Sorry I like keep dry as much as the next person but that is ....well excessive
so how may do you have?
Me 1 small rear and a neoprean (spelling :?:) guard thing on the forks
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How many crud catchers do you have???????????????
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None. If I want to stay clean I'll take the road bike out.
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I have 3 but I do not often have the front one on. One on the frame and one on the back mostly.
To be honest, if someone was to ride around in a wet suit well that's fine by me. It's all fun
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Less than the number of question marks you decided were needed in the thread title.
Edit: yep thanks Northwind, trying to do too many things at once!
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sorry but comprehensive educated but those are question marks not exclaimations.
However fair point rather excessive to say the least
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I dont know if there is more plastic IN the frame or ON the frame in that pic!!
Me - just a Neoguard unless its really wet then maybe a front Crudcatcher too, but mainly to keep it out of my eyes / mouth
Getting muddy and wet is part of mountain bikingPosted 1 year ago # -
lots depends on which the bike how many pieces and I make my own guards
Getting unnecessarily wet and muddy is stupid. Keeping the drivetrain and front mech clean prolongs its life.
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Ahh minimalist and without clutter tis a thing of beauty..
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Is that front guard on back to front?
I have loads but none of my bikes have more than 2.
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Now my edit make no sense. ignore me. Proper answer - one crud guard on the front. ^that looks a bit OTT, but maybe the owner's trying to avoid washing kit after every ride or something?
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Getting unnecessarily wet and muddy is stupid
Best stay indoors in front of the Telly Box then!
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3 for me, still get dirty, just not filty/soaking/miserable...
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Teh difference is Iain I ride 2,3 or 4 times a week for 4+ hours each time summer and winter. Getting cold and wet is not needed to have fun. I am not pretending I am doing an extreme sport and I like to prolong the life of the components by keeping the worst of the muck off them
Why get wet and muddy from spray from the wheels?
You can tell the fair wetaher bikers
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none - I ride round the mud
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oh Im not a fair wetaher biker
or even a fair weather biker
but Im yet to find a rear mudguard that is particualy useful in keeping me dry, and pretty much nothing that will keep my lower legs dry whilst remaining comfortable, so I don't see much point in onePosted 1 year ago # -
None, I pedal so fast and my bike is soo light I float above the mud!!!
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the bike in the first pic only actually has one crud catcher
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how can you tell the fair weather bikers TJ?
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4.
But not all on the smae bike.Posted 1 year ago # -
Mudguards are gay. Its a well known fact.
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Are my eyes failing me, or has that Ibis got an ancient Vanilla RC shock?
Posted 1 year ago # -
guards for me. it's the finely aimed jet of gritty water I dislike, but if that's what reaffirms your standing as a 'real' rider in your mind, or you just plain like it like that, it's ok by me.
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walleater - if it aint broke..
Posted 1 year ago # -
Just on the windup GW but I do find it incomprehensible that people ride all year round without mudguards if they are doing decent distances. Not raining but wet under wheel - why have that spry down your back? Why have spray in your face?
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One on the down tube when it's really claggy. Clearly I'm a fair weather biker then...
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I think there are five in the shed at the moment, none are mine, never put one on my bike. Not quite sure where they've all come from... Do they breed?
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Ha ha.. MTFU TJ
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I know a few riders who you couldn't call fair weather riders, who still refuse to use mudguards. I think they're lunatics frankly but c'est la vie. Me, I use mudguards because I consider them an excellent alternative to trenchcock.
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I have one like GW posted. Its only really been used a few times though as it's not much help. And tbh I'm more of a fair weather rider as I hate putting a muddy bike back in the car.
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None at the moment, but one in the post! had one last year and worked a treat, work so well i trashed it when i forgot to wash it and the mud turned to something nasty, cannock mud not good!
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I just use the downtube jobbie to keep the worst of the shite out of my face. Not bothered about getting filthy, provided I can get warm and clean again at the end of the day.
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an excellent alternative to trenchcock.
LoL. And I agree.
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bit of old tube in the fork to stop the spray up into the face year round and one over the back wheel in the winter.
More than enough once you put waterproofs on.
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Just a neoguard on the forks to stop the spray in to my face
TJ - what guards keep your front mech and drivetrain clean? Never seen anything along those lines
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Yotchy - I use a small section of guard clipped to the back of the seat tube Only needs to be about 8" long. I make my own from plastic drainpipe.
Makes a huge difference
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