What This Bike Needs… Is $1500 Mudguards?

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Ok, it never really stopped raining, but let’s pretend this is a seasonal moment. Your thoughts turn to keeping the puddles off your posterior and the mud from your moustache. What your bike needs, is a sensible winter coat: some mudguards. Or fenders, if you prefer.

Luckily for you, there’s no need to compromise on style as the wetter seasons approach (look, we’re still living in a fantasy world where there is a dry season, OK?). Perhaps you want to offset the forever chemicals in all those waterproofs and avoid plastic. As ever, the bicycle world is there to cater for every need, want, and declaration of personality. We present to you, the $1500 titanium mudguard:

Sensibly, the makers of these mudguards suggest you might want to use them all year round. You need to get your money’s worth, right? And Ok, we’ve been a little sensationalist – there’s also a budget $1000 option. Here’s the official PR from No. 22:

No. 22’s Titanium Fenders answer the call for year-round cyclists who know protection from the elements is as critical as investing in a product that will last a lifetime. The benefits associated with Ti construction shine through in No. 22’s fender set, which addresses the need for year-long durability, corrosion resistance, and lightweight performance.

Form and finish meet in a beautiful package with No. 22’s Ti fender set, enhancing the visual aesthetic of your winter workhouse while providing full protection and robust construction. And an endless color array offers the opportunity to easily color-match any of No. 22’s frames. 

Clean edges, seamless construction and a compound curve leave nothing to be desired. And while the fenders integrate perfectly with every No. 22 model, virtually any road or gravel bike can benefit from this ultimate winter upgrade: the most durable full-coverage fenders on the market.

Details

  • Full Titanium Fender Set, cut and formed from a single sheet of Ti
  • Road and Gravel models available:
    • Road: 22.5mm height x 22.5mm radius. Recommended tire size up to 30mm 
    • Gravel: 25mm height x 25mm radius. Recommended tire size up to 35mm 
  • Raw, anodized, or Cerakote finish with endless color combinations
  • Pairs with nearly any fender-compatible road or gravel bike

Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be a Brompton version, so you can’t have a set of these to go with those Paul brakes you squawked about recently.

Anyway, altogether now…


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    racefaceec90
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    R

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    thepurist
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    For posterity could you amend the thread title to “These mudguards?  Why yes, yes they are”

    tall_martin
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    For that money I’ll have a butler to cycle next to me with an umbrella every time it rains. Might only get 1/4 year for 15,000 but it would be money well spent  ;  )

    leffeboy
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    They are not even pretty.  I’m guessing the point is to get people talking about the company and bump up the seo of the company a bit.

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    ThruntonThrasher
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    Alright, can we stop having threads like this? When I was growing up in my village there was a bench full of OAPs who sat there having conversations like this and I wouldn’t want Singletrack to degenerate into that.

    Yes they are expensive. So what?

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    DrP
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    Gravel: 25mm height x 25mm radius. Recommended tire size up to 35mm 

    So..”road” still…

    DrP

    nwgiles
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    @tall_martin

     

    Sorry but a proper butler is going to cost you more than 1.5k

    sirromj
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    How much for the gold plated version, asking for a friend.

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    ossify
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    a bench full of OAPs who sat there having conversations like this and I wouldn’t want Singletrack to degenerate into that.

    You’re way too late ;-)

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    a11y
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    And to think I baulked at spending 12% of my hack bike’s cost on a set of £35 SKS Edge AL mudguards.

    matt_outandabout
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    Errrrm.
    No.

    tthew
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    Not a bad design with the stays running outside the guard TBF. Run them nice and close to the tyre and/or less protrusions to cause a build up of mud and leaf mulch jamming them up.

    Now if you make them about the same price as the SKF AL’s, (about a 97% discount!) and to fit an actual gravel tyre I’ll be all over them like a tramp on chips. Thanks.

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    comet
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    If these chancers charge $1,500 for mudguards, how much does a frame cost?

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    kimbers
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    Was the title not referencing Mrs Armitage on Wheels?

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    stwhannah
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    Full internet points to @Kimbers Very well done indeed. Glad my obscurity is not lost on everyone!

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    jameso
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    Cost aside … colour-matched Ti guards might be the nicest bike accessory I’ve seen in a while. More road and gravel bikes should have colour-matched guards.

    (I’d take carbon versions from Velo Duo, ~£250, and get them painted with the frame)

    tthew
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    If these chancers charge $1,500 for mudguards, how much does a frame cost?

    According to Road CC, start at £5200, ($6900). Shop must have big windows.

    tthew
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    22 must be having a right marketing splurge because the YouTube Everything’s been done channel has just put a review up on one of their bikes.

    I found your next dream bike. Hmm, not sure I would want a £10k ego chariot even if I could justify it. Let’s see.

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    Kahurangi
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    Mrs Armitage wouldn’t waste her money on something like that’s she’d knock something together out of drainpipe, no. 8 wire, and and string.

    reeksy
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    Sorry but a proper butler is going to cost you more than 1.5k

    Since the gig economy you can get some great rates on as you need them butlers. A great way to impress house guests…or other cyclists.

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    matt_outandabout
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    Cost aside … colour-matched Ti guards might be the nicest bike accessory I’ve seen in a while. More road and gravel bikes should have colour-matched guards.

    I’m tempted to get the rattle cans out. One two cans of a metallic Ford Tonic blue…

    Loch Sween near Tayvallich

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    chaos
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    sirromjFull Member
    How much for the gold plated version, asking for a friend.

     

    How is Remco?  Everyone sitting on his wheel might appreciate them

    kimbers
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    I have a theory about Mrs Armitage’s dog

    Im fairly sure that Breakspear suffers a spinal injury in her last crash and is paralysed from the waist down, if you you look at the last picture, hes now being carried in the bag

    I never shared those thoughts with my kids though.

    tjagain
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    a bench full of OAPs who sat there having conversations like this and I wouldn’t want Singletrack to degenerate into that.

    Oi – I resemble that remark!

    desperatebicycle
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    “enhancing the visual aesthetic of your winter workhouse”

    Ah that explains it. They’re for indoor self pleasure rather than going out riding.

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