I’ve never knowingly encountered this rather unique individual. I have however been to where he works and lives but that was long ago. However my partner in crime (ACE) has filled me in on the weird and wonderful world  that he is master and commander of. I know he has a completely different view of a DH race not more than 10 miles from my door. From what I do know is that his little home town in a nice little place not too far from the hustle and bustle of  Poole. Having ridden there to meet a lady friend many years ago I know a few of it’s secrets. But it would appear to hold many more. If you move in certain circles he is maybe more familiar.

Charlie, long bike, long surf board, long lunch break.

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This young gun has another of those annoyingly talented yoofs that seem to invade every day.  But when you see him ride whether it’s from his edits or in the flesh you soon understand that he is going to make a bit of noise quite soon in the world of Dirt jumping. I mean the guy boosts such high airs it begars belief as to how. Not only that but when a good number of more sensible folk would be tucked up in front of the fire, this guys out in the snow pulling insane moves that could well end up going squiffy i not careful. But does he care? I doubt it. So i think it’s safe to say that this perticular lad will be a Pro of tomorrow, if not sooner givern half a chance.

So we try to get in there first with the new blood and ask, “Who are you?”

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They say the simplest ideas are the best. Take the ever so humble ball bearing. Simple, but without it we’d be stuck.The same goes for mud guards and fenders. The trouble is whilst some are simple and neat like the RRP neoguard and Crud Catcher, but others look like they’ve been half inched of a moto x bike.

Enter Mucky Nutz. They’ve introduced this neat little fender ( called Bender fender) that takes no more than 10 minutes to fit. It’ll fit pretty much all forks thanks to another simple idea. Velcro. Yep you get a diddy roll of Velcro that you measure and cut to length. the instructions could’nt be simpler. This is the 2.1 version which is a little thicker than the 2.0. The 2.1 Bender Fender comes in black or white, but if you want a splash of colour the 2.0 version is available in more colours.

The idea behind it is to stop spray coming from your front wheel and up into your face. It’s also made of a flexible plastic that will bend or resist knock and Pine cones. ( tricky buggers pine cones).

So how does it fair? incredibly well. I’ve run mine in some pretty down right soggy conditions. Including riding down a number of trails that could of been confused with streams or mini lakes. This little fender has done it’s self proud as I had hardly any spray or mud come up into my face. The only time I had trouble was when it was really wet out. But if you use a Crud catcher with the fork fender you’ll have no worries. Even on the roughest downhill it did’nt shift.

There’s not much else you can say really as it does exactly what it’s claimed to do, and coming in under £8. Although if you order through their site http://muckynutz.com  it’ll still cost less than a Tenner include postage. Whats more you get a mini bag of Haribo. Whats not to like?

Their site is well worth a look as they do a surprising range of natty and neat products as well as the Bender fender.

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