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Went out this morning into the chilterns. Lovely day decided to ride the route I did a short while back when it was frozen.
Mistake !
Pure unadulterated wet clay - Wooagghhhh !
Never ridden anything like it. Spent entire sections just counter steering to stay on, losing both front and back and for the first time ever on a down hill spent some time facing at 90 degrees to the direction of travel as the back threatened to overtake the front - absolute blast even if I did make some through bush detours on the way down.
FWIW I had full on mud tyres on (Bonty X-Mud) I can't even imagine what would have happened on anything less appropriate.
Can't be the only one skating my way round today - lets hear your traction deficient moments....
Pym
Dry and dusty in most parts round by 'ere. Lovely.
Where do you ride ? Right now I'd kill for some of that !
Out in the Clywdians today. Really muddy, sketchy. Good fun though.
Dryest ride for 4 months. Bit shorter than I'd hoped, but dry and grippy. Ace!
I ride in the Fozza of Dozza. (Forest of Dean)
Earlier today...
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certainly not dry here. 2 days of basically sloppy mud, slushy snow, and when it was a bit drier like riding on plasticene.
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Note to self - must sort hat trip to Forest of Dean....
How far from Oxford ? 2 hours ? Less ?
A bit less I'd say. Cut over the Cotswolds, wazz round Gloucester and there you go.