wet leaves?

[aicabsolut]

I heard a guy this morning talking about how he wiped out and cracked his head by WALKING on wet leaves. And I saw a biker wipe out at a dark, wet, leafy intersection the other day. I think he was on a hybrid, and his broke the bars off the bike. Turning and stopping on them is slick.

[doc]

As a ride leader once said:

wet leaves are as slick as snot

'nuff said

[emily_in_nc]

My rear tire skidded out and I fell sideways on a wooden bridge covered with wet leaves while mountain biking a month or so ago, so yes, your instincts are correct. Wet leaves are dangerous, on or off-road!

Emily

[Crankin]

So many leaves on my street yesterday! I avoid them like crazy, Deb. It was kind of hard to yesterday, but I'm trying to get in every little last minute of riding outside. I went really slow (even more than usual) down my hill and avoided one part where it was totally covered with leaves.

[SheFly]

On our ride last night, we set out on our normal loop which runs behind a cemetary and then past a resevoir, up a hill and out to another area. The leaves covered everything last night, and the roots were really tricky as well - sliding out everywhere. As I was rounding the corner around the resevoir, I heard a very distinct "SPLASH". Uh-oh - someone went into the drink!

I came upon one of our group members pulling himself out of the resevoir. Bike was upside down, fully submerged in water with the light still shining, lighting the bottom of the pond! It was a very funny sight, and we were all wishing that we had a camera. Our friend was fine (soaked head to foot, and steamed the entire ride, but no harm done), and the light continued to shine for the whole ride.

He was sure he had hit something in the trail, but inspection showed no roots or rocks. Those leaves were pretty nasty though!

SheFly