How many people are using there e-bike off-road?

anotherkiwi

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You must cost a fortune in washing powder and other household cleaning products!
 
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georgehenry

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I like to have mud guards on my mountain bikes and although you still get dirty it stops mud spraying into your face and eyes as well as a lot of the spray that would otherwise be drenching the motor and battery.
 
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Gubbins

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I like to have mud guards on my mountain bikes and although you still get dirty it stops mud spraying into your face and eyes as well as a lot of the spray that would otherwise be drenching the motor and battery.
I bought some cheap ones from tkmax. Abit of silicone answer some cable ties finished the job .
I know it's like wearing long socks with shorts but who cares..
 

EddiePJ

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some cable ties finished the job .
Please don't tell me that you are buying a Haibike!


I have gone through my fair share of mudguards over time. :)

My rear homemade Scud Launcher was the most effective rear mudguard to date, but being close fitting at the seat stay area, mud cannot get away. I am working on a design of rear mudguard though, which will be fairly close fitting, but has an addition, which will clear mud from the tyre, before it reaches the chain stay and bottom bracket area. I thought that I had it sussed, but hadn't taken into account compression and tyre movement. I'll get there.

Raised mudguards just get in the way, look crap, are vulnerable, and for my use, just become a pain, especially when trying to lift the bike over obstacles, tackling tight or overgrown tracks, or in the event of a fall when they either snap, work loose or twist. Frame crud catchers are next to useless, and make very little difference. I've tried them all. :)
 
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anotherkiwi

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Mudhugger? I thought for a moment that was Eddie's new nickname...
 
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RobF

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A short guard under the fork crown is a good idea for keeping crud from being thrown up into the headset, even if it doesn't do a lot else.
 

soundwave

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cant find any tho bar massive moto x 1s for 100 quid
 

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Steve UKLSRA

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70 miles including Eccles Pike on Good Friday...the wife's freshly built 2003 Specialized SX/BBS02
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and a 2008 Cannondale Prophet/BBS02...freshly built for a riding buddy who's converted to the dark-side
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Back to mud here, but plugging on regardless...
 
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