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[Closed] Well, that didn't go to plan

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That'll teach me to ride road bikes


 
Posted : 26/05/2017 7:31 pm
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😀
Twas the doggos fault.


 
Posted : 26/05/2017 7:32 pm
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That's a lake, not a ford


 
Posted : 26/05/2017 7:35 pm
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Gracefully done sir 🙂


 
Posted : 26/05/2017 7:38 pm
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Smooth, it was like you were floating on air! 😉


 
Posted : 26/05/2017 8:14 pm
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At that speed, you needed tyres with more tread to clear the water. 😉


 
Posted : 26/05/2017 8:53 pm
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Wouldn't have happened on a fat bike.


 
Posted : 26/05/2017 8:57 pm
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...or a pedalo.


 
Posted : 26/05/2017 9:02 pm
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Dive! Dive! Dive!


 
Posted : 26/05/2017 9:06 pm
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You were lucky you didn't spanner yourself! Although I'm questioning the coincidence of having someone there filming.

Is someone aiming for £250 from Harry Hill to fund a new pair of Rapha shorts by any chance?


 
Posted : 26/05/2017 9:47 pm
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Chapeau for posting that, gave me a lol


 
Posted : 26/05/2017 9:58 pm
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We've a ford in our village - cobbled and slimy as a tart's parts

There's no way I'd ride it; walking it's fairly scary


 
Posted : 26/05/2017 10:16 pm
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A very relaxed ditching, nicely done! At least the dog wasn't phased by it.


 
Posted : 26/05/2017 10:35 pm
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The Amazing Hypno-Dog strikes again
Look into my eyes........


 
Posted : 26/05/2017 11:40 pm
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Algae can be surprisingly slippery. I remember my bro hitting a patch where water had been flowing over the road, outside Bristol. Suprisingly sideways. More surprising was the tyre popping off the rim when we got back to Bristol centre. Went off like a gunshot!


 
Posted : 26/05/2017 11:50 pm
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Looks like Coughton Ford near Studley 🙂


 
Posted : 27/05/2017 2:11 pm
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It was a hot day, that just looks like some pre-planned cooling down.
Yes, that's it.


 
Posted : 27/05/2017 2:14 pm
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Wouldn't have happened on a fat bike.

No?


 
Posted : 27/05/2017 3:39 pm
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That is so much more stylish than my pathetic slow speed fail 😀


 
Posted : 28/05/2017 5:21 am
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My "off" happened at a clearly signed ford with additional signs saying, "Cyclists beware slippery surface", and it was. Very...


 
Posted : 28/05/2017 5:48 am