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.
