It’s that time of year again (sigh) when mudguards make an awful lot of sense, but not all bikes will accept them and some are just damn fiddly to install. The Quickguard, currently seeking Kickstarter funding, looks like a useful solution for those people that can’t fit proper full-length ‘guards or just want something that is easily removed when it’s not raining.
Looking like an evolution of the Genetic Carbon Micro Fender road.cc tested back in 2013, the new Quickguard has a single supporting arm that attaches to the quick release axle of the front or rear wheel.
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No tools are needed to fit them. Undo the quick release and remove the stock skewer nut and replace with the one supplied by Quickguard, fit the mudguard and hey presto you have a mudguard-equipped road bike. There are small screws to align the mudguard centrally over the wheel and it’ll fit both front and rear wheels.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it’ll fit a disc-equipped road bike with thru-axles (because there’s no exposed axle to fit the clamp around), but we’ve dropped them a line to see if they’re working on a solution.
It will work with most 700c road bikes with regular quick releases axles, however, and it’ll work with hybrids, city and mountain bikes with slim tyres. It’s designed to not scratch or contact the bike frame in any way. Because of the lack of brackets, it’s claimed to not rattle at all.
The Quickguard was invented by Chris Howard who was fed up with the tricky installation of mudguards, and anyone who has fitted a set of proper full-length ‘guards will feel his pain.
Chris is looking for AU$30,000 funding to make the Quickguard a reality, but with 17 days to go he’s only at AU$7,055, so if you like the look of the mudguard there’s still time to get involved. You can still get an early bird special, which gets you one mudguard fro AU£38, while a pair will set you back AU$69. He’ll ship anywhere in the world with delivery sadly estimate for April 2018, which misses the majority of the British winter. Still, you’ll be set up for next winter… Check it out on Kickstarter here www.kickstarter.com/projects/236528337/quickguard-full-length-bicycle-mudguard/
There are plenty of other easy-to-fit mudguards, however, such as the Crud RoadRacer Mk3, Zefal Swan Road, Ass Savers and various other clip-on mudguards.
*Yes we know it’s not really a proper full-length mudguard because it only covers a portion of the wheel, but that’s what they’re calling it. It’ll be interesting to see it to see how it compares to other clip-on mudguards and proper full-length mudguards.
16 thoughts on “Kickstarter: Quickguard clip-on full-length* mudguard fits in seconds”
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I must be a bit thick – why doesn’t it fit, if it’s single sided and fits to the drive side, as pictured?
IHateSummer wrote:
I must be a bit thick – why doesn’t it fit, if it’s single sided and fits to the drive side, as pictured?
Maybe because of the variety of axles used on disc bikes, as opposed to quick release skewers.
Griff500 wrote:
I must be a bit thick – why doesn’t it fit, if it’s single sided and fits to the drive side, as pictured?
— IHateSummer Maybe because of the variety of axles used on disc bikes, as opposed to quick release skewers.
Perfect for my disc equiped CAAD10 and CAAD12 as they are QR.
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Because most disc equipped road bikes are no longer using QRs. These guards need a QR for them to work. The article would have been better off mentioning through axle equipped road bikes rather than disc road bikes though.
The video on the kickstarter
The video on the kickstarter page shows it being fitted to and ridden with a QR disc bike
antb wrote:
Yes it’ll fit a disc bike with quick release axles. I’ve amended the article to make it clear that I meant it likely won’t fit thru-axle disc brake road bikes. Hope that clears things up
simondbarnes wrote:
Because most disc equipped road bikes are no longer using QRs. These guards need a QR for them to work. The article would have been better off mentioning through axle equipped road bikes rather than disc road bikes though.
Yes was presumptive of me to think most disc bikes now have thru-axles, plenty with quick releases which will work just fine of course. Have made that clear in the article.
May be being a bit thick but
May be being a bit thick but on my roads round here whats to stop a stone jamming between the gaurd and tyre and moving the gaurd into the brake?
philhubbard wrote:
I have never had this happen on any mudguard.
Peowpeowpeowlasers wrote:
May be being a bit thick but on my roads round here whats to stop a stone jamming between the gaurd and tyre and moving the gaurd into the brake?
— Peowpeowpeowlasers I have never had this happen on any mudguard.— philhubbard
I’ve had stones jam into the gaurd as we have a lot of clay-type mud on the roads around here that can build up in the gaurd
I’m trying to workout if
I’m trying to workout if these will work with Wright/Breeze style dropouts, or if the dropout’s shroud will interfere with the mudguard stay.
I’ve asked the inventer to confirm. Hopefully they will, as this looks to be a great solution.
does this mean when you get a
does this mean when you get a puncture you’ve then got faff that back into place when putting your wheel back in?
Al__S wrote:
Yes.
Unless you fix punctures with a patch which can be done without removing the wheel.
I wouldn’t it’s slow and tedious but it could be done. But since the mudguards selling point is that it fits “in seconds” reforming the mudguards would not be significant compared to dealing with the puncture.
re. Wright/Breeze dropouts:
re. Wright/Breeze dropouts:
> For shroud style drop outs slide the stays along the supplied skewer nut further until the stays just clear the shroud, then adjust the fender to align with the wheel. If your shroud is particularly large the stays can be bent slightly to fit.
Sounds good.
Well, it certainly won’t keep
Well, it certainly won’t keep your arse dry… however, would be better than nothing for those club runs where mudguardsa are compulsory.
kevvjj wrote:
After thorough testing we found almost all the water sprayed from the wet road to make you wet came from the 6 oclock to 12 oclock section of the wheel. So we made the Quickguard to shield that spray keeping your arse dry. But if you aren’t convinced just rotate the Quickguard past the 12 oclock position for even better protection like in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeS_cltgbM0