Once again, as a chap that raced for the Midland C&AC in the late 40s and
early 50s I, TT in 25 to 100mile and 24 hour,PLUS Massed start events, in NOW
the West Midlands, In NOW the UK, I and all my team mates, including John
Pottier, Les Wilmott Jack Simpson, John Chance, John Bradbury(Now decesed) to the
best of my knowledge NEVER RACED with mudguards (Fenders) On. We all did use
them for training, as a courtesy to our fellow riders, and to get to
events, I also raced against Bob Maitland , Ken Joy, the Higginson Twins, etc in
many events and I NEVER saw anyone with Mudguards on, NOW IT IS POSSIBLE that as
Mick says some riders DID use them in long distance events, for what reason
I can not understand, If it was raining (when was it NOT) you would get wet
no matter, if you had mudguards or not!!! the extra wind resitance that they
would give I would think would go against them. I DO think (Boy thats
dangerous) that bikes look better WITH Mudguards and in the winter months I do
equip all my Brit stable with them. I use Bluemels now, all kind of colours, BUT
in the 50s white or black seemed to be the most used. Cheers John Crump
Oldbrit, Parker Co. USA,