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Lead mudguards!

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  • October 14, 2014 at 7:12 pm #22583
    BL7

    ~X(

    That time again, away goes the 53, out comes the compact. Fit it with the mud guards and all of a sudden the legs are like stone, the lungs are like a 60-a-day-60 year old, a 4% feels like a 14%, and I’m cooking better than Mary Berry!

    Anyone else suffer??

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  • October 15, 2014 at 11:44 am #818023
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    Simmo72

    I decided a while back that
    I decided a while back that as our winters are so long it seemed pointless not enjoy this time on a good bike. rain doesn’t hurt a bike. so ti frame (great for winter), run a second hand drive, a pair of dedicated winter wheels, again a second hand cassette, clean it regularly and ditch the chain come spring. Sure, the salt can be a problem on the components, but again clean after each ride, takes 2 minutes to do a basic job, and if its really bad weather i’ll be on the rollers, or doing something else as I’m not taking another black ice induced painfest again……and no mudguards, I just hate them.

    October 15, 2014 at 11:20 am #818021
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    Anonymous

    It’s the aero I reckon. And
    It’s the aero I reckon. And the psychological effect of making your bike look like it’s wearing wellies.

    October 15, 2014 at 11:18 am #818019
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    southseabythesea

    Winter miles for base rides,
    Winter miles for base rides, avg speed not important. Just keep on spinning.

    October 15, 2014 at 11:05 am #818017
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    Anonymous

    But it’ll feel so much easier
    But it’ll feel so much easier on the carbon frame once the good weather returns. About May….

    October 14, 2014 at 10:59 pm #818015
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    Leviathan

    What time again? Why would
    What time again? Why would you use lead for your mudguards and not plastic? Why not a little AssSaver or nothing at all? It was 12 degrees today, what season do you think it is? If a baby can survive a damp bottom once in a while so can you. This winter bike business has got why out of hand. N=1

    October 14, 2014 at 7:38 pm #818013
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    Welsh boy

    Yep, same here. On goes an
    Yep, same here. On goes an extra layer of clothing, off comes one mile per hour.

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