Cobblestones. More specifically, the section of cobblestones by the side of the river that I cycle over from my house on the way to Richmond Park, just after the high tide has gone down and deposited a load of black, slimy, slippery gunk from the Thames all over them. Came round the corner at my usual speed, hit the cobbled section and thought "hmm, high tide has already come and gone, that's early" just in time for my wheels to slide out from underneath me in comedy slow-motion.
I don't normally mind crashing, as it never seems to hurt when out on the trails, but I'd forgotten how painful it is to crash on something really hard.
To make matters worse, I had managed to get said black gunk all over the mouthpiece of my Camelbak (and my face, and the road rash I had just managed to create up my arm), so having completed some roadside repairs to my twisted cockpit, I decided to turn back after all of seven minutes. Not a classic ride, it has to be said.
Limestone, with helpings of lichen.
ice, the black stuff !!
Green chalk. Be afraid!
sheep shit
Goose sh1t.
It's seriously slippery but clings to frames with fanatical zeal.
"ice, the black stuff !!"
Only with the wrong tyres.
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Those are the right tyres.
wet grass , dab the brake and accelerate..
Chalk, with the merest hint of moisture. You don't need to be turning to fall off.
I've descended a chalk gully (north side of Butser Hill) with both wheels locked and the bike still slid down.
Waderider - Member
"ice, the black stuff !!"Only with the wrong tyres.
Funniest thing i've ever saw.
Hey lets add some side spikes to what can only be described as the worst tyres ever made, cos that'll help matters alot............ not!! 😉
Hey radoggair, if you're going to 'destroy' a pair of tyres in a mad experiment you'll pick the oldest in the pile! Mind you, to call them the worst tyre ever made just proves you haven't tried Panaracer Spikes on rocks or Tioga Psychos in mud. Granted, more modern tyres are better but Explorers aren't the worst ever.
I was laughing too last winter 😆
for that i grant you a victory. Now collect your £5 and spend it wisely 😛
Tioga Psychos
Heh. Oh yeh. Tioga Psychos. Great film reference. The bike is the shower and you are Janet Leigh.
another one for wet chalk many foolish days in my youth on dunstable downs, bmx back in them days crap tyres, i knew id crash every time i went out i didnt care
comute- coming up the on ramp from earls court direction onto the a4 (opposite teh 24 hr tesco), putting the power down as its got a good camber didnt realise there was a layer of oil/petrol all over the place till i was sliding into the rush hour traffic on my arse
got some lovely oily sh!t in my gravel rash and some shouted abuse from quite justifiably concerned motorists
Actually it's the back of an iPhone 4. I'm serious, it slides off flat surfaces. It's like setting polished stainless on wet ice!
whinlatter........
All wrong
[b]Camel Sh1t on Sand[/b]
All loose - its wet smooth train tracks/tram lines or slick wet manhole covers 🙂
Foxy's closest...it was/is the first bit of track off the top of Snowdon next to the rails so the oil covers the path in drizzly conditions, ideally on an old hardtail 😉
nah, its the inside of a strip of bark (white and sappy), on forestry cuttings, after loads of trees have been cut down.
my bike had spun 180 degrees before i realised what had happened
Isnt it that stuff that Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) put on the bottom of his tea tray sled in National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. One of the funniest 3 mins of TV you'll ever see.
+1 for tram tracks in the rain. Got to hit them at 90 degrees to minimise contact or you're over.
Wet off-camber roots, especially when the ground around them has been washed away and you have try and lift the front wheel over them whilst catching them wih the back!!
PJM1974 - Member
Goose sh1t.It's seriously slippery but clings to frames with fanatical zeal.
I'll confirm that. Also - Geese aint too grippy either (30 strong flock asleep on the Thames footpath at 2am on a moonless night with no lights).
her name was Heather.... cheated on me though so my memories of her have been knocked down on the fondness scale
Polished roots (you know the ones where there is no bark left on them) in the wet.
Or
The boardwalk at Laggan Wofltrax in the rain, it absolutley lethal
I'll second cobbles
was trying to get up a hill the other day and ended up sliding backwards