back from 24-12, bogging muddy as bad as i've seen it, as it happens I did a bit of a 'real life' test - 1 lap without a downtube mounted crudcatcher & one with.

I can confirm that the lap WITH the crudcatcher on was decidedly more pleasant than the one without, less sh1t up the front of me, in my eyes mouth ears etc and I could actually see where I was going for the majority of the time.

We also watched riders as they passed on the grass descent into the arena and it was telling.... you could see the riders with crudcatchers from a long way off - they had a 'clean' stripe up their fronts.

I didn't bother with a rear mudguard, wasn't worried about getting covered in sh1t - that was always gonna be inevitable in those conditions - the crudcatcher was a gamechanger though in terms of comfort and confidence, being able to see the terrain, especially on the dark laps.

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

See, same thing happens when I stick on the neoguard, or take it off. The difference is immediate.

Yeah I have one too, they are great - in this particular instance however I didn't want to restrict the clearance or put anything on the fork brace that was going to give the mixture of gloopy mud, grass & general detritus something else to stick to and therefore jam my front wheel up.

sandy771 wrote:

ars* and camelback (when i wore it) just got soaked and covered in carp.

Hang on. Something smells fishy about that

I have both, front one stays on and is permenantly caked and the rear goes on when the weather is carpy.

I don't mind a wet bum when on an offroad mission, but it upsets me when I'm on the road.

I've got a rear one fitted to my bike - made a massive difference when cycling to work the other day and kept the mud off my back when I went out today.

The front one is giving me issues though - the elastic seems to be too short to go around the downtube, and it looks like it'll foul the cable something chronic - any advice?

In my experience Crud Catchers do work, so I use one. My Spesh has cables running down the tube but it has full outer sleeves so it does not cause a problem.