Riding inthe Mud!

That looks like fun actually, i ride in my backyard when its wet and
when i'm done i get more mud on my tyre which ends up looking like
something that i got from the tip. :p

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ivan said:

Its a wild ride, grabs me by the shoe-lace, and doesn't let go till I do
a face-plant.

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Well actually the mud is quite soft! It is a lot of fun though! We
laughed at each other quite a bit on some of the falls! I think that
mud riding really improve your overall riding level.

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I think so too cause it improves your balance and concentration
depending on leveling and angle of the ground.

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ivan said:

Its a wild ride, grabs me by the shoe-lace, and doesn't let go till I do
a face-plant.

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Mud? You call that little bit of dirt stuck to your tyre mud? This is a
muddy unicycle, mine, after completing a lap at this years Mountain
Mayhem. I have to admit I wasn't riding this by the end of the lap but
pushing. I think my uni weighed about 3 times its normal weight at this
point.

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Nice one, Ian. Goes with your sig.

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Unicorn said:

Now the mud in Isreal is clay like in consistency and sticks to
everything. As it gets fry it gets even stickier and hardens into an
almost indestuctable substance!

That kind of mud is nasty. I'm lucky that the local mud here is the
wet kind that doesn't stick to the tire. Some local areas have a mud
with clay and that kind gets slippery, but still isn't so nasty as to
stick to the tire and build up like that.

We may have a reputation for having a lot of rain here in the Pacific
Northwest (Washington state). But at least we can have fun in the wet
without our tires getting caked in slippy sticky clay mud.

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Seeing those pics make me want to start Muniing🙄

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Hehe mention to spoge just how much he likes ridding down muddy hills
coated with leaves. :p

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john_childs said:

That kind of mud is nasty. I'm lucky that the local mud here is the wet
kind that doesn't stick to the tire. Some local areas have a mud with
clay and that kind gets slippery, but still isn't so nasty as to stick
to the tire and build up like that.

We may have a reputation for having a lot of rain here in the Pacific
Northwest (Washington state). But at least we can have fun in the wet
without our tires getting caked in slippy sticky clay mud.

Yeah, Washington get wet, but its fun to get wet.

When in Moab, and driving out of the wash, our van slid off into the
side of the road. I was wearing cons, and both shoes had about a
1-inch gash on the side. When me, and a few others were out there
pushing the van back up onto the road. From me trying to walk and push
the van, and the mud being so sticky, it was enough force to actually
rip the fabric from the shoes.

Had to go buy shoes that night, and im still wearing those ones. lol

That mud is crazy. I still have those cons, and after all the washing,
the mud is still on there. I even had some of that red powder on my
Torker.

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Some of best riding around Melbourne is done in the mud. The wet clay
provides good opportunities for skids and drifting. Shame we are in a
drought at the mo', we only get a few days of decent rain each year.

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MT High said:

Some of best riding around Melbourne is done in the mud. The wet clay
provides good opportunities for skids and drifting. Shame we are in a
drought at the mo', we only get a few days of decent rain each year.

Shame you don't get snow. Snow riding sounds a lot like your mud
riding except snow is better and isn't muddy.

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john_childs said:

Shame you don't get snow. Snow riding sounds a lot like your mud riding
except snow is better and isn't muddy.

Unless its that mooshy snow. :p

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ivan said:

Its a wild ride, grabs me by the shoe-lace, and doesn't let go till I do
a face-plant.

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yummy.. looks fun..

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My most interesting and varied ride has a grass straight that goes on
for about 1.5 miles. It's a nice opportunity to cruise along, giving a
break from having to deal with the various rooty and stony
singletracks.

Now the rain has come, that grass straight has turned into a muddy,
lumpy, slippery mudbath. It's only ridable for a few hours after the
rain, before the multiple horse-hoofs and the occasional tractor tyres
trudge their way through it and churn up the wet mud into sticky lumpy
ridges.

It's all very well slipping sideways and turning to compensate for it,
but the fact that the churn results in ridges and burrowed tracks with
edges far higher than my shoes, mean that riding over bumps and into
gullies (which already involve a fair amount of arm swinging)
guarantees a tyre slip-out.

I do attempt to ride it, but by the time I've had my tenth UPD in less
than fifty yards I get completely fed up and figure out that even
trying anymore would get me nowhere fast, and I end up pushing the muni
along what is supposed to be a grand straight.

I don't call that fun.

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I had a pretty muddy ride yesterday as well - well, partly deep mud and
partly wet rotting leaves on rock. All adds to the interest.

I find the best technique for slippery mud is to force myself to
release the grip on the saddle handle and use both arms for balance,
then just go with the flow and try to stay over the wheel - sort of
like doing a semi-stillstand or riding a long skinny that you can't
see. Very energy-sapping though if it's in the middle of a long ride.

Oh, and Ian - glad you posted that MM pic. I was thinking exactly the
same thing ("that's not mud - THIS is mud!"😉 but didn't have any of my
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Ian,

We are talking about very different kinds of mud. Yours is slipery
nasty wet and it covers everything kind of like paint, It is quite
liquidy. The mud on my MUni is like clay. It was to thick in
consistancy to allow for the tire knobs to protrude. Look at how it
holds onto all the rocks and gravel. It would just build up in balls.
(Too bad Steven wasn't into getting into a dirtball fight!) I UPDed a
few times because rocks got lodged between my tire and the frame in the
mud. Keep in mind that I rarely UPD at the Ben Shemen Woods. I was
breaking in Steven on the easier trails and I was UPding! My Muni also
gained quite a bit of wieght! Notice how on my MUni (The one on the
left) there is less mud actually on the tire but more on the crown of
the frame and splatered on to the back of the frame. Where with
Steven's MUni there is much more mud on the tire and none on the frame.
This is because I ride much faster than Steven and the mud actually
gets slung!

Well later on in the day I went and did some trials riding in a nearby
city.
At least I was on pavements and the KH20 stayed light!

Mud is tons of fun though! Tomorrow should be perfect for our midweek
ride.

Unicorn

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Unicorn said:

We are talking about very different kinds of mud. Yours is slipery nasty
wet and it covers everything kind of like paint, It is quite liquidy.

Believe me, that mud in Ian's picture is not like liquid paint. It was
very sticky and built the wheels up into huge rollers that jammed
between the frame legs. The reason there's no gravel stuck in it is
because there was no gravel on the course - just lots of grass and
bracken to reinforce the muddy composite even more.

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ian.stockwell said:

Mud? You call that little bit of dirt stuck to your tyre mud? This is a
muddy unicycle, mine, after completing a lap at this years Mountain
Mayhem. I have to admit I wasn't riding this by the end of the lap but
pushing. I think my uni weighed about 3 times its normal weight at this
point.

I remember seeing a pic just like that from what I tink was last year's
MM.

I remember reading that several drivetrains, brake systems, and even at
least one frame of the b*kes broke, all from the mud. Yet one of the
guys (I don't remember who) was still riding it, even at night, w/ only
a few UPDs, even at night.

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yunisyko said:

it's all about balls. i lose them often and then get em back.

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Oh, I love the mud, yet hardpack snow is so much more fun, especially
crazy steep declines!

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