Originally Posted by gregseto
The mud where I live is a sort of clay. It feels like mud, it looks like mud, but it doesn't free itself from the fork arch, brakes, tires, etc. If I do go through it and its deep enough, I have to dismount and pull off chunks to be able to make any forward progress.
Another thing is it is very slippery. I was riding yesterday and had to be extremely careful because the patches of mud are hard to see 3-4 days after a rain. Careful means riding straight, because it your front wheel is turned at all when you're going 25mph and hit a patch of this stuff, you hit the ground sliding. Bad times.
Long story short, if its deeper than the tires, I walk it.
Yeah, we've got a lot of stuff like that. Barely adjust your steering and you're fighting to stay upright. Good times if you keep from goin' down.