Not really a unique idea, but...a full suspension gravel bike?
12-06-21, 04:28 PM
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Are fenders and mudguards the same thing?
I have seen pro riders using tiny extensions on the rear of their seats during rainy stages. I'm assuming they do this to try to keep their rear ends dry. Jan Heinie mentions UCI rules about fairings, so I'm not sure if full fenders would even be allowed. Regardless it seems like they would complicate wheel changes and in my experience these things tend to rattle and rub a lot if banged around. This seems like it would be problematic on cobblestones at speed.
Anyway - little butt guards... not sure why no one ran these at Paris Roubaix, but maybe that would've been a game changer:
I have seen pro riders using tiny extensions on the rear of their seats during rainy stages. I'm assuming they do this to try to keep their rear ends dry. Jan Heinie mentions UCI rules about fairings, so I'm not sure if full fenders would even be allowed. Regardless it seems like they would complicate wheel changes and in my experience these things tend to rattle and rub a lot if banged around. This seems like it would be problematic on cobblestones at speed.
Anyway - little butt guards... not sure why no one ran these at Paris Roubaix, but maybe that would've been a game changer:
12-07-21, 06:35 AM
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Fenders (mudguards) are banned by UCI rules.
Of course the reason is because if they weren't, someone would engineer fenders which are actually fairings and improve wheel aerodynamics (that wouldn't be even hard to do) and then everyone would run fenders on every race and that'd be kind of ridiculous. So no mudguards.
There's a long, long list of rules which shape road racing as it is.
Of course the reason is because if they weren't, someone would engineer fenders which are actually fairings and improve wheel aerodynamics (that wouldn't be even hard to do) and then everyone would run fenders on every race and that'd be kind of ridiculous. So no mudguards.
There's a long, long list of rules which shape road racing as it is.
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12-12-21, 03:21 PM
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Are fenders and mudguards the same thing?
I have seen pro riders using tiny extensions on the rear of their seats during rainy stages. I'm assuming they do this to try to keep their rear ends dry. Jan Heinie mentions UCI rules about fairings, so I'm not sure if full fenders would even be allowed. Regardless it seems like they would complicate wheel changes and in my experience these things tend to rattle and rub a lot if banged around. This seems like it would be problematic on cobblestones at speed.
Anyway - little butt guards... not sure why no one ran these at Paris Roubaix, but maybe that would've been a game changer:
I have seen pro riders using tiny extensions on the rear of their seats during rainy stages. I'm assuming they do this to try to keep their rear ends dry. Jan Heinie mentions UCI rules about fairings, so I'm not sure if full fenders would even be allowed. Regardless it seems like they would complicate wheel changes and in my experience these things tend to rattle and rub a lot if banged around. This seems like it would be problematic on cobblestones at speed.
Anyway - little butt guards... not sure why no one ran these at Paris Roubaix, but maybe that would've been a game changer:
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