Here are our 8 top tips for winter-proofing your bike. Do you have any to add to the list? cycling
, are essential if you ride in groups or often end up in heavy downpours during your winter rides. Full-length mudguards are the best at keeping you and your bike clean, but they also prevent you from spraying everything from the road into the eyes of the person behind you.
Before you go and buy the first set of mudguards from your favourite bike shop, make sure you check what size mudguards you need. Your wheels and the tyre width affect the size of the mudguard, as do the eyelets your bike has.No one ever wants to have a puncture or fix one, but unfortunately they do happen, and in the winter usually more often than in the summer. The winter roads are often scattered with debris, thorns and all sorts of sharp objects that can pierce your tyre.
In the winter fixing a puncture is multiple times worse than in the summer because you will have to take off your thick cycling gloves, which exposes your hands to cold. And while you battle with the tyre, you are much more still than when cycling, which is bound to make you and your riding pals get cold real quick.
Because of all this, prevention is the best approach. Consider having some more puncture-proof tyres on - something with thicker sidewalls and a more robust rubber compound. Even the
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