Scott2227
Squid
I went for a ride this afternoon at Mill Creek in southern Sydney.
We’ve had about 3-4 inches of rain in the past 2-3 days but it wasn’t raining this afternoon.
There were puddles here and there, but nothing deeper than the tread of the front tyre. But in 40 minutes covering a decent amount of the trail area I didn’t see a single other bike, and the parking area, which I generally know to be rammed, was empty but for my car.
It made me wonder, as a newbie rider, should I not have gone out after that sort of rainfall?
I recently saw advice locally to ride through rather than around puddles, so I do, but I also don’t want to be damaging trails that people have worked hard to build if riding when they’re wet is going to do that.
Keen to learn. Cheers.
We’ve had about 3-4 inches of rain in the past 2-3 days but it wasn’t raining this afternoon.
There were puddles here and there, but nothing deeper than the tread of the front tyre. But in 40 minutes covering a decent amount of the trail area I didn’t see a single other bike, and the parking area, which I generally know to be rammed, was empty but for my car.
It made me wonder, as a newbie rider, should I not have gone out after that sort of rainfall?
I recently saw advice locally to ride through rather than around puddles, so I do, but I also don’t want to be damaging trails that people have worked hard to build if riding when they’re wet is going to do that.
Keen to learn. Cheers.