The 6 Best Bike dirt guards (2023 reviews)

The mucky nutz bike dirt guard is specially designed for your daily purpose and has plenty of most useful features. It does it’s job well and pretty easy to install. It can be used on all wheel sizes, and compatible with boost forks. This is a small fender, intended to be light weight & block a majority of water & debris from flying up at your face. It comes with enough velcro to mount it. It will fit any bike with a single crown fork. It is great with heavy use and heavy nasty mud. It wont keep mud off your face. It is super easy to install and keeps you from eating too many rock.

Why We Like This:

Great stone, water and mud guard, easy to install
Very simple bike fender and easy to install
Comes with velcro which works well for some uses
Easy to put on and keeps the fork much cleaner than without

Best name brand Fender: Rockshox Bike dirt Guard

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The rockshox bike dirt guard is capable of outshining several other guard featured in this list in overall features for the price point. This product is a must-have for all the fellow mountain bikers that are tired of having the dirt from the tires getting on the bicycle frame. It keeps mud, rocks, and dirt/sand out of your face when riding. It is perfect for keeping the mud out of your face. The zip ties that come with the fender are perfect. It is easy to install and makes for a good protector for the headset.

You can attach this to any fork with a brake arch on the front of the fork. It looks great on the bike as well. It comes with everything needed to install.

Why We Like This:

Nice looking guard, easily scratches, does its job
Better coverage with rock shock fender
Good brand reputation

Best With protecting vital areas: All Mountain Style Bike dirt Guard

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The all mountain style bike dirt guard is the best reliable guard on the market today. You can protect your bike against scratches, dings and blemishes by using the all mountain style honeycomb frame guard. The Camo AMS Frame Guard is a Clear protection with the Camo pattern. It's designed in transparent and in translucent grey colors, so it perfectly blends with the color of your bike frame. It protects your bike while it makes it look great.

The pitbull design is black and the back is clear so you'll see the original color of your frame with the pitbull design over it. It has been hit four or five times by large rocks and consistently by gravel and dirt. It does not include fork or full chain stay protection. It's more of a gel/thicker sticker coating.

Why We Like This:

Works great and really protects the frame and paint
Great protection and gives it a gnarly look
Sick design especially for black and white mountain bikes
Way better at stretching and contouring shapes

Best For Nice little option: SKS Germany Front Fender

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We know from years of feedback from readers, customers and amazon sellers, what most people want in a convenient and appropriate guard. The sks germany front fender is exactly that - it's a simple guard that hits all the right notes. Great protection against mud and water, it can sometimes slide around and make it bump into your pedals as your riding but you can always readjust it. The front fender is great just staying on all the time. It covers the whole tire and it is no flimsy mud guard. The included mounting straps are easy to use, and can be trimmed shorter so they don't get in the way of the wheel.

It does a good job of keeping water from splashing up. The fender is plenty wide enough and just long enough to do the job, however if the tread of your tires are aggressive you may still get some overspray. This works well in combination with a small splash shield mounted on the fork. The straps measure 6 1/4" in length.

Why We Like This:

Nice addition to a front fender for eye protection from mud
Decent piece of plastic to prevent mud from spraying in your face
Mounts easily to the down tube with silicone straps
Essential for rainy weather bike travel

Best With almost any frame geometry: SKS Germany Bike dirt Guard

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The sks germany bike dirt guard should be able to handle its purpose and duties with ease. It has this design with the pivoting fender and rubber rope attachment means you can make it stiff enough to stay in place while riding, but in a crash it will move with the bike and debris so it hasn't broken yet. It has an adjustable strap to accommodate a wide variety of diameters. It has some built-in'spring' to it to keep tension on the post, and works great. It's good for keeping the water off your back, and it easily disconnects from your bike.

The long, narrow fender surface keeps chamois from getting too soggy, and rooster tails from soaking your back. It is best choice for non-standard frames as well. It's great and easy to install HOWEVER you should be very.

Why We Like This:

Easy to mount without tools and to calibrate
Very sturdy, and also looks good on the bike
Good investment for long term

Best For muddy conditions: mucky Nutz low profile

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The mucky nutz low profile might be a relatively new release, but it's still nothing short of impressive this year. It can be used as a rear shock guard on some full suspension bikes. It is cool watching small rocks shoot out at high speeds though. It is also far more resilient to scuffs than a full gloss finish. This one is easy to get knocked out of line, but it's not hard at all to straighten it.

It is compatible with 26”, 27.5’’ & 29” wheel diameters, and the mugguard will fit most standard suspension forks (including boost) and tyres up to 3” wide. The wide upper 'arm' profile helps protect your fork seals and stanchions, reducing wear over time.

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