With a well fitting set of Honjo or GB you should be able to remove 8 bolts and have the guards off?
Provided you have a space to store them with the stays still attached.
I was looking at the Velo Orange 63mm guards for my Pipedream but I still resent having to undo the bolts at the fork crown and seatstay/chainstay bridges. But yeah, I should probably just deal with it and stop complaining.
I'm not sure what to do with these two bikes at the moment
I'm completely happy with them except I wish I had full guards on one of them.
Why doesn't some bastard just invent good mudguards that can be removed or installed in 3 minutes? Who's suppressing this vital technology?
I think I have to go with guards on Trek at least over winter. Ideas? (New bike is not an option)