Yep my Commuter is a fixie and thus largely weather proof, but the Qty of road spray is increasing, I’m determined to keep commuting on the fixie as much as possible through winter this year…
I’ve had the lights on for a couple of weeks, and the layers have been increased for the mornings lately. The weather had mostly been on my side until last week. There’s no getting around the fact now, its autumn and it will be increasingly wet and cold for the next 6 months.
First Night ride of the season on the SS-MTB last night too, I might fit a crud catcher or a mucky-nutz type guard, but that’ll be it.
I prefer to rely on mud proofing the rider rather than the bike for winter MTBing, it’s different on the road as a close fitting guard is a good way to keep the spray off and it won’t get filled with crap, but close fitting guards are a non-starter on the MTB and loose fitting, whale tail type ones are pretty ineffective and more likely to get knocked / broken (IMO of course)…