I bought my son a Woom Off 5 and while its a wonderful bike, I can't help but see the lack of mudguards as an oversight. An SKS mudrocker works quite well for the rear but the front doesn't fit. I could always go with https://ass-savers.com/collections/f...ders-mudguards but I'd like more coverage.

The bike is mainly used for biking to school and I'd like to be prepared for the occasional rainy day. Something that's easy add and remove would be ideal. Part of the challenge is finding something that works with the 3" clearance of the front fork.

Any suggestions?

This would the wrong section for that most mountain bikers aren't using full coverage fenders this might be more practical in Commuting or General maybe but I know SKS makes a Bluemels 24" fender. I don't know if it will work on that bike specifically and I think Woom sells more of the ASS Savers fenders (or similar style) on their own site but it might be worth reaching out to them and seeing what they say.

In terms of easy removal fenders aren't really that unless you get the clip on stuff but then you loose out on coverage and most of the slightly more coverage removable fenders aren't really designed for small bikes like that as that market is super tiny (not just the size of riders)

I will say the copper color is pretty sweet and a carbon fork is nice though unsure if it is suspension corrected so I could throw a Mantitou JR. fork on there and build a nice hardtail but overall pretty neat. Heck if it came in my size I would be down maybe add 3 pack mounts to the fork and make a sweet adventure bike.

The SKS bluemels are interesting but there'd be some tricks getting them to work with the woom due to lack of mount points.

Maybe a downtube fender would make sense. I'm lacking confidence since I haven't use a fender like this before. I'm curious how a downtube fender might compare to a fork mounted fender.

The fork fender will move with the fork the downtube will stay put you might try both as you should hopefully have the clearance for both without much interference but with a smaller bike it is tough. Basically most manufacturers don't really plan for fenders on such a small bike at least not in the U.S.

I'm fascinated by this post. So many questions. You bought your 7-11 year old a $900 bike to ride to school? How far is school? Do you ride along? Does he/she lock it up at school? In the weather? How far is school? Is there an alternate bus/car ride available for when it is actually raining? Seems to me like the kid would get wet in the rain despite the fenders, as would his backpack and homework.

For context, my three kids and I bike to school with no interest in fenders. The six and eight-year-olds ride together one mile to granddad's house, then walk another 1/2 mile to school with him. If it is raining, they get a ride. They both just moved up a bike - the six-year-old rides a hand-me-down Diamondback MTB on 24" wheels. The eight year old rides an XS Trek 26" wheel MTB. My eleven-year-old goes 2.5 miles to middle school by himself on an old Rockhopper. If it is raining, he takes the bus. I ride to work at my school rain or shine with a rainsuit.

School is about 4 blocks away. I used to ride along but no longer. I used to bring the bike back via cargo bike but now he locks it. No, he doesn't ride when the weather is poor. They walk when the weather is poor - its not worth driving.

The fenders are mostly for when the ground is wet but no rain in the forecast.