Bad Ash
Unregistered User
Full mudguards will help keep you and the bike cleaner, but often they don't fit on standard road bikes as there isn't enough clearance between tyres, brake calipers and the frame.
Put on some tyres suitable for winter: grippy in the wet, puncture protection (you're more likely to get a puncture in the winter as more things get washed onto the roads/paths and will have fallen from the trees/bushes over autumn), and possibly wider. I won't start the debate as to which ones to go for, it could double the size of the thread!
The bike will need more cleaning over the winter months as it generally gets dirtier in the wet, plus also you don't want salt and grit left on it, especially the drivetrain.
Put on some tyres suitable for winter: grippy in the wet, puncture protection (you're more likely to get a puncture in the winter as more things get washed onto the roads/paths and will have fallen from the trees/bushes over autumn), and possibly wider. I won't start the debate as to which ones to go for, it could double the size of the thread!
The bike will need more cleaning over the winter months as it generally gets dirtier in the wet, plus also you don't want salt and grit left on it, especially the drivetrain.