Mudguards

[G3CWI]

What's the case for removing them in the summer? Looks? Speed?

 

[alicat]

None - unless you're in a race and it is likely to make a difference.

 

[Davidc]

Does it stop raining in the UK in summer then?

(And do the cows stop sh1tt1ng on the roads as well?)

 

[TVC]

I understand that I may be an over privelaged nobber, but I don't remove mudguards, I just change bikes. One wet weather bike, one dry weather bike, problem solved.

 

[ComedyPilot]

I understand that I may be an over privelaged nobber, but I don't remove mudguards, I just change bikes. One wet weather bike, one dry weather bike, problem solved.

Isn't it spelt 'knobber'?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I understand that I may be an over privelaged nobber, but I don't remove mudguards, I just change bikes. One wet weather bike, one dry weather bike, problem solved.

I'd go along with this. And the bike swap comment too.

 

[Tim Hall]

What is this "one" wet weather bike of which you speak?

 

[ianrauk]

Keep them on my commuter all year round.
For my leisure rides I wear the muddy wet stripe up my back with pride.

 

[Fnaar]

I have a pair of these (see pic)
Fitting them the very first time can take a bit of fiddling to get it right, but once you've done that, it's a very very quick job.
I tend to keep them on the roadie all winter, as they provide some protection for the bike from the rain, salt and other cr@p, but not as much as full mudguards, obv) and for me and my clothes too (I don't like the muddy strip up the back, and your shorts looking like you've 'followed through'). I take them off (mudguards, not shorts ) when it's mostly dry, perhaps putting them on if it's threatening to rain that day.
I take them off because it looks better and I feel like I'm going faster. The latter is not real, but the psychological illusion is pleasurable.

 

[Paulus]

I understand that I may be an over privelaged nobber, but I don't remove mudguards, I just change bikes. One wet weather bike, one dry weather bike, problem solved.

Seconded, Mudguards arn't the problem, it's the lack of a summer bike.

 

[Kestevan]

Can someone please let me know what this "summer" thing is?

Is it perhaps the couple of months when the wind and rain are slightly warmer?

 

[SquareDaff]

I understand that I may be an over privelaged nobber, but I don't remove mudguards, I just change bikes. One wet weather bike, one dry weather bike, problem solved.

What TVC said!!

 

[Licramite]

when I find my front mudguard I will put it back on , it dropped off on my last ride and now is guarding a hedge somewhere near stourhead.