Here in the U.K. the weather is turning pretty grotty and whilst I’m not one for intentionally riding in the rain, I don’t love getting covered in road gunk (does anyone) from surface water and when riding the gravel bike it would more often than not be far more than just water.
So after watching a few video reviews I decided to go for the SKS Speedrocker XL mudgaurd set and whilst I’ve not ridden on them yet, I don’t think they look too bad for something that takes a few minutes to put on or take off the bike (after the initial fitting).
They cater for my 50mm tyres and with my current blackwall tyres they don’t stand out too much IMO but they might stand out more with the tanwalls I have to go on next.
If these keep me and my bike cleaner over the next 3-5 months then they’ll have done there job and be well worth the £42 I’ve paid for them
These were easy to fit and whilst the initial setup will have been the longest things will be quicker from here on out so if I get a really dry spell I can quickly whip them off and this means doing so to clean the bike is also going to be easy too.
Next I need to source some silicon/rubber straps to replace the velcro ones this comes with for some of the attachments as I think that will tidy things up nicely (I’ve not cut the velcro down yet as I want to be 100% sure everything is perfectly situated beforehand.
by Home_Assistantt
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Looks pretty mean! And you’ll have a clean bum
I leave an Ass-Savers mudder mini fork mounted mudguard on my gravel bike all the time. I’ve found it cuts down on the amount of debris thrown up under my glasses into my eyes.
That’s a damn sweet ride
Speedrockers are fantastic, I’ve been using them for for the last few years. Tooless on and off in minutes. Makes foul winter rides/ races much more enjoyable.
I ditched this possibility last year (got ass-savers), but with the return of the muddy season, I may reconsider. Ass savers are nice but on my last ride, I still had mud droplets on my back. Proper mudguards may also improve the water/mud projections on legs and feet too.
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They look good. Great looking bike overall!
Wow. Invisible mudguards….. where did you find those. Especially ones compatible with such a bike as that fine steed?