I mean maybe I'm just wired differently but this looks pretty fine for any bike? Water seems to be only about 20cm deep and the ground below is relatively even stones. And on the other side, the path goes up fine.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

That just makes it more fun.

[–] enbyecho@lemmy.world 66 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Skill issue

[–] Moneo@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

git gud

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 5 months ago

Anything is bikeable if you pedal hard enough!

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 27 points 5 months ago

That looks fun, much better than the usual google bike suggestions of join this main road that has a 70mph speed limit

[–] Auk@kbin.social 27 points 5 months ago

Looks to be shallow enough to (at least mostly) avoid getting wet feet and the bottom looks firm, I'd give it a go without worrying too much. Could be awkward with the skinny tyres of a road bike but I'm assuming from the lead in and out being dirt that this is a track where one has at least brought a gravel bike.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago

I would ride that.

[–] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

[–] invisiblegorilla@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do it!!!

[–] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I had to. It is few weeks old foto - behind me is steep gravel downhill and you see this streem in the last moment so I had to slam my brakes. One side had pretty big stones so if I didn't check it I would end up in it.

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How bad is it when you end up cycling into a pit like this, potentially at some speed? Has the water made the soil soft in the road leading the front wheel potentially getting stuck and throwing you off, or will you most likely cycle through with a significant splash and be on your way?

I guess a huge part of it might be the problem of not being able to see so well what's under the water, in case the road has been damaged?

[–] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

You are right - you don't see what's under water. These are streams (op's and mine photo) so there is usually hard gravel so no problem with 30mm+ tires.

In my case there were bigger stones so if you hit them in best case you fell off bike, in worst case you fell off and damage wheels.

Sometimes it is best to get off and push your bike.

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

Get good

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

If it's just a one time road block and you don't want to drive through the water, you could have still get out of your shoes and carry the bike over there. On the left side you could probably even hop from trunk to trunk.

The path looks nice and thanks to the little creek, it's probably less crowded. ;)

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

A downed tree and a puddle. Depending on how strong you are, you might even be able to move that tree and solve the problem yourself.

Puddle looks pretty new, so the ground probably isn’t horribly soft underneath it.

[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Google Maps is whack now. For some reason, they decided to get rid of the camera following directly behind your GPS marker.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Half the fun of trail riding is handling dynamic stuff like this.

[–] Donebrach@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Just walk your bike across it, geez.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Tip: you probably had it set on the Red Bull Extreme Sports BMX setting.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I see no 50ft drops here.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.social 2 points 5 months ago

I see no 50ft drops here yet

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I wonder how it looked like when it was actually marked as a bikeable trail. I can imagine the amount of water changes throughout the seasons. Or years. Or aeons.