Best road bike mudguards for 2024 - Fenders for staying clean and dry on winter rides

Best road bike mudguards

Best road bike fenders group shot showing different options

(Image credit: Josh Ross)

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For some people, winter cycling means rain. If that includes you then there are a lot of strategies for staying warm but the most important one is staying dry. No matter how warm something is, if it's wet you will be cold. As someone who lives not far from a temperate rainforest, I've got some experience with this. 

Josh Ross

Josh hails from the Pacific Northwest of the United States but would prefer riding through the desert than the rain. He will happily talk for hours about the minutiae of cycling tech but also has an understanding that most people just want things to work. He is a road cyclist at heart and doesn't care much if those roads are paved, dirt, or digital. Although he rarely races, if you ask him to ride from sunrise to sunset the answer will be yes. Height: 5'9" Weight: 140 lb. Rides: Salsa Warbird, Cannondale CAAD9, Enve Melee, Look 795 Blade RS, Priority Continuum Onyx