Dan McMahon



Designer and maker. Lover of: pinball machines, the desert, materials,  human scale, two-wheeled vehicles, fabrication processes, trees, magic, coffee, forks, water, desserts, chinatown, t-shirts, small boats, raspberries, campfires, keychains, jazz, trout, flowers, cannoli, free museums, glossy paint, fireworks, movies on big screens, wood things, rituals, kind people, glass bottles, birds, iron nails, the circusBased in Brooklyn, NY


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Plume - Bicycle Mudguard

The function of a mudguard is a humble one; create a barrier between the bicycle’s rear wheel and the rider’s backside. For a city commuter, rain is more often a surprise than an anticipation, so Plume was deisgned to unfurl when you need it, and coil away when you dont.

Plume was designed in a reaction to the prolific existance of rather clunky, injection molded plastic mudguards. It is made from a thin but resilient stainless steel spring and a flexible polyurethane rubber which grips the seatpost. 

After it’s first production run was funded through a Kickstarter campaign, Plume was nominated for the 2014 Design of The Year awards at the London Design Museum.

Plume was designed and created in collaboration with Patrick Laing.