Cycle commuting through the floods

[swampyseifer]

Go so fast that you peddle across on top of the water without breaking the surface tension!

 

[LosingFocus]

Clever git.

Perhaps not so much with high PSI road tyres, but I've ridden by MTB through puddles and found water getting in-between tyre and rim.

Surely MTBs are designed to be ridden through puddles, fords, mud etc? I know I do, nothing more than 6" deep mind you, but thats still standing water and Ive not seen any water inside the tyres.

 

[fossyant]

If water get's in it's through the spoke holes in the rim, not tyre/rim joint.

Deepest for me would be nowhere near hubs or BB. Ridden through 6" deep floods - sufficient to be over your pedals and shoes, but as I was on fixed, that took some accelleration, unclip feet, flick them up, plough through puddle, then try and clip back in !

 

[BentMikey]

Go so fast that you peddle across on top of the water without breaking the surface tension!

The question is what would you be peddling?

 

[neslon]

You wouldn't have been riding in what came down on my head yesterday. I couldn't see, the rain was so heavy, then the current down the road was mental. If anyone can use a few cubic metres of brown water, you can collect free from my cellar.

 

[baldycyclist]

I believe that one should carry a canoe or possibly a surfboard on ones back just in case of such occasions arising.
In fact - I may patent a saddle bag sized blow up canoe and make a million!

 

[snorri]

The question is what would you be peddling?

Lifejackets?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I believe that one should carry a canoe or possibly a surfboard on ones back just in case of such occasions arising.
In fact - I may patent a saddle bag sized blow up canoe and make a million!

No what you need is an inflatable life raft, have it rigged up on a rear carrier.

 

[Stevejo]

I cycled home from Washington to South Shields in torrential rain and flooding. Passed all the traffic stuck in jams or abandoned. Going uphill with a river of water coming down the road at me was strange. At one point the water was just below the axles. Had to get off and wade through the water at Robin Hood Inn sliproad. I discovered that sealskin socks do not keep your feet dry in monsoon conditions!