Riding thru puddles !

[Zipp2001]

Well I didn't think the puddles would be that deep, and once in there I wasn't turning back. Well ok I could have turned back after the first puddle but I didn't think it would get worst. My bad !

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2qf89Flzaw

 

[rogerzilla]

And then you had to strip or replace every single bearing on the bike?!

Lake jumping used to be a feature of many MTB festivals. I'm sure it was fun, but a day of rebuilding the bike for 10 seconds of splashy action seems a poor trade-off

 

[ColinJ]

You are obviously a 'Lake half empty'** kind of guy!



** I don't know if you ask the question "Are you a 'glass half full' or a 'glass half empty' person" in the USA? If you don't - an optimist would say that that the hypothetical glass was still half full (plenty more to drink) whereas a pessimist would say that it was already half empty (and would soon run out.) Interestingly, it works the other way round in this example. You don't want there to be lots of water there. You clearly thought that you were riding through something only a couple of inches deep, whereas all I could think of was whether your phone is waterproof!

 

[Zipp2001]

You are obviously a 'Lake half empty'** kind of guy!



** I don't know if you ask the question "Are you a 'glass half full' or a 'glass half empty' person" in the USA? If you don't - an optimist would say that that the hypothetical glass was still half full (plenty more to drink) whereas a pessimist would say that it was already half empty (and would soon run out.) Interestingly, it works the other way round in this example. You don't want there to be lost of water there. You clearly thought that you were riding through something only a couple of inches deep, whereas all I could think of was whether your phone is waterproof!

I've done this trail many, many times and figured maybe 2 feet of water the most. Although I've never seen it this flooded in the eight years of riding out here. That should have been a red flag, but then again I must be a "Lake half empty" guy . The phone never even crossed my mind until after the whole adventure.