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Nuke Coaster Bike Offline Work Ride Wolfpack Trailblazer Posts: 147 Location: Fort Mill Joined: 01/21/15	How wet is too wet--SWDP 03/17/15 at 3:36pm	Print Post
	I was on the Southwest District Park trail yesterday and in parts it was fairly wet. In general, what are guidelines on how dry a trail needs to be to balance between usage and damage?

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Doc00t IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline When in DOUBT, PEDAL it OUT Posts: 1785 Location: University Joined: 05/09/12	Re: How wet is too wet--SWDP Reply #1 - 03/17/15 at 4:10pm	Print Post
	If you have to ask, then that's probably your answer.

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abruzzopat Little Ring Offline Irritating animated GIF... I'll remove it soon. Posts: 519 Location: Belmont, NC Joined: 06/29/14	Re: How wet is too wet--SWDP Reply #2 - 03/17/15 at 4:54pm	Print Post
	Hey Nuke. Doc is right, but another rule of thumb is if you are picking up mud or leaving ruts, you shouldn't ride. SWDP is not really rideable (maybe today) but has light traffic so I'm hoping the damage will be mimimal. As soon as I can get Mark to buy me some lumber I'm gonna boardwalk some of the really bad areas that don't drain well.

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Advocat In The Loop Project Board Offline Posts: 3845 Joined: 08/11/04	Re: How wet is too wet--SWDP Reply #3 - 03/18/15 at 5:42pm	Print Post
	I'm surprised there is much tread not draining at SWDP. I can think of 1 or 2 suspect flattish areas, but not much. It may just be that time of year ....

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abruzzopat Little Ring Offline Irritating animated GIF... I'll remove it soon. Posts: 519 Location: Belmont, NC Joined: 06/29/14	Re: How wet is too wet--SWDP Reply #4 - 03/18/15 at 7:24pm	Print Post
	Advocat wrote on 03/18/15 at 5:42pm: I'm surprised there is much tread not draining at SWDP. I can think of 1 or 2 suspect flattish areas, but not much. It may just be that time of year .... It's interesting... the trail handles big rains in the summer-fall with no issue.... in fact is ridable sooner than most trails. But starting this January, there have been sections that just refuse to dry out. They are flat and putting drains is almost impossible. Several of us were out there digging trenches and such, but I think boardwalking some of the worst parts is the only answer.

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Woods Rider Small Cog Offline I wanna ride Posts: 390 Joined: 02/26/08	Re: How wet is too wet--SWDP Reply #5 - 03/18/15 at 8:14pm	Print Post
	Big rains or down pours tend to run off the trail rather than soak in during the summer as a lot of trials are baked and hard. Several days of light to med. rain tends to soak the soil.
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SCOTT_T Big Ring Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 2092 Joined: 02/16/05	Re: How wet is too wet--SWDP Reply #6 - 03/18/15 at 9:00pm	Print Post
	you gotta ride a fat bike bro........

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