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Out on the MTB tonite and it was very cold & a bit wet under wheel.
As a result slushy mud collected on my rear mech and it froze solid 🙁 what's a good solution for a quick mid-ride de-ice?
Would a little bottle of windscreen de-over work or maybe some WD40?
Don't want it happening too much, or if at all on the Dyfi at the weekend
Ride faster the friction will create heat, stopping it from freezing.
Wet lubed seemed to work for me and plenty of it.
Just wee on it. If you have your hydration levels correct you should be ok for a few de-icing stops
I just wee on mine half way through a ride - bit of a faff in bibs but dies the trick!
de-hydrated persons wee has a lower freezing point* though
*maybe
I think the usual advice is a little more natural in origin. Just make sure you drink enough in advance so you are ready to deploy your body temperature salt solution.
Water from camelback or bottle. That's what I used on frozen up jockey wheels
Told you 🙂
Hmm, not sure I fancy weeing too much when wearing bibs & under shorts
A wee strategic skelp with your right foot now and again.
As above- wee.
I'll see you at the Dyfi on sunday, I've entered too. 🙂
i use whatever is in my bottle, but i bring it up to temperature by passing it through my body first