Are bicycle mudguards a relic of bygone days? In Britain it can certainly feel that way. Sure they add a little weight, and spoil the lines of a sleek road bike, but given how often it rains here, it’s odd that so few bikes sold in Britain come without them fitted as standard…especially given how the penalty for cycling without them at this time of year is a damp and gritty streak up your back
Quickguard is a new mudguard solution for bikes without mudguard eyelets. Launched initially as crowdfunded project, after 18 months of product development, and 50,000 km of testing they’re on the market – just in time for an exceptionally wet autumn and winter.
Quickguard comprise a polycarbonate blade and weather-proof aluminium anodised single stay. The design promises fully adjustable, rattle-free full coverage and can be removed in seconds – they don’t mount onto the bicycle frame directly, but instead onto the drop out. Quickguard is suitable for all 700c bikes with tyres up to 32c wide.
Win a set of Quickguards
We have a set of Quickguard mudguards worth £70 to giveaway.
To be in with a chance of winning, simply leave a comment at the bottom of the page and we’ll pick a winner next week. Quickguard is disc brake compatible with the use of thru-axles (available from Quickguard, but not inlcuded with this prize)
Protect your bicycle this winter
On the face of it, one cycle insurance policy is much like another, but the devil is the detail. How much excess you will be charged is just one of the things that varies wildly between providers. Another is so called ‘new-for-old’ replacement – many insurers use this term, but if your bicycle is more than a few years old, devalue it severely. This means you are left out of pocket when you come to replace it.
ETA cycle insurance has a low excess and offers new-for-old for life – however old the bike, if it’s stolen you get enough to buy a new model. Furthermore, every cycle insurance policy you buy from us helps support the work of the ETA Trust, our charity campaigning for a cleaner, safer transport future.
robert p Griffiths-garrod
the removable mudguards on my racing bike, rattle like crazy, so hopefully these would be better.
Simon
It’s a yes from me!
Robert Nunney
With such a rigid bike frame as mine I could really do with a pair of mudguards that don’t rattle.
Maxime Pley
It would help me to keep me warm a bit longer during these long wet and cold winter rides 🙂
Mary Stevens
with guards that constantly rub given small frame with little clearance looks like these might stop the splatter up my back and face!
Doug Milsom
If I won a pair of these, it would save me from “splashing out” for a pair.
Arry O’Rourke
Perhaps pick me?
Steve
Me me me! Please 😉
Keep up the good work folks!
Rory Harkins
I’ll need to buy the disc brake adapter but don’t mind that if I get the mudguards for free!
David
Would be good for my road bike, which has no eyelets.
Jill
Would be so useful on my winter bike, keeping me dry. I hate a soggy bottom
Gavin
Nothing worse than a dirty stain on your rear – problem solved with Clag Gone from Ronco K-Tel.
Phil
Avoids muddy back stripe
Mike
I think I spotted a set of these on a Giant in their showroom last week. Thought they were manufacturer / OEM they looked so good. Pleased they are available retail.
Raf
Well, that’ll certainly guard my robe from untoward splashes!
TD
Lorries passing me will be pleased not to see a striped backside!😊
Pete
Perfect time of the year for these!
Matt blackmore
Guard me against mud please!
Steve
I’ve never got wet so many times as in the last couple of months of riding. Great time to be marketing a new design of mudguards!
Roo Rider
Anyone who follows me on Twitter would know the woes I have with mudguards. I tend to destroy them. Most my bikes are trials or bmx so are guardless. These would be great for me to try out on my sensible commuter hybrid. I often get soaked on my commute. Will happily review them on Twitter if I win. I’ll do couple hundred miles with them then review. Thanks.
Stuart Young
Rattle free is just what I need on my old boneshaker
Gill
My mudguards got battered recently in various bike racks around town, so these new ones would come in very handy PLEASE.
Jamie
Been a customer of yours for almost a year now and I love following you on twitter for your brilliant articles.
Hilary Foster
Ooh, a bit desperate for these for firstborn’s bike – no mudguards fitted and after market ones keep falling off!
Mark Bobbitt
I’d love to give these a try.
Brian
Mud, mud not so glorious mud especially when it’s all up your back and in your face.
Jamie J
Muddy brilliant…
Craig
I love the flexibility of these. I think I would switch them as required between my various steeds.
Thanks for the opportunity ETA!
Craig
Steve
My backside, bike and fellow riders would REALLY LOVE these beauties please.
🥰🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍😍
Avs
A make one can trust
In our weather
They are a must
PeteG
These guards look great and so easy to fit. Yes please…..
Parvin Padham
l win this bike for my son he lost his
Matthew Eves
My daily commuter could really use some new guards. Winter road ‘crud’ is a nightmare. 😢
Andy Brown
Mud, mud, inglorious mud!
Alastair Seagroatt
Be interesting to try them out on my winter bike
James
Sounds a great idea would live one to save getting mucky
Angela Allen
We’ll be on our guard to avoid the mud, no more splashes and dirt on my butt!
Mike Terry
Good to start a new year with some nice new gear !!
Darren C
I like how low the front one looks in the picture, having their position adjustable is a great opportunity to get them directly aligned with the road spray.
Being rattle free would give give me one problem though, I wouldn’t be able to blame the mudguards anymore for the noise of my knees clicking and my teeth chattering on a frosty morning commute. 😉
Gary Robinson
That would help keep my bum dry, nicely.
Lucy
These look nifty!
Angela Dobson
Would love to try this new idea as forever having mudguard problems 🚴♀️
Gail G
I’ve had these bookmarked for a while now, they look like the perfect fix for my bike which hasn’t many options for mudguards. Brilliant design.
Stephen Medlo
I would love a set of cycle mudguards
Sue B
A pair of these great looking mud guards would certainly stop me from getting cleared up. I’m always the muckiest at the end of a ride !
MARK
Mudguards are essential for riding throughout most of the year, but many bikes are not designed to accommodate them…… 🧐
These look like a wonderful solution! 😀
Jayne Bheenuck
nice bike
Paul
The quick fit is a great solution for changing the mudguards from one bike to another with ease! Perfect for my cycling stable.
LW
They sound great.
STEVO
Soggy feet again today on arrival at work…….. cool looking guards those, which I may just have a use for!
Simon
They look like a solution to the age old problem.
Colin Davidson
Comment left. I have nothing to say I just want the mudguards.
Boyd N
They look a perfect solution to enable the use of my race bike all year – yes please!
Ema A
Great idea so I can use them only when it rains.
James Newman
Bought my son a new hybrid bike for Christmas and mudguards were sadly lacking. This is a great prize!
Mike Potter
An exciting piece of kit!
Billy Macdonald
These would solve my clearance problem perfectly.
Hanfx
Fantastic prize, fab idea, very handy! Good luck all 🙂
Lesley Walton
In winter I’m the one nobody wants to follow on my mudguardless bike.
Toma Turskyte
omg that would be perfect for my partner as he is obsessed with bikes and loves a good ride in woods! fingers crossed we all can go out on bikes with our little family
Leanne seaton
The narrow roads and fields around my home village are always muddy especially this time of year! #savethewashing 😬🤣
Michael Jones
Need a set of these cool looking mudguards as zebra stripes up my back are not a good look.
Jonathan Hunt
I’ve been following the huge delay story on Kickstarter. Mudguards are trickier beasts to launch than you’d imagine. Look great though.
Gordon May
Having cycled the canal for 10 years, it would be nice to have solution which I can put on and off at a moments notice!
Frank Lee
I am one of the “soggy bottom boys” but i really am a man…
So help me Rhonda – help me please!