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In honor of the muddiest weekend of the year, I'd like to see your bike + mud photos from this weekend.
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Mud - what single speeds are made for.
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Cold enough for pogies, not cold enough for frozen ground unfortunately. Couldn't make it through this muddy section, running singlespeed so unless there's some momentum it's not going anywhere - this is a freestanding bike!
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From spring last year:
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benp1 which rear mudgaurds are those? are they attached to the seat stays?
Is there an RSPCA for bikes 😯
At this point the wheels were jammed solid and wouldn't turn, it weighed twice as much as when I started and I had dragged it 100 metres to get past the worst of the mud.
It took 15mins of scooping great wodges of mud off the wheels before they would turn freely.
I was very close to a sense of humour failure...
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@dawson - I had that on a ride I was on. I had to carry it to the road, and then spent ages scraping mud off the bike (and my feet) so the wheels would turn. I then rode home on the road. Rubbish
@jekkyl - surprisingly these mudguards get quite a bit of attention. They're like a cheaper, prettier version of a mudhugger - Zefal RM29 deflector. I have one of my El Mariachi (above) and one on my Solaris. They attach to the seat stays. I run a dropper on my Solaris fine, and I also leave them on when bikepacking with a seatpack
@benp1 - yeah, what really topped off the ride was getting a puncture 5 miles later that took an age to sort as the tyre was that muddy I couldn't grip it to get it off the rim!
I was not a happy camper!
That's a kick, you'd have thunk the mud would have protected you!
Had a weekend of beautiful dry trails and sunshine in South Wales.
Was a bit muddy round the bike wash I suppose.
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A few years ago now
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Bottom of Old Winchester hill. If you know the area, you'll know this part! It used to be terrible in the wet. Fortunately they surfaced it last year.
Ah. So we all like mud and i'm sure the rules say something about no mudguards under any circumstances but we've all got them fitted.