Bike fenders—also known as mudguards—are handy accessories that keep mud and spray off of you, your riding partners, and important parts of your bike, like the chain and suspension. The ...

Where I live, it doesn’t rain much, so you can get away running a bike without fenders, or mudguards. When it does rain here in my part of Spain, though, the heavens open and you can get a day ...

In 2013, Musguard launched ultra-packable mudguards that roll right around a bike's tubes – out of the way in good weather, eating up road spray in bad. Now it's added the Omni, a more versatile ...

Both products are currently available through three UK bicycle retailers, listed on the company website. The QuickFix sells for GBP14.99 (US$23.90), while the Foldnfix goes for GBP13.49 ($21.50).

No cycling accessory is as beautifully over-the-top as No. 22 Bicycles’ titanium fenders for road and gravel bikes—and that’s exactly why I love them. They work great and look amazing.

Note that while some of these gear tweaks, like fenders, apply equally well to road bikes, others don’t, like flat pedals and winter-specific tires.