[
UK
/mˈʌdɡɑːd/
]
NOUN
- a curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels
How To Use mudguard In A Sentence
- We would have expected a bit more clearance for chubbier, sportive-friendly tyres 25s or maybe even 28s and single mudguard eyelets also wouldn't hurt – performance is never compromised with slightly larger tyres, and the likelihood of a 566 Origin owner doing a wet brevet/grand fondo/sportive is high. Archive 2009-07-01
- By 12.00 I'd bought the bike but had to wait three hours for them to fit the mudguards and rack, so I went to the Quay Arts Centre for tea.
- But I knew that aside from some superficial damage—chipped paint, an ugly crack in the rear mudguard, rusted-through places in the exhaust pipe—the bike was in fine working condition. The Worst Years of Your Life
- For touring, the best bike is a tourer - strong frame, big wheels, rack on the back for panniers, mudguards for the rain, enough gears for the hills.
- Numbers corresponding to seat numbers were chalked round the wheel of the bus, with a further mark on the mudguard.
- Still, I spent a couple of hours over the last few nights installing a set of mudguards on my road bike, so that'll help.
- A steel and aluminium chassis and aluminium mudguards first came out on a production car in 1900.
- The new bike has been been restyled and will retain the original ‘infra-red’ colour, handlebars, elongated seat, back rest, chrome seat hoop and mudguards.
- The one minor gripe I have is that the Pioneer doesn't have mudguards.
- They came fully road-equipped with mudguards, silencer and, most conveniently - not to mention spectacularly - a tool kit.