Anyone else forded river going home last night?

Sailing7
Sailing7 Posts: 38
edited January 2008 in Commuting chat
My route includes an 'Irish Bridge' that floods either side when the river gets high. On the way in yesterday it wasn't too high but then in the afternoon it was over a foot deep. Definitely over the axles and bottom bracket! Got home to find the rims making a sloshing sound where water had come in through the spoke holes - had to take both tyres and tubes off to let it drain out. I took the bottom bracket out too, just to make sure it was dry! Several hours maintenance I could have done without. Needless to say I changed my route this morning, extra mile but all dry!

Anyone else get similarly soaked last night?

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  • ChrisLS
    ChrisLS Posts: 2,749
    ...not a river...but the run off from the fields had produced some flooded lanes on my route...poor visibliity, twilight, just launched myself and hoped there were no submerged new or forgotten pot holes...
    ...all the way...'til the wheels fall off and burn...
  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    What is an "Irish Bridge"? Does it run across the river bed....?
  • Sailing7
    Sailing7 Posts: 38
    An 'Irish Brdge' is a river crossing for low traffic volume roads that for most of the year present a dry carriage way and are overtopped only when the river floods....

    In other words the approach to a small humpback bridge (one way) is dry most the time but when the river floods the two approach roads are under water.
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    No but I encountered a flooded road when out training on Sat. I was on the best bike and didn't want water getting in the BB, frame etc, so carried it through, problem was the road was hedge lined and the verge was flooded too so I got very wet! Silly how I'd rather I got wet than the bike, but it is my pride and joy so.... :oops:
  • Matteeboy
    Matteeboy Posts: 996
    My usual ford is currently about a foot deep and twice as wide as usual.
    Makes for interesting riding!
    Two Stumpjumpers, a Rockhopper Disk and an old British Eagle.

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  • infopete
    infopete Posts: 878
    On my way into work I went first through a small flood about a foot deep then came to another that I decided to skip so I went across the fields and scaled a 5ft wall :))

    Then went through another flood about a foot deep again. But I was stopped in my tracks by the next flood as the current looked far too strong so I took the long way into work after that.

    On the way home I came across another flood which in my lights didn't look that bad (Lumicycle HID and a 35W Halogen) how wrong could I be?

    I knew it was deep when my knees were wet! Such fun though.

    Now I know Campagnolo gears work under water.

    Pete
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  • jefferee
    jefferee Posts: 80
    infopete wrote:
    Now I know Campagnolo gears work under water.

    You mean they don't walk on it??? :P
  • infopete
    infopete Posts: 878
    It's raining... again!

    My wife has said I should take the snorkel with me today :D

    Pete
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  • 365punter
    365punter Posts: 39
    i went my usual way on wednesday, ended up cycling through over 2 feet of water - wheels were completely submerged at times!

    went a known drier route yesterday, but still ended up in floods just as deep.

    stuck to the roads today! :(

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