Comments on: Slippery When Wet

By: Steve Caddy

Steve Caddy — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:46:38 +0000

Hopefully they start laughing straight away. In the immediate post deck-hit concussion cloud, the first signal that I’m about to realise that I’m seriously hurt is that no-one is laughing.

By: bill posters

bill posters — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:28:12 +0000

You’re mates are good to laugh at you as soon as they realize you aren’t seriously hurt and are able to get back on your bike and back riding. “yer right mate?, yeah, im ok. ha ha ha, sucks to be you…”

By: d11

d11 — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:02:20 +0000

Wet wooden bridges are seriously ICY slippery when wet. I found that out the hard way and had a big bruise on the side of my hip and upper thigh (couldn’t sleep on that side for a solid week). I was going a bit faster than I should (my fault), but didn’t expect the front wheel to just slip and slide out like it did.

As I was cleaning myself up about 10 ft away from the base, another cyclist going quite slow actually wiped out as well.

I’d suggest unclipping at least one (if not both) feet going over wet bridges and SLOWING way down. Don’t forget the metal strips at the base of each end too!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:22:12 +0000

I’m a puss and don’t ride in the rain. Eventually I’ll need to man up and deal with the soak.

The slimy two foot section of water on the bike path beneath an overpass, on a curve, is super-slick. Not that I have any near-fall experiences with that.

By: vectorbug

vectorbug — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:08:24 +0000

Not listed: Snow and wet wooden stairs.

By: Ridley

Ridley — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:25:41 +0000

Checker plate is my pet hate. They are starting to use it more and more to hide joins in bridges….very slippery if you put the power down at the wrong time.

be careful people.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:09:11 +0000

How could they be spent? The ride was only going 10mins when the crash occurred. Having said that, I hope they’re OK!

By: Will T

Will T — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:22:24 +0000

Wet metal manhole covers – slipperness rating 1,000/10

All the worse because they tend to turn up mid-corner in your racing line, right on the apex, so there is a significant chance if you don’t eat shit going over them, you will probably eat shit trying to get around them while adjusting your line mid-coner.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:31:51 +0000

Best all round tyre- Rubino Pros. WORD

By: CP

CP — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:13:06 +0000

Cont GP 4000’s are by far the best tyres I have used. Currently I have 13,000km on my training wheels with one rotation and look to get 2,000 more.
The occasional puncture now in the wet after 80% wear, but very few by comparison to the Michelins I used to ride. Which were usless in the wet and only gave me about 7,000km life.

By: Small Animal

Small Animal — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:04:21 +0000

Fugg you lot, what about us?!!

By: vidman

vidman — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:37:21 +0000

Conti GP 4 Seasons. Great puncture proofness and great in the wet.