Originally Posted by
csrpenfab
I got out for a post-rain gravel ride Saturday. The gravel was fine, but when I tried to cut across a dairy farm road between two gravel paths, I ran into some very deep thick clay laden mud. Let's just say the Niner with 38c Schwalbe G1's struggles in shedding mud! Progress quickly came to a full stop and it was time for some hike-a-bike to get back to the gravel! Fun was still had, but it took a solid hour to clean the Niner of mud!
You are likely going to be missing some paint when you wash away that mud.