I got caught riding in flood waters a couple years ago.
There's the walking trail near the high school football field, and I
took my Torker CX 24" for a spin down there the day before halloween.
Three sections of the trail were flooded out. The first was just afew
feet long, and the water was at most 6" deep. So, I pressed on,
splashing my shoes slightly.
I assumed the second part would be a similar depth, but couldn't see
how fat the water went, because it vanished beyond a turn. I came
around the corner, and it was no less than 40 feet of trail underwater.
At the end of the section, my wheel and frame up to the seat post clamp
had been submerged, not to mention my legs from mid-thigh down.
The last section was clearly the deepest, and I would not have
attempted it, but I could see the end of the trail. So, I figured,
"Meh. I'm already wet."
My wheel submerged, my frame, my saddle, my belly button... the water
was up to my chest before I fell off, and had to swim out.
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