Forum menu
Isn't it great how all of you complain about mud, but also have a fierce, almost tribal pride in your own mud. 'Our mud in ********shire is much worse than yours!'!
Which is why about this time of year, I become a roadie
Epping Forest the whole of your ride can be a complete slop fest
Dont worry Spring is just around the corner 🙂
I think I attract mud at the moment! Everywhere I go has to be the muddiest place in the UK. 😉
Which is why about this time of year, I become a roadie
Have just done this myself. Liking it so far but lycra looks/feels wrong!
Riding in mud is quite subjective, there are muddy places that good mud tyres will get you through and there is mud with high clay content that no mud tyre will cope with. Wyre forest has few places that a proper mud tyre cannot cope with but not far away the bridleways of worcestershire just clog everything up and become a walk carrying a bike rather than a ride. I enjoy riding in the mud but only when you can keep pedalling for the majority of the ride, when everything gets clogged up it isn't fun anymore.
Epping...
The Argument for the Plymouth area. All around Can Woods/trails heading out to Newnham Park.
[url= http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8487/8229688978_3951536232.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielsgroves/8229688978/ ]Flooding[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/danielsgroves/ ]Daniel Groves[/url], on Flickr
[url= http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8063/8197460324_f7a0849edd.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielsgroves/8197460324/ ]Untitled[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/danielsgroves/ ]Daniel Groves[/url], on Flickr
[url= http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8203/8196369867_19262ac088.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielsgroves/8196369867/ ]Untitled[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/danielsgroves/ ]Daniel Groves[/url], on Flickr
[url= http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8348/8229689362_cb488d5af8.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielsgroves/8229689362/ ]Flooding[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/danielsgroves/ ]Daniel Groves[/url], on Flickr
Eastnor is amazing. The Malverns are the least muddy place I have ever ridden; there's just no proper mud all year round. Even the day after the insane flooding in 2007 when all was carnage my brother and I went for a ride up there and came back pretty clean.
Then you go just a few miles south, to the landrover tracks around the woods of Eastnor, and it's like the world is overcompensating...
That's it. I'm moving there ^^
Pembrokeshire in a drought is muddy. I did 2 dusty rides this summer.
After this last few weeks rain it is foul. All of it.