british weather, makes for some good fun !!!

marcus24uk

i went out for a ride today and ive never seen rain like it !! and i had the most fun ever makes me feel like a little kid again, when you get in late and get a telling off by the parents. lmao but you have to ride harder in the rain and its fucking awsome !!! any one agree ?

supersonic

Once you resign yourself to the fact you are going to get wet and muddy, it is great! It is trying to avoid it that spoils the ride!

Hercule Q

riding in the mud loves it

Whytepeak

supersonic wrote:

Once you resign yourself to the fact you are going to get wet and muddy, it is great! It is trying to avoid it that spoils the ride!

+1

Its only once you get trully soaked and muddy out on a ride, that you can adopt a new perspective and attitude when out riding.

deadliest

plus sliding around in the mud increases your bike handling skills ten fold.

Steve_F

It's great fun the first day but gets a bit tedious when it's every ride.

Suppose it's better to be riding in any conditions that not to be riding at all!

KnightofCydonia

Found some post-rain mud crossing a forest by a reservoir the other day and found out that my tyres don't really work in mud

supertwisted

The cooling effect of riding in the rain is great, but round my way the mud is generally very sandy or thick with clay which makes riding in it when wet very hard work.

cat_with_no_tail

Best thing about this time of year is that even when it's bucketing down, and you are soaked through, it's still *fairly* warm too so even though you may be wet, you are still fairly comfortable (if that makes sense). Good times
What I hate is in winter, when you are riding in torrential rain and freezing winds. Makes me want to Bad Times

pdid

I had an amazing ride this time last year in Dent in the Yorkshire Dales. Full on rain and thunder storms had to stop at one point and shelter as the storm was right over head and we were afraid of being hit by lightening!!!!

The trail turned into a river but we just kept on going, couldn`t see the trail so couldn`t see where the front wheel was going. Had a few sticky moments but days like that really show you what your bike is capable of.

The bad was that I chewed through a whole set of brake pads, but if you only do it once or twice a year it`s worth it

stubs

One of my best ever rides was around Penmachno in the pouring rain. I find it concentrates the mind and I ride better perhaps its because theres no scenery to gawp at and I am watercooled.

Wouldnt like to do it every ride though.

RealMan

I think youre all insane. Rain sucks.

However, snow and freezing cold days where its still dry, are great.

Chaz.Harding

I was out on my (lethal!) MX bike on Wedsnesday. The track started off dry, dusty-ish, and loamy. Which was awesome for grip! Could really pin it out of corners. Then it poured, and the track became like ice! Or greased ice, even...

Anyway, I've never had so much fun on my bike before! Sideways around all the corners = BRILLIANT fun! Summer's GOOD!

And anyway, everyone needs they're mud fix time to time! It's good for the soul.

8)

snotty badger

Yup once you admit defeat, and embrace the fact you're wet through you've got nothing to lose!

Whinlatter holds water really bad, when I set off I knew I'd be sh*t up when I was finished so from the off i plowed though the puddles rather than avoid them on the off chance I'd get back without being too flithy!

deffler

I love the watercooling effect of riding in the rain, keeps me going faster, longer. It is handy to have the right kit for the weather tho.

I just hate wind, especially out in the open. Drains the life from you

Just started footy training 2 weeks ago & football in the sun is just not cricket. Has to be raining or at least wet to play footy

schmako

Reminds me of a cycle round my usual route up the pentlands about 4 years ago, usually there is a small stream going through the valley at the start, but it'd been raining so much/hard that the valley had turned into a river, cycling up it was intresting! I remember my mate falling into the stream bed, which was about 5ft deep Good times!

XxxBFGxxX

i love riding in the wet and mud. it makes it fun.

paul.skibum

Just got back from Alps - last day of holiday my mate and I were determined to get out and ride despite the weather - bottom of the Super Morzine cable car - no one around, ride up, its raining, next lift still no one around, sit on lift after discussing crazy english with liftee, its raining gently but constantly, getting damp.

Up to ridgeline, ride along to first real decent, its chilly and a bit wet but not too bad - first down, good grip, rivers across and along decent, still fun, bit muddy, hit one puddle deeper than expected, boot soaked and foot frozen, still fun. Next bit is pedally flat and down stuff, always fun - get to next lift soaked, bit cold but getting to like being out.

Next lift has warning of snow at summit - oh. My mate talks me into going up - by time we are at summit we are soaked through, frozen and miserable - abandoned ride into Switzerland and head back into Linderet bowl - I'm recovering and getting back into it but my mate is borderline hyperthermic and not enjoying life.

Warm food and call for a rescue van at bottom - disappointing.

Sat in restaurant everything is wet, we leave an inch deep pool on floor, grit is in everything including food - wish we had decided to stick to Avoriaz dh runs out of the snow - might have been out longer....

robmanic1

I'd sooner be kicking up dust, too much cleaning after a muddy.

projectsome

I had to ride 6 miles in the rain just to get to the trail. I did the Forest of Dean for the first time. Must say it was worth it, even if it was raining.

.blitz

The worst thing about riding in the rain is when it seeps into your crash helmet and the dried-on, stale sweat starts to dissolve and run down your face into the corners of your mouth and you lick it because you think it's pure water but it tastes so bad it makes you gag. So I'm told.

clodhoppa74

i like the rain, and riding in it. unfortunately though i wear glasses, am allergic to contact lenses so can't actually go ride in the rain as i can't see jack!

infoxicated

supersonic wrote:

Once you resign yourself to the fact you are going to get wet and muddy, it is great! It is trying to avoid it that spoils the ride!

Spot on - I'm such a fair weather cyclist (no mean feat when you live in Scotland!), but once you're wet you're wet and you might as well enjoy it.

Anonymous

Has anyone else noticed that there's a certain point of filthyness you reach on a muddy wet ride. Once you reach that point, everything becomes hysterically funny all of a sudden, as if your brain has reverted to childhood.

Or is it just me?

stubs

yeehaamcgee wrote:

Has anyone else noticed that there's a certain point of filthyness you reach on a muddy wet ride. Once you reach that point, everything becomes hysterically funny all of a sudden, as if your brain has reverted to childhood.

Or is it just me?

No I am just the same I find a comedy fall into a deep puddle gets things going