Are you sensible if you walk your bike across streams?

**pete376403** · 12th February 2011, 20:53

On a group ride a while back, this little river caused a few riders grief. A little over knee deep, but the bottom was all big round slippery boulders. (I walked the KLR across)

Talking with a local at Murchison afterward, he said not very many people ride (successfully) across the Mackley.

**Monstaman** · 12th February 2011, 21:45

Originally Posted by pete376403

Talking with a local at Murchison afterward, he said not very many people ride (successfully) across the Mackley.

We did at Christmas with Team JATZ, wasn't too bad after the big flood came through and cleaned it out.

**rwh** · 13th February 2011, 13:47

I guess if you were to go fast enough to aquaplane, the rocks on the bottom would be irrelevant

Richard

**gav24** · 14th February 2011, 19:03

I was talking to Geraint Jones (welsh enduro hardman legend) years ago and he gave me a really good bit of advice for watercrossings, particularly those that have a load of ruts and mud through it.
"If you dont want to, or cant stop and check it all out - always take the rut on the upstream side."
Seems to work for me.

Queue endless theoreys and ideas as to why that one is usually always shallower......

**NordieBoy** · 14th February 2011, 20:28

Originally Posted by gav24

Queue endless theoreys and ideas as to why that one is usually always shallower......

'Cause he tells everyone else to take the downstream rut.

The Inuit have 500 words for snow.
The Welsh have 500 words for mud.

Most of them contain expletives though.

**clint640** · 15th February 2011, 11:05

Originally Posted by pete376403

On a group ride a while back, this little river caused a few riders grief. A little over knee deep, but the bottom was all big round slippery boulders. (I walked the KLR across)

Talking with a local at Murchison afterward, he said not very many people ride (successfully) across the Mackley.

We walked our gear over that one & picked a line, then rode across ok, with the other guy in the river as catcher if required:

It was indeed bouldery, but I was surprised how grippy the rocks were - not slippery at all, it would have been 10x harder if they were slimy.

Cheers
Clint