Originally Posted by
h2oxtc
Wet road and riding uphill, spun the wheel and the rest was history. ?
Been there, done that.
As far as I know, no road rash, or damage whatsoever other than a bruised ego. I can't say I blame it on being clipped in, although my gearing wouldn't allow the climb without the cleats. However, I probably would have bailed earlier without them.
I will say that on my Litespeed, I can't maintain traction while standing. I must sit down to keep wet traction while climbing. I think the slightly longer geometry puts too much weight forward. My Colnago just barely gets climbing traction when using good tires (currently a Schwalbe Marathon which seem to do ok).
Prepping for my tracks in the snow photo, I had one false start, too high of a gear. Walked back to the road, downshifted, and tried it again. The second time I made it all the way down to the end of the side-road where I hit some very soft gravel. Did a difficult turn in the soft gravel, and headed back up. Gentle slope. Not enough speed and traction. & WHAM!!!!!
Ok, so I was just out having to much fun.