Quote Originally Posted by tlkiwi
You don't always have the option of going around puddles on singletrack. There's nothing quite like riding through a puddle on top of a sandpit, getting stuck and having to put your foot down into a good 10cm of water to get one over puddle prissiness. Erm, not that that's ever happened to me.
and going around puddles on singletrack widens the trail. It's a bike FOR dirt remember..!!

~I.