With the worsening weather one aspect of the bike has caused a certain amount of consternation and that is when splashing through puddles you get a wet backside. On my other bikes I either have a modest rear mudguard or a rack with enough "middle" to keep the water off your back. With the very airy "Airy" rack there's neither a beam nor infill so there's no option but to fit a mudguard. Getting mudguards intended for my application seems to be difficult - either they don't come in a suitable size or the design suffers from a fundamental flaw for my intended use.
All was not lost though as I happened to have a spare SKS front guard intended for a for a narrow 26" MTB wheel. After drilling out the rivets holding the original mounting hardware it could be slid into place and marked up. I chopped it down to about half the original length and was able to use an original bracket onto the bridge and add a set screw through a spare hole in the rack to secure it at the rear. It all looks pretty neat really but I've yet to try it to see how much of the water it deflects but I have high hopes.
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