It has been easy to be a solskenscyklist here since we haven't really had much rain. The ground was dry and beautiful everywhere. But I know better to get confidence in dry times because it makes mud a painful lesson. After yesterday's rain, I had to get out today. And it was even raining a fair bit when I left.

Checking the bike. Bolts on the arm tight as Philip suggested? Check. As usual this made no difference and it was creaking away after 5 minutes. Correct air pressure in Sid? Yep. Correct pressure in the Conti X King Racesport? Nja...2.6 bar is a bit too safe when it is this wet.

For the most part the bike had 6 bags of grip (instead of the usual 8) despite massively wet conditions in the forest. I did discover that it has zero grip on pavement in a corner. Good to know. But everywhere else it was way better than Speed King or any other tire I have tried. But just to know for sure I made one attempt uphill on a slanted wet rock and that did not work. Gave me a nice frame bash right on my kneecap. But I have done much worse before. It will still slide on wet roots but Sid helps me to attack them at the right angle so I won't be in a situation of getting stuck or sliding.

Anyway, I even cleaned the bike out in the rain since I will now take it apart and check for cracks. It has to be a crack. It has to be something somewhere.