John has been writing about bikes and cycling for over 30 years since discovering that people were mug enough to pay him for it rather than expecting him to do an honest day's work.

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. Watch-strap style bands fit around the seatstays of your bike, with the 'wishbone' arms then wrapping around the tyre. The all new Speed Mullet does the job with ease and can handle different down tube sizes, cable and wires* and all types of terrain.This is a great aid to staying dry on solo rides, but please get your full-length-mudguards-equipped bike out for group rides. You mount the wishbone so there are just a few millimetres clearance over your tyre, then clip on the blade so it sits at -10°, 0° or +10° to the wishbone. Ass Savers’ marketing declaration that the Win Wing “is stable, can handle knocks and hits, and is rattle-free” lured me in.

All Win Wing parts can be bought and replaced separately and packaging is kept to the bare essentials. It Just Works™ and in terms of what it's like to use there's not much more to say, except that it's also stable and rattle-free. There are two versions of the Win Wing available; the road version accommodating tyres up to 38mm and the gravel version (tested) that suits tyres up to 60mm in width. I know I should fit proper guards and I do own some, but as I have a couple of bikes which I'll use in these inclement seasons and as I'll put either bike onto the turbo and I put my bike in my boot once a week, convienience is king.With this in mind, the Win Wing is intended to be mounted very close to the tire and angled up (there are three center holes on each blade to aid in achieving this angle). The Win Wing attaches in seconds to be easily transferable between bikes and can be set for an amount of tyre clearance that works for you and your bike. I can’t say anything negative about the Win Wing - it’s a piece of engineering I wish had been made a lot earlier. The Win Wing comes as a two-part system: a molded plastic “Wishbone” that attaches to the seat stays using pre-installed rubber straps and a polypropylene fender that attaches to it. mm PP (Polypropylene),Wishbone holder - glassfiber reinforced PA (Polyamid or Nylon) and Strap - TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane).

The glassfiber reinforced wishbone holder is both flexible and tough and the rubber straps are virtually indestructible. No matter the terrain, on-road or off, the Win Wing won't rattle or jam, and with only 72g, you won't even notice it's there. The key to understanding how the Win Wing works lies in physics: water and mud leave the wheel in a straight line from the tangential point of release," says Ass Savers. Shroom Astro light set comes with a pair of battery per light that will last up to 40 hours on the flashing mode.The plastic flap, the blade, attaches to the wishbone’s clever little knobs and then the whole thing attaches to your bike’s seat stays by way of soft, slightly flexible zip-tie locks. 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.