My first gravel bike arrived this week – a Van Rysel Grvl AF, with Microshift Sword and mechanical disc brakes. This happened on my second ride. Thankfully, it is not a high-end carbon frame with an expensive electronic drivetrain, else I might've turned around.
by trovster
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Why would you ride into that?
Your wheel looks iffy.
Wettest, most brutal gravel
…I don’t think a lot of bearings will be to pleased with you
“Aaaahhhhhhhhgblbgjllbgh!” – Bottom bracket
This path I like to ride by a stream has parts where you can ride through the stream. One day it was way deeper than I thought and I got my bottom bracket under water and afterwards it started creaking immediately 🙁
I would never do this to my bottom bracket, hubs, and derailleur(s) but that’s just me
great way to trash your bike on the second ride
Excited to see this on bikewrench in a month or so!
People on here talk about peanut butter mud, some people talk about chunky mud, that probably would be best described as milky tea mud.
I know you’re new to this, and still learning (and we’ve all been there), but as an old hand. I can tell you that kind of surface is much harder to ride than even some of the thicker and stickier muds that you will encounter in gravel riding. So going forward I would avoid the milky tea mud.
Ohhh that BB and those hubs…. ☠️. Also what’s up with that wheel? It looks warped AF…
I hope you like seized bearings pal
You’re gonna wanna service those bearings
I’d suggest carrying the bike through something like that
You’re getting downvoted by haters for having fun and going on an adventure with your gravel bike, keep having fun bro!
I think its a perfect time for you to sell this bike in perfect condition and ridden only 1 time
Hell yeah. Send it. And I hope you took it by the car wash on the way home and used the high pressure wand! This will really the sub going!
So you’re the reason we have “turn around, don’t drown” signs
The wheelset is beyond saving😂
“I just got this bike and it’s already squeaking! What junk”
I would have picked the bike up rather than taking the photo. Yes bikes can handle water and dirt but I like to avoid submerging things like the bottom bracket and hubs in water.
You must hate your bike.
What’s the deal with your handlebar?
This is fine as long as you now service the bottom bracket and wheel bearings .
They will need the seals removed from them carefully and then cleaning and re packing with grease.
So failure to chase the water out of the bearing will result in rusty crunchy bearings in about 3 months time depending on your climate .
Bearing failure a further 12 months down the road depending on how many km you do per annum.
So you can leave them as is for about 6 months and then you should probably replace the bearings .
This is the most common solution we see in the workshop.
Ive ridden my *road bike* for years through flooded creeks when commuting with no drivetrain or bearing damage. That’s running water.
Ive ridden my mountain bike through the far, far worse.
I wouldnt think twice about fording a creek on my gravel bike. I have no idea what the commentators on this thread are on about. Bikes can be be out in the weather
Standard UK bridleway in the winter ?
Your wheel is bent
You have to put now the bike in rice for one day to dry the components XD
Check the BB and the bearings
Yeah, hello, police? Yeah, this one right here officer!
I’ve been there haha it happens, parts are replaceable
Do we have some king of super sealed bearings against that harsh/deep water?