The secret to transforming a flat piece of plastic into a functioning mudguard lies in the pre-folding prior to use. I am not claiming to fully understand the physics of the way water and dirt spray off my back wheel but when Ass Savers said this thing works as well as a full mudguard, the company wasn’t lying. Working on your bike doesn’t have to be grey, we know a colourful like the BLB Rainbow Allen Key toolset will always make us smile. If, say, the Road size became an “All-Road” size and cleared up to 42mm tires, you’d have most of the gravel camp taken care of already.

I never had any issues with tire rub or chunks of gravel causing any harm to the Wishbone or fender blade, which was certainly one of my concerns. If the product is faulty or wrong due to a mistake on our part then we will send out replacements free of charge and refund you the cost of sending the goods back to us. I mounted it using the middle hole, which tilted the blade slightly upward on a size large drop-bar 29er. The Win Wing Road is a versatile accessory that offers a perfect fit for skinny tire bikes, ensuring the utmost protection for riders, even in the most challenging weather conditions.For the Tangential Coverage to work properly, the mudguard needs to be installed very close to the wheel. Choice is as good a point to them as anything - they do what they're supposed to, they're smaller, cheaper, and look slightly easier and quicker to fit then Speedrockers - and some folk might just like the look of them. These on the other hand look like they might work but possibly a bit too flimsy to dethrone the X-blades, will see .

The reason I usually don’t put my full mudguards on my bike isn’t only down to my laziness, but also the fact that they seem to always, rattle or squeak or make a noise - especially on gravel. As with many Ass Savers products, it is available in many designs and colourways, so you can add a little personality to your bike if you wish. I thought the best way to prove this one way or the other was to mount my camera on my seat post looking back at the Win Wing and ride through quite a lot of mud.

The wishbone's held in place with two polyurethane rubber straps and you're rightly encouraged to reef them up good and tight. The Ass Savers Win Wing Gravel rear mudguard is a lightweight blade that attaches to the seat stays of your bike. The Win Wing takes about half a minute to take off from one bike and attach to another - and while swapping it around I’ve noticed it’s also not scratched my seat stays (I would still recommend attaching a piece of frame protection tape as a precaution).