It helped quite a bit in all but the most severe downpour.
I don't think anyone is going to deny that mudguards are certainly useful in keeping water from being throwing up from your wheels at your legs, but they aren't terribly useful for stopping water falling from the sky onto them.
I don't think anyone is going to deny that mudguards are certainly useful in keeping water from being throwing up from your wheels at your legs, but they aren't terribly useful for stopping water falling from the sky onto them.