I used to be pleasantly shocked closing yr with how efficient Ass-Savers’ newest Win Wing fender saved street and gravel spray at bay, and now gen 2 is even higher. Upgraded with a more difficult plastic mounting bracket, new body coverage, and a extra visually-pleasing black wishbone with not obligatory stealth graphics. The adjustments are refined. Sufficient as a way to omit them – outdoor of the brand new black colour. However model 2.0 is surely higher. And it’s nice to look one of these easy, inexpensive & useful small product be frequently sophisticated…
Ass Savers Win Wing 2 advanced strap-on fender
A easy wishbone looped over your tire and strapped to the seatstays, the Win Wing fender stops dust and water proper on the supply. Ass Savers name it “tangential protection”. The Win Wing stops spray on the tire, ahead of it’s thrown against your… ass. And I kinda like it, from street to gravel, even to protective the dropper publish seals on my XC motorcycles.
It was once a large bounce from the unique Ass-Savers that merely clipped onto your saddle. However oh, how a lot more efficient those new fenders are!
So, what’s in truth new?
From a technical standpoint, the brand new (black) Win Wing 2 is incrementally more potent than the unique (grey) because of a revised reinforcement design. The brand new structural rib extends a little additional up the leg of the wishbone clear of the foot the place it straps round your remains.
It additionally strikes the left-side slot clear of the brink. So you’ll nonetheless protected the fender to your motorcycle with a zip-tie, however with decreased probability of failure at a susceptible level there.
The highest of the loop may be a little thicker and the cutout on the central pin that adjusts the fender perspective is smaller and extra strengthened. Successfully with an identical quantity (weight) of subject material, the brand new Ass-Savers Win Wing 2 is extra immune to breaking when it’s on or off the motorcycle.
Have in mind, simply because Ass Savers calls it a wishbone, you shouldn’t pull each ends aside and make a want. Until your want is to wreck a wonderfully useful fender. It’s tricky, however now not indestructible.
Some other tiny replace, Ass-Savers now ships the Win Wing 2 with two little transparent polyurethane frame-saver stickers. Nervous about scuffing your body, stick those across the seatstays ahead of strapping at the fender.
Finally, it’s black.
The unique had a grey wishbone and all way of colourful fender blades. Now the brand new Ass-Savers Win Wing 2 will get a extra refined-looking black wishbone & rubber ft/straps. And along with colourful blades, you’ll additionally go for the gloss black on matte black restricted Stealth version like I’ve on my Festka One Gravel aka Rover prototype right here – when you act speedy.
My Gravel Stealth model weighed 73g (with out body saver stickers) a whopping 1g greater than my first era fender. 😉
Ass Savers Win Wing 2 – Pricing, Choices & Availability
Similar to the OG, the up to date Ass Savers Win Wing 2 will nonetheless are available in 2 sizes. Pick out Highway for as much as 35mm tires (64g) or Gravel for as much as 60mm tires (72g). We’ve handiest noticed the gen 2 for the larger gravel one to this point. They’ve successfully unchanged costs beginning at 26€ and to be had from nowadays – direct from Ass Savers or their shops.
The Stealth model provides an additional euro, and even two for probably the most colourful Spektrum. However the fender blades themselves are unchanged. So you’ll change the ones round between v1 & v2 if you have already got one you in reality love, just like the restricted Squid version or our fav Bohemian Border Bash version.
