My Son and I rode through the Tunnel that the Charles River uses to go under I-495 , it is about 250 yards long and DARK. the first 100 yards it is is only about 3 -6 inches deep, and just before you get out it dips to almost 18 inches deep.
The general plan is to ride as absolutely fast as possible into the water, so that you don't need to pedal through it. It's too easy to lose balance and traction.
Couple pics of my ankle-biters at Brown County State Park last April. First one shows my son in his "no photos" stage. Last one shows my daughter caught by surprise--she came around a corner and didn't expect a stream. She had told me before she'd walk across any streams but she cruised that one like a pro. Good times!
I'd have to say BCSP is the best place I've ever ridden for stream crossings. There are a ton of them and the streambeds are made of these flat rocks that are technical (but do-able). The water smells clean too!
The general plan is to ride as absolutely fast as possible into the water, so that you don't need to pedal through it. It's too easy to lose balance and traction.
Let us know how that works out for you on a 15+ ft crossing.
Riding through shallow creeks and puddles is fine and fun (if you're not already freezing) but I almost always avoid anything that submerges my BB or hubs in water. That chit is too expensive to treat it like that.
As much as I might like to ride thru water I don't think my BB and hubs like it much. I do have a bike with a Alfine Hub and cheap square taper BB that I do not think twice about going thru water with.
As much as I might like to ride thru water I don't think my BB and hubs like it much. I do have a bike with a Alfine Hub and cheap square taper BB that I do not think twice about going thru water with.
Dean
That's the second post about not wanting to get your bike wet.
I wouldn't want to own a bike that I was afraid to get wet. I understand the difference between riding through a puddle and submerging the bike. Every once in a while I like to submerge the bike.
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That's the second post about not wanting to get your bike wet.
I wouldn't want to own a bike that I was afraid to get wet. I understand the difference between riding through a puddle and submerging the bike. Every once in a while I like to submerge the bike.
In one part of your post you say " I understand the difference between riding through a puddle and submerging the bike." in another you characterize my post as saying "not wanting to get your bike wet". Believe me, my bike and I have come home wet many, many times. What I said was I avoid riding through water deep enough to submerge my BB or hubs as much as possible. Bike bearing surfaces are water resistant, but they're not intended to be repeatedly dunked any real length of time.
That said, if you like to "submerge your bike every once and a while", have fun. It's your property to do with what you want, but for me, I like to ride my bike, not abuse it.
In one part of your post you say " I understand the difference between riding through a puddle and submerging the bike." in another you characterize my post as saying "not wanting to get your bike wet". Believe me, my bike and I have come home wet many, many times. What I said was I avoid riding through water deep enough to submerge my BB or hubs as much as possible. Bike bearing surfaces are water resistant, but they're not intended to be repeatedly dunked any real length of time.
That said, if you like to "submerge your bike every once and a while", have fun. It's your property to do with what you want, but for me, I like to ride my bike, not abuse it.
Absolutely. Far be it from me to suggest to others what they should do with their own equipment. If you don't want to risk damage to your bike, that's fine.
Sorry if I offended you with my post. It was more a case of I'm glad that I get to do what I like without worrying, than you are doing something wrong.
I ride a $125 bike and I kick the sh|t out of it. I also maintain it. If it breaks to the point that I can't fix it, I'll buy another one.
Oddly enough I'm very protective of my axes and knives. I'm sure there are people who don't "get" that.
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Getting my bike wet is one thing, that does not bother me I ride in the rain. It is the suspended dirt and grit that gets into bearing during stream crossings that is the problem. I by high end parts and live where there is not much water. If I lived in a wet climate and had soil that you could ride when trails are wet I would buy cheap disposable parts.
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