Why not keep your mudguards on all year round?

[Accy cyclist]

Some of the group i go out with on a Wednesday say they can't wait till the clocks go forward so they can take the mudguards off their bikes. Why, does it stop raining then till the clocks go back in October? i ask. I've been pulled up for turning up on a bike without mudguards, even on a dry winter's day. Why does it have to be so methodical? We get rain in spring and summer so does that not count because it's warmer rain splashing up from the wheels? I try and judge the weather before a ride then either use a bike with guards or not. I don't automatically stop using mudguards in the spring then automatically put them on in the autumn. Infact why don't we keep them on all year round? They weigh very little and they're there if caught out in a summer downpour!

 

[T4tomo]

Winter bike and summer bike, take the winter bike if it's raining.

 

[Trickedem]

I have mudguards on my Audax bike, which is a Van Nicholas. Can't see the point of taking them off. It still rains heavily in the summer

 

[Accy cyclist]

Winter bike and summer bike, take the winter bike if it's raining.

Maybe we should start calling them good weather and poor weather bikes, instead of summer and winter bikes?

 

[Lonestar]

i keep rear mudguard on all year on the fixies but not on the front...all year round.

 

[HLaB]

There too brittle on a road bike, leave them too long and they won't be there when you really need them.

 

[Pikey]

I'm toying with leaving them on my trike this year. I'm gonna use it for audax like mentioned above, plus I quite like the way they look. Plus I don't get sleeve fulls of diluted cow sh1t from the front wheels any more... bonus

 

[DCLane]

The Ridgeback Platinum I use for audax has mudguards on all year round. As does the Eastway R4.0 winter commuter.

The others have clip-on mudguards when needed.

 

[coco69]

Off because they are a pain in the arse

 

[growingvegetables]

Life's easier (and more fun) on a tourer!

 

[potsy]

2 bikes with permanent full guards, don't see the point of taking them off in the summer.

1 bike that doesn't have them and is only used in dry weather.

 

[steveindenmark]

There too brittle on a road bike, leave them too long and they won't be there when you really need them.

Mine seem to last for years and they are not expensive to buy.

 

[screenman]

Off because they are a pain in the arse

Why is that? I have bikes with and bikes without, no pain on either though.

 

[screenman]

There too brittle on a road bike, leave them too long and they won't be there when you really need them.

How long is too long, mine are about 5 years old now on one of the bikes and seem fine.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

I do