Mr Crud Crudcatcher 09 Front Mudguard

Bought this to fit to a Calibre Two.Two MTB (Go Outdoors own brand). Keeps your legs and torso mud free - miles better than having no mudguard. I have made one valuable observation - at low speeds it works perfectly. At higher speeds, it does not. I recently did the C2C route and on the road sections, if it was raining and I went much faster than 15mph (measured on my GPS!), the rainwater that was ejected from the top of the front wheel by centrifugal force flew up into the air and immediately got blasted backwards into my face. I've eaten road dirt and liquid sheep muck as a result. To avoid that, I found that I had to lean off to the side of the front wheel, so only my shoulder got splattered.In conclusion: For proper (low speed, muddy) off road use, these are great. For on-road use at speed, I'd recommend a mudguard that comes up over the top of your front wheel.

Very happy with this Crud Catcher. It fits my 2018 Whyte 905 (27.5+) perfectly via the mounting points built in to the frame. I added a couple of rubber O rings between the guard and the down tube just to stop any damage to the frame. It’s light, easy to fit and does exactly as it’s designed to do, i.e. catch crud!! When shredding a filthy trail at high speed I’m confident that it’ll keep all the muck out of my face. A no brainier kind of purchase really.

Does the job. The soft rubber tip doesn't get quite up to the fork crown in straight ahead position, but gets very close, and only interferes at big steering angles - a pretty good compromise. The up-flung dirt that it can't catch (near the crown) is more narrowly focussed so it's mostly blocked by your frame anyway, just make sure you headset lower race is well sealed.Could it be better? Maybe, longer, more sculpted, softer rubber front? Lighter main body? All compromises, I think it's a 4 1/2 star product as is, but maybe not quite 5 stars.While it eliminates the up-fling of dirt from the upper-rear of the front tyre, it can't prevent the forward-flung stuff that comes off the top of the tyre, loops back in the wind, and lands right on your face. I combine it with a RRP NeoGuard so I'm no longer eating dirt.

I would like to see a slightly wider top fitting groove rather than it being for a normal old 26" wide tube, specifically as now down tubes are about twice as wide for most bikes but that said . . . Fitted, Forgotten and I hope it stays that way !

Nice quality product, stops mud flying up into your face but obviously isn't going to completely stop you getting dirty, and isn't intended to. Flexible leading edge less likely to break than hard plastic type.Found the rubber mounting rings surprisingly difficult to get hooked into place but once on it fits well.

Easy to fit but not really very good at keeping the spray off the roads from spitting up and covering you. A proper mud guard that follows the wheel would be much more effective but wasn't a viable option on my bike so this was the next best alternative for the price it's worth having but in reality has minimal impact.

This is the second one I've bought the fist one split after being on my bike for 4+ yesrs

Always liked the crud catcher range so when i got my new bike i decided to buy another. The black & white colour theme was perfect for me as it matched my bikes colour theme. Also a decent size compared to some so covers quite a large area to keep the muck off you & your bike.