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I'm trying to avoid the worst of my local trails, but it's still pretty skanky (Reading area). I have just fully uglified my bike with crudcatcher guards, mainly to save my clothes from getting too muddy. Two mains reasons for it being especially annoying:
- it's just no fun sliding down a trail at 7mph in the dark, I don't enjoy causing more damage. Trying to stick to more weather proof trails, but not many of those around me.
- I live on a boat in a marina, so it's a faff to clean bikes, and it's a bit anti social to make the pontoon soaking wet just before a night freeze. I also have to use a shared laundry, so kit can't just be washed every time, as it's a faff and also costs £4 a time! There's not much room to strip out of muddy gear and then dry it on a narrowboat!
If I lived in a house with a shed it would a different story. I'm looking forward to the trails being much drier, and the only real mtb fun in the meantime is the odd trail centre trip.
Surely you just attach a rope and dunk it off the side?
If you were any kind of man you'd build a wooden kicker off the pontoon and backflip into the water after a muddy ride.
Not really thought about the drying off / lubing bike bit yet but I'll get back to you.
🙂 I think it would be more of a style-free understeer off the end to be honest! An Inbred 29er on a rope: literally a boat-anchor!