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How deep would you go?
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GrumpyGregry
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Hub deep when crossing Welsh fords off road. Crystal clear water mind. Though a bit tea coloured.
totallyfixed
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Further to my previous post, I have a well tried and tested method of determining how deep a flooded road might be.......
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You mean you send poor Dr. Pink ahead?? Shame on you! 
Smurfy
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Could be worse, she isn't carrying TF and his bike on her back.You mean you send poor Dr. Pink ahead?? Shame on you!
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True!
totallyfixed
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I would of course as a gentleman, go first, but by sheer coincidence my bike always seems to develop mechanical troubles before stretches of water and it would be reckless to enter said water with a bike not functioning correctly, would it not?You mean you send poor Dr. Pink ahead?? Shame on you!
I may have made some of this up
SatNavSaysStraightOn
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My OH does exactly the same thing - sends the lightest/smallest through first! I did try pointing out the error of his ways when I can cross deep snow without sinking and he can't (when out mountaineering) but the point was lost on him...You mean you send poor Dr. Pink ahead?? Shame on you!
wiggydiggy
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Balls deep*
*Balls being the bearings in my bottom bracket
*Balls being the bearings in my bottom bracket
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Lol, Just been drying out my rear wheel after Sunday's drenching. I was a wee bit worried about the hub but I took the cassette off and the grease on ghe splines is still there unblemished, so I think I'll leave it 
Giving myself a goal I thought I'd see what all the fuss was a about in Chertsey. Sorry folks whom are flooded. Don't mean too be ghoulish but I distrust the media somewhset and wanted to see for myself. So, as expected, the Thames was an angry swolen unstoppable body of water. I've sailed all my life and know from experience that a seemingly tranquil body of water can grab your boat and twist tear at oars, rudders and ropes with swift ferocity.
Even so I thought I'd try the river path home. Not a hope. A few inches was fun. A couple more felt dangerous. Then I could not tell where the river started and the path stopped. I put my feet down into a foot of cold rivers and u turned.
I liked the idea of seeing what the media helis and over dramatic newscasters were showing, and maybe doing better than the cars, but my spidey sense was tingling and that body of water looked bl**dy dangerous. Anything above the hubs is tricky. Close to the river edge is risky.
Even so I thought I'd try the river path home. Not a hope. A few inches was fun. A couple more felt dangerous. Then I could not tell where the river started and the path stopped. I put my feet down into a foot of cold rivers and u turned.
I liked the idea of seeing what the media helis and over dramatic newscasters were showing, and maybe doing better than the cars, but my spidey sense was tingling and that body of water looked bl**dy dangerous. Anything above the hubs is tricky. Close to the river edge is risky.
coffeejo
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If it's clear so I can see the road - or if someone else goes ahead of me - then I'll go through so long as it's below my BB. If I can't see what dangers lurk beneath, forget it.
Learnt my lesson a few years ago when I stubbornly kept going through a flooded road which got deeper and deeper .... I ended up having to get off and push as the force was too strong to keep the bike upright. It was 2' at its deepest point - at it stayed at 2' for a very, very long stretch. Idiot.
Learnt my lesson a few years ago when I stubbornly kept going through a flooded road which got deeper and deeper .... I ended up having to get off and push as the force was too strong to keep the bike upright. It was 2' at its deepest point - at it stayed at 2' for a very, very long stretch. Idiot.
