Funnily enough it actually improves the grip. I have only had slips in the dry when the dust starts coating the rocks. It's quite firm mud up there so actually gives good grip when damp.gebrauchtwagen83 wrote:The forecast is pretty poor for the weekend in bardo. Not had it rain before, make things interesting :unsure:
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Gaffer tape is The Force! It has a light side and a dark side and holds the Universe together!
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It improves it until you get above 2,500 meters and then it turns to snow :laugh:scouse wrote:Funnily enough it actually improves the grip. I have only had slips in the dry when the dust starts coating the rocks. It's quite firm mud up there so actually gives good grip when damp.gebrauchtwagen83 wrote:The forecast is pretty poor for the weekend in bardo. Not had it rain before, make things interesting :unsure:
I've had a few rides up there in the snow, still a great weekend though (thumbs)
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It were cool and deep in 2000 too
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Me neitherbowber wrote:Not made it again this year, my wifes gran passed away so managed to rearrange our tickets for later this month.
Up side, it looks like I'll be missing the weather!
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