mudguards on the club run

[screenman]

Clubrun with mudguards = 12mph
Cubrun without mudguards = 18mph.

Means nothing at all, I have done loads of 20mph clubs runs in the past with mud guards. My first ride for a long time last week was 17mph with guards.

 

[Vantage]

Clubrun with mudguards = 12mph
Cubrun without mudguards = 18mph.

6mph difference? What are your mudguards made from?

 

[vickster]

Means nothing at all, I have done loads of 20mph clubs runs in the past with lifeguards. My first ride for a long time last week was 17mph with guards.

Pamela Anderson or just The Hoff?

 

[Fab Foodie]

Indeed. The biggest benefit of mudguards is to yourself and your bike, and equally in the rain /wet you're a dick if you try to draft as close as you would in the dry.

My thinking completely.

 

[Fab Foodie]

30+ years I've been cycling but it's only been 'mudguarded' for the last 4.
My new (then) tourer had them already fitted and before I even took it out for a test ride I'd fabricated mudflaps and fitted them.
The current ones catch pretty much everything. I was even thanked by a fellow clubmate a few weeks ago for having gone to to the effort of f&r mudflaps.
They may not be kewl and trendy to some, but I think they look the bees knees and I can ride knowing I'm one of the nice guys

Nearly 40 years riding here and apart from a few years in the 80s only with full mudguards in the last year. The only complaint I received in that time was that my new mudguards didn't stop the rider behind me getting a face full of carp! Clearly I need to add mudflaps too. When I had no guards at all I never had a complaint ....

 

[T4tomo]

I have recently got myself a winter bike (which has also scratched a retro itch) with full mudguards. It's much easier to wash down after a wet ride, but I'm not adding long flaps to it for the benefit of anyone!

 

[mjr]

6mph difference? What are your mudguards made from?

And why are they obstructing the highest gears?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I've been out a few times with a local Triathlon Club, & on one ride (even though there was only 5 of us), I was the only one with mudguards

The last time, it was a very wet day, so it made an incentive to either drop further off the back, or keep shoulder-shoulder with the leader - particularly as part of the route was along a road used by trucks after leaving the Land-Fill site

 

[Rooster1]

It makes sense to me, following someone in the rain without is pretty horrible, especially if you have the guards on and others don't.

I'm no longer a club member so I don't know the rules.

 

[simongt]

My tourer is fitted with full SKS mudguards but I had to recently fitted extensions front & back made from a sheet of corrugated plastic. Front, because it keeps my feet protected from road spray in the rain and back because I'm nice person and I consider those behind me - !
I always keep well away from any bike with knobbly tyres, as they kick up a LOT of spray - !

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Get out mountain biking, it will put a bit of spray off a roadbike into context.

Unless you're out on rural roads, amongst the farm machinery, after it's been in the fields

I always keep well away from any bike with knobbly tyres, as they kick up a LOT of spray - !

I would have thought the converse, as there's not as much rubber contacting the ground (or road anyway)

However, I took part in a race on Saturday ('Harriers v Cyclists') & on the open moorland, where the grass/peat was sodden, there was a lot thrown up by the bikes (CX & MTB), I got wetter from their 'rooster-tails', when running behind them, than from splashing through everything

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I know it's the Mail, but it has been in Cycling Weekly before

A good reason for 'guards

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...isk-deadly-E-coli-poisoning-doctors-warn.html

Yes, I know, I run, & got my hands well-splashed on Saturday, in fields that are usually full of Cows
And, yes, they did taste funny, after wiping my face to remove other splashes/sweat

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Doctor Hutch, has a little 1/4 page on mudguards in this mornings 'Cycling Weekly'

Even though, I have front & rear mud-flaps, I like the look of the White Rose (surrounded by a chain-ring)

http://www.topflaps.co.uk/

 

[simongt]

As ' standard ' mudguards, even SKS rarely extend down far enough to be really effective, by judicious use of some corrugated plastic, I've extended the bottom of my front & rear mudguards by about 10cm each to be very effective at one - keeping tyre spray off my feet and two - stopping spray getting in the face of any rider who happens to be that close behind - ! Simply cut and bend the pieces into the shape of the mudguard, drill a couple of holes through mudguard and its extension and bolt into place. Make sure you use stainless steel nuts & bolts though - !

 

[PaulSB]

Mudguards aren't compulsory on our winter club run but strongly encouraged. It's a question of consideration.

Last Sunday I wore my brand new, very expensive new winter club jacket. Guy in front, who I'd avoided following for 40+ miles, went through an oily puddle without mudguards. Took me an hour to get all the oil spits of the jacket!!