RRP Rearguard review

Sick of getting a wet bum when riding in the rain? Then the RRP Rearguard could be the perfect product for you, doing a good job of keeping your rear end protected from wheelspray.

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Of course, the best solution to keeping your bum dry one wet days out are full mudguards, which will also help to keep your bike a little cleaner too. However, if you’re bike doesn’t have enough clearance then you’re going to struggle to fit them. And then there’s the issue of aesthetics, with you maybe being reluctant to spoil the lovely clean lines of your shiny new aero bike with a load of plastic and zip ties.

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So if full mudguards aren’t for you, then the RRP Rearguard provides a good solution. It can be slotted under almost any saddle (the obvious exception being the Selle Italia Monolink saddle), and installation takes only a couple of minutes.

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Just like the pretty similar Ass Saver, you slide the RRP Rearguard underneath the shell of the saddle, bending the plastic so that the grooves fit around the saddle rails. But unlike the Ass Saver, the RRP Rearguard has the added security of a Velcro strap, which means that you don’t get back at the end of a ride to discover that your mini-mudguard has fallen off mid-ride (something that I’ve experienced a number of times with the Ass Saver.

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The only slight issue I found was that the Velcro strap had to compete for space around the saddle rails with the straps of my saddle bag, making installation slightly more fiddly than with the Ass Saver, but is still a doddle compared full mudguards.

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As an added bonus, because this is such a simple product, it is seriously cheap. Surely £8.99 is a price worth paying for a dry bum this winter.

For more details visit the Extra UK website.