[Closed] Rear mudguard ideas ?

Question for the combined wisdom of STW based on the OPs post (no hijack intended)...if you protect the frame first, how does the mudhugger eat the stays??? Asking for a friend...

The mudhugger comes with helitape. Over one winter the mudhugger doesn't eat through the helitape if it's all done up nice and tight.

I have the rear mudhugger on two bikes. One is the fatbike and that really does see the worst of conditions. I used the supplied heavy duty protection tape and made sure the ties were tightly done up. One year on, no damage.

I'd suggest using rubber mastic tape under the zipties.

I'm waaaay too cool to use a rear mudguard myself, but I've found this works really well for my front guards.

Thick tape or some old inner tube around the stays protects them. Mudhuggers are butt ugly but they do work (and you can't see them once you're on the bike!)

so it looks like the consensus is a Mudhugger, very carefully fitted....

Any alternative suggestions ?

Nope, i've tried others and a mudhugger with helitape (or other protection) is the best

The only people that have problems with a mudhugger wearing through their frames are those that dont think very carefully about the fact that they're hanging a massive great cantilever off their seats stays and then subjecting it to a huge amount of vibration.

Done correctly, its not a problem. The Mudhugger is as ugly as the best of them, but by far and away the most effective.

Mudhugger is good, but as above, protect the frame well, usually it's an annoying area with cable outers running down them, buy lots of the correct zip ties, i knock the mudhugger off all the time, and it take something like 12 or 14 zip ties!

You only need 6 zip ties for mudhugger. 4 near the top and 2 near the bottom. I've used them for 7 years and only had one break off in a crash.

balls, I fitted an old front mud hugger as a rear gaurd and didnt think of protecting the frame.. will have to take it off and tape up 🙁

Works very well though, I have a hard tail so cut sections out of the mudhugger to acomodate the bends in the seat stays and it seems pretty solid

You only need 6 zip ties for mudhugger. 4 near the top and 2 near the bottom.

Personally, I dont trust it not to fret with so few. I use every single hole its possible to put a cable tie through!

3 zippies and 1/2 a domestos bottle 😉

I don’t want a Mudhugger as have heard to many stories of them eating seatstays

It's the only rear mudguard that works. We've been running them for years now - good quality heli-tape on all sides of the stay. All zip ties used, done up tight (a zip tie tool makes it easy.

We've had no damage to any of our bikes - round stays, square Nicolai stays, or Canyon Carbon. have a look at it when you clean the bike and if it's wearing through replace but my helitape has been fine over more than one winter.

I've never had one come off either (though Katie had run one long enough to wear through the top of it where it touched the tyre form bouncing into it)

Mudhugger for me, with a load of tape underneath where it sits, cause I aint a ****
SKS MTB Blade or Topeak defender works well, if you have space on seatpost, along with many others (crud/etc)

Yeah, as per my original post the dropper is slammed so bit limited on choice..

Most peculiar to read the Mudhugger is the only one that works. My Topeak XC11 works just fine. And the mud doesn't fly straight passed it. Guess if the tyre hits it because of the suspension that would be a problem. I've just checked, it will squeeze around a 31.6 X Fusion dropper collar.

Mudhugger for me, with a load of tape underneath where it sits, cause I aint a ****
SKS MTB Blade or Topeak defender works well, if you have space on seatpost, along with many others (crud/etc)

Topeak XC11 works just fine

I've been a longterm mudguard advocate and the mud hugger is so far beyond anything else in terms of effectiveness. way more effective than any seat post mounted guard. I've had both SKS and Topeak over the years - hopeless clamps that don't grip tightly enough. Ended up bodging with Jubilee clips to try to keep it straight. inevitably break in a crash.

mud hugger works better, is actually more discreet on the bike and seems pretty much unbreakable

I helitape the stays and then wrap in self-amalgamating tape. Not eaten through yet.

Double layer of thick heli tape and zip tie in every slot done up tight to stop any movement.

probably about 90% of people I see (riding singletrack) with a seatpost mounted guard have it knocked to some odd angle at least part of the ride, rendering it useless.
Either too loose, or they've kicked it when mounting and havent realised. Also for a full suss, realise that it will need to be <suspension travel> above the tyre when at rest, or <~70% of suspension travel> when seated pedalling, so it wont give as much coverage as a seatstay mounted one.

I bought a MudHugger for my 27.5 Giant Anthem and it doesn't appear to be long enough for the wheel. All the mud still sprays up on to my camelback, so much that it needs to go in the washing machine after each ride.

I bought a MudHugger for my 27.5 Giant Anthem and it doesn’t appear to be long enough for the wheel. All the mud still sprays up on to my camelback, so much that it needs to go in the washing machine after each ride.

Buy, or make, an extension.
They sell one for about £5 (maybe more?) But I made one from a free MBUK front guard.

They sell 3 different sizes - and recommend each size based on a combination of wheel size and seat stay angle. Just fitted the medium to my Solaris Max and very impressed after the first ride - dry backside in really wet conditions!

↑ as above ! I have a medium on on 2015 Anthem 27.5, works fine

You could stick the 29er version on if you wanted.