Aug
16th
What is a mountain biker to do when the trails are wet??
By mudderhucker
What is a mountain bike to do when the trails are wet?
Become a roadie?
Sit on the couch and eat chips and become a sloth?
Sell the mountain bike and take up knitting?
For those that don't know I live in Moncton New Brunswick and we have not seen a dry trail since late May. And our trail systems are suffering because of all the rain.
I have not ridden the U de M trail system since Canada day because I was so disappointed in the conditions. I have ridden the Hillsborough trails but I am very careful to stick to old trails that stay solid regardless of the weather. (fyi..when I do come to a very muddy section of trail I get off the bike, find higher ground and walk around it).
This summer a couple of friends helped me find an answer for the wet weather blues with out having to resort to any of the solutions listed above. We started riding woods road and it has been suprisingly fun.
Today 3 of us set out for a ride that took us along an old railway which led us to some woods roads, throw in a little pavement riding here and there to connect other woods roads and you have a great loop. Todays loop also featured some killer climbs and we had to come back through the Hillsborough trail system on our way back through so we threw in a little single track as well. When we arrived back to out starting point we had done 33.5km. We even managed a top speed of almost 50km/hr on a couple of the descents.
We have had some nicer weather the last week and our trails are starting to dry, but I do not see myself stopping these woods road rides.
Become a roadie?
Sit on the couch and eat chips and become a sloth?
Sell the mountain bike and take up knitting?
For those that don't know I live in Moncton New Brunswick and we have not seen a dry trail since late May. And our trail systems are suffering because of all the rain.
I have not ridden the U de M trail system since Canada day because I was so disappointed in the conditions. I have ridden the Hillsborough trails but I am very careful to stick to old trails that stay solid regardless of the weather. (fyi..when I do come to a very muddy section of trail I get off the bike, find higher ground and walk around it).
This summer a couple of friends helped me find an answer for the wet weather blues with out having to resort to any of the solutions listed above. We started riding woods road and it has been suprisingly fun.
Today 3 of us set out for a ride that took us along an old railway which led us to some woods roads, throw in a little pavement riding here and there to connect other woods roads and you have a great loop. Todays loop also featured some killer climbs and we had to come back through the Hillsborough trail system on our way back through so we threw in a little single track as well. When we arrived back to out starting point we had done 33.5km. We even managed a top speed of almost 50km/hr on a couple of the descents.
We have had some nicer weather the last week and our trails are starting to dry, but I do not see myself stopping these woods road rides.
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