I was out today . On my favourite , most used bike . Titanium frame , full mudguards & flaps ,28mm tyres , 8 speed triple with friction levers on kelly take offs and biggish saddle bag . It's the modern version of a clubman allrounder bike . Reliable but also cheap and easy to fix by the road side . Stopped twice today to help out other cyclist . First one had punctured his 23mm thin, tyres and had no tubes & mine wouldn't fit . So I gave him a hand to fix it with my puncture repair kit . Second one , the rear mech was playing up , so I ended up pouring water from a puddle on to the mech to clear all the muck off it . I would say apart from a few club men with mudguards , 80% of the riders looked like they had been cycling on the pit heap . Absulutley caked in mud. A friend of mine thinks a lot of born again road cyclist are from a mountain bike background and think its quite normal to have a wet arse . I bet a lot of component manufactures are laughing all the way to the bank . After I dropped my bike ( it doesn't go around muddy corners like my trike) , I notice a broken spoke , who says 36 spokes in a back wheel is overkill . Saved me buggering about I just rode it home . Will winter bike be killed off with trendy folks with disposable income . A local sportive club to me ride all year around in tight Groups with not a mudguard in sight . All wear glasses and face covering .