Originally Posted by
prj71
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#7 is a trail.
Besides...riding through mud like that prematurely wears out the brake and drivetrain components.
This is the mountain biking forum. One can safely assume most of us are riding trails with our mountain bikes and not roads. Therefore if there is mud on the trail then stay off of it until it dries up!
Brake and drivetrain wear is a not significant in my experience and what you’re ignoring is that in many areas (UK, PNW, BC, etc.) if folks stayed off trails until they dried up they would only be able to ride a few months of the year.
The most important thing that folks can do is to ride through standing water or mud, not around it. Keep singletrack single.