And some people don't understand that there's more to cycling than either MTBs or road bikes.
Well... there's 'trekking', which is
technically a form of MTBing, but if people who do it would call it as such for one thing and do it on the correct bike for another then it would be a lot more palateble.
Bonj
It's been proved to you, and you've accepted it, that mudguards can be necessary.
So for you to make a general statement to everyone that mudguards are unnecessary is wrong.
OK, well I'm willing to call a ceasefire. In other words, if instead of such sweeping generalisations based on my own experience I instead post things along the lines of the below, then if people could please stop trying to shoot me down and calling me a liar it would be much appreciated.
But if I try and be more rational and reasonable by modifying my position to the following but people still try and accept nothing less than toeing the party line with equivalent evangelism then I don't see why I should even bother to make the effort to be reasonable. A little bit of give on both sides. It's up to you lot - you should probably know by now that I seriously don't believe in mudguards and I'm not just doing it to wind people up, but I'm willing to be open minded if you are.
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I personally don't use mudguards and don't suffer any ill effects such as getting excessively wet and muddy from tyre spray - but you might want to look at the recommendations from other mudguard users as to what the best sort to get are if from your own experience you find that you do suffer from such spray. Don't just use mudguards because you've read that you should, use them because you find that on practical experience, you need them - in other words, don't be afraid to try various mudguard options including various makes of mudguard and also not having mudguards, till you find a configuration that suits you".
OK?