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Three of us out on Ebikes last night in the driving rain, bikes sideways everywhere, ripping the trails to pieces, running over particularly hardy nuns and kittens, hilarious fun. Utterly filthy though, couldn't go to the pub afterwards so ended up in my garage with the heater and tunes on, my mates ate all my biscuits and crisps and drank all my beer. Garage is a bloody state too. Who said Ebikers are a bunch of lazy fatties? Whoever they were, they were bob-on.
Anyway, to avoid future depletion of my my weekend provisions and to enable me to accelerate turning the South Downs into the new Norfolk what are the current top options or is it still a 29er Mudhugger? I know if I want decent coverage it will look ridiculous but is there anything else on the market nearly as effective that doesn't look quite so stupid?
Zefal do a couple of rear ones that attach to the chainstays, they didn't look very sturdy to me (some one did defended them, when I last said that), so I went Mudhugger.
Might have been me 😉 but yes you're right that they don't look particularly sturdy, but in use they seem to stand up to abuse pretty well.
My Zefal RM29 is on its second winter, and not at all damaged yet. Hasn't done that annoying wobbly/rattly thing that crudguards do after a few weeks use.
I know if I want decent coverage it will look ridiculous but is there anything else on the market nearly as effective that doesn’t look quite so stupid?
Surely you want it to look as gopping as possible, to take some of the heat off the ebike?
mudhugger is the best rear guard ever imho
and the extention to make it wider for plus tyres is cracking.
Surely you want it to look as gopping as possible, to take some of the heat off the ebike?
That was exactly my thinking when fitting an RRP Proguard Max to mine. (that and I'd rather see where I'm going than ride with one eye closed by mud in it.)
A full rear guard for me is a step too far even for a munter of an Eeb.
I'd find a pub with leather/wooden seat covers and a better landlord. Well.. I wouldn't as I already have.
Always thought the same as you Gary but last night we were so wet and coated in mud sitting anywhere was just unpleasant. To be fair the landlady probably would have put up with us but we would have felt bad trashing the place. We took rurns straddling the heater instead - what happens in the garage.....anyway, ebikes aren't generally lookers and you can't polish a turd so what's the difference? Think I might buy a rear RRP Proguard, cut the arms off one of the flexible front jobs and cable tie to the Proguard to extend it a bit. Might work, might be shit. Rolling it in glitter perhaps
Just bought the rear mudhugger after looking into options a few days ago.
Just can't be dealing with cleaning a completely clattered bike... and me, in the dark, cold evenings anymore. Hence looks are entirely unimportant to me. 👍