Originally Posted by lopek77

I went with my buddy for an annual Thanksgiving ride at Pontiac Lake Recreation Area in Michigan. It's a pretty fast, but also hilly and muddy terrain. It was cold, and trail pretty muddy. Since I used to have a lot of problems with chain suck with my stock crank, every time I went through mud, I got chain suck and I was stopping every few minutes.
Couple guys stopped to see if I need help, and talked for a while... The only solution was to clean my crank with my drinking water...After I used all my water I was stuck... I got to the paved road which goes through the park ( not even half way on the trail ) and I came back to the parking lot using main , paved roads.
I was mad at myself and my bike that I couldn't make it to the end of the trial... I'm an honest guy, and I was ready to tell my buddy what happened and that I didn't finish it...
The moment I rolled on to the parking lot, two guys who tried to help me on the trail shouted "You made it!", than my buddy said "Good job!" .... well.... I didn't say anything