Front ones are invaluable in my opinion. The back one looks worthless so interested to hear some real life feedback. It’ll cover a strip on your back or ass but water and mud splashed around it will find its way there eventually
I always have a front one (Mucky Nutz) on my MTB. Don’t expect miracles, but it will keep crap out of your eyes and off your fork stanchions. The rear one I use on my CX. Again, it’s nothing compared to a proper mudguard but it does keep your cheeks dry from spray.
Front one on my MTBs. The back one is designed as an emergency one for commuters/roadies more than something solid for offroad use as it clips into your saddle rails.
I have a muckynutz like that on the front; it’s amazing, I wish I’d found them years ago. No more having your face continuously splattered when it’s wet, it’s surprisingly effective.
I have one of the rear ones on my cx commuter, but I wouldn’t put one on a mountain bike because I suspect it would just get in the way all the time, and it’s very easy to knock out of alignment.
Rear only really works on a road bike where it keeps ur Arse crack dry on mtb you’ll still get covered it it’s really muddy, but hey, every little helps
Just fitted the front one to mine. Found it on the trail* and fixed it using better quality zip ties than the previous owner. It doesn’t keep all the spray out of my face but it certainly reduces it. Back one has been discussed a few times on here and is universally panned for mtb use.
*If rightful owner is on here then happy to return 🙂
Got the front one and works a treat keeping spray out your face my first broke and god I missed it. Can’t singvhigh enough praises for the mudhugger, so much better than a crud version and keeps dropper post arse and camelbak are still clean.
i tried the rear on my xc bike with a 30.9 seatpost
it was rubbish,poor fit, moves when knocked,
no mater how tight the strap is.
then i put it on the commute an shops mtb which has a 26.6 seatpost,
it fits tight on that small post with the buckle in the middle of the strap pulled as tight as possible, and it didn’t move if i whacked it,
i whacked it about a fair bit an quite hard,
i was worried if i hit it any harder it would brake it,
but it stayed in the middle
its only going on a bike that will be going mostly in straight lines on flat roads, running 26x 2.0 slick tyres,so a lot less flicked up then muddy knoblys
i should be ok 😯 fingers crossed :?.
im running it on the middle hole setting so its pointing up a bit,
but tbh its a pretty ugly rear fender in any of the 3 postions.
ile see how it gets on commuting an shopping an even take it on some flat xc
an see if it stays put 😯
if its rubbish at that i suppose if i pierced some holes in it i could use it as a gut fender on a 29ner
The fronts are great- far more effective than a crudcatcher or similiar, and less hideous. Out of their depth with winter filth mind, it’s worth having a big manly mudguard like a shockboard for stuff like that. All my bikes have one or the other fitted, all the time.
But I’d say either buy the original (Mucky Nuts) or make your own copy, don’t give money to people who’re just stealing their design.
the the glue holding the rubber bit of the fastening clamp is coming away
from one bit now an there is also a bit of movement when knocked so that didn’t last long, i think they should think about thicking areas an not be obsessed with
making plastic origami crap, as long as they keep say a few grams lower then crud’s stuff which shouldn’t be hard on the rear one.
maybe if you glued some rubber strips to your post it may help but who wants to do that? i think the need to go back to the drawing board an use two straps, maybe more grippe flexible rubber like virbram shoe type or sumit
Have rear in my mtb, it’s useless in the traditional sense but, I have a cut away (or what ever you may want to call it) and it does wonders stopping my undercarriage getting soaked whilst in the saddle. The flappy bit at the back mind which is supposed to act as a mudguard is pants.
I often[/S] occasionally wonder if I find mudguards ineffectual as a result of running my seat post at full extension mind