How much difference do mudguard mounts make?

[T4tomo]

I bodged a rear mudguard on my DIY 6-speed bike by zip-tying a length of scrap tyre onto its skinny rack...

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I'll raise you half (lengthwise) a 2l fizzy pop bottle and some gaffer tape to attach to chain stays / seat tube.

 

[Punkawallah]

I'll raise you half (lengthwise) a 2l fizzy pop bottle and some gaffer tape to attach to chain stays / seat tube.

Slut :-)

 

[freiston]

If I wanted to use mudguards on a bike, then I would want the bike to be designed to have them fitted, including mounting points and clearance. If I was buying a bike that I wanted to use mudguards on, then it would be a deal breaker for me. If I was given one without mounts, then I might consider a workaround - but now I'm getting too hypothetical. All my bikes have mudguards. The closest I ever got to a bike without mudguards was late 70s, possibly early 80s (iirc) - when the bike came with those silly little ones that covered the brakes and not much else - I replaced them with ESGE chromoplastics