I blame Bonj...

[papercorn2000]

Mudguards say that the rider cares about not only not having him/herself look like they've suffered amoebic dystentry, but that they don't want to spray the rider behind with amoebic dysentry. Good manners are always cool.

Speaking of bottom offerings...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7727136.stm

Should be work-safe.

I remember reading about a dog that was specially training to search out whale poo. How the heck he managed to steer a boat is beyond me...

 

[spandex]

Just tell him to stop riding down by the river as some of the Bromptons I have at work have been ridden down there and they have come back in a right state Then there left for me to clean !

 

[Niall Estick]

Mudguards do look uncool, don't pretend otherwise. They say to the observer that the rider is worried about getting dirty and wet, how can that possibly be cool?

Any fool can get themselves dirty and wet.

 

[bonj2]

a) Why does it actually matter if you can spot some microscopic specs of mud that may or may not have been there if he had mudguards - does his cycle kit not get washed anyway?
Is it any harder to wash cycle kit that has got microscopic specs of mud that may or may not have been there in the presence of mudguards than it is without?
c) Until such time as your son can cycle fast enough to not get hit by any mud anyway, maybe he should get good tyres that don't throw up as much water? e.g. michelin? rather than crap brands like schwalbe.

 

[Chuffy]

Bonj - the only man fast enough to run away from his own shadow...

 

[Arch]

Bonj - the only man fast enough to run away from his own shadow...

He also has a unique bike that has a front wheel that revolves the other way, so as not to throw muck up onto his feet and BB...

 

[summerdays]

On that occasion he was at least a bit mortified - mostly because he was on his way to meet a girl for his first ever date.

Perhaps that's the only thing that would make mudguards matter to him... just play on the girls hate dirt scheme (unless she is a mountain biker).


Hubby finally succombed and bought some after his waterproof and windproof where being SPLATTERED in LARGE bits of mud. But he can't seem to get the splash-guards to fit with a rack too. If you have a rack do you have to have full mudguards (I have them but he hates them but agrees that he is getting filthy)?

 

[Arch]

Hubby finally succombed and bought some after his waterproof and windproof where being SPLATTERED in LARGE bits of mud. But he can't seem to get the splash-guards to fit with a rack too. If you have a rack do you have to have full mudguards (I have them but he hates them but agrees that he is getting filthy)?

IME, you can get anything to fit with anything, it's just a matter of how good you are at bodging....

 

[simonali]

I've never used mudguards either!

 

[Chuffy]

I've never used mudguards either!

Ah, so you're one they call Dirty-Arse!

 

[simonali]

Si senór!

 

[Yellow Fang]

Show him this. I think it's a really nice looking bike.
http://www.dawescycles.com/dawes/audax-supreme.htm

 

[Yellow Fang]

And you know what to do for Christmas. Secretly replace his chainset with a triple and beam at him saying "You've got ten extra gears now."

 

[dodgy]

Any fool can get themselves dirty and wet.

Sorry, what's your point? Mudguards absolutely are not cool. If you said to a group of people that you're trying to convert that it's uncool to be dirty, they'd laugh at you - and you know it It's a bit like saying to kids that it's cool to have good manners, desirable (for adults, yes) but not cool.

 

[Joe24]

And you know what to do for Christmas. Secretly replace his chainset with a triple and beam at him saying "You've got ten extra gears now."

Thats abit harsh!!