Rain. Rain. Rain, and more rain. Hit some deep puddles today, more than 10 cm deep. This is dangerous in China, as manhole covers are often missing. I try not to ride through a puddle that I cant see the bottom of.

I did try out one of my Ortlieb front panniers today, and everything is dry.

At one stage the water was skimming the bottom of the pannier, and I wondered what would happen if I hit a deeper puddle at speed, and the pannier was submerged. How quickly would it stop me? Quickly enough for an endo?

On the down side of the water, my bike is now all cleaned of all the mud from the last tour.

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