I'm sure it was entertaining to watch!
It certainly was!
In my best Morgan Freeman narrarator voice: Imagine, if you will, a cloudy & cool breezy day riding some fun dirt roads and one of them has a creek crossing that looks so deep that a minnow would struggle to find enough water to swim across. Just right of the crossing is a neighboring man struggling to find footing wading the creek. This should have been a warning to the oncoming riders, had they been paying enough attention. The three riders approach with no clue how much their riding skill was fixing to be tested.
@thinwater, as usual, is the first to cross, so that he can set up to film the others as they cross. He takes a path to the right of center and has a wobble or two. He makes it through and warns the oncoming riders that this crossing is SLICK. I think he should have used a stronger word.
@jrm927 picks a different line more to the left of center, hoping for better purchase with his more street than dirt tires. He made it a little over halfway across before the entertainment began. During that last 1/3 to 1/4 of the crossing his bike faced every way except backwards while his back end kept trying to pass his front. He almost saved it 3 different times during that wet and wild bullride on ice, but in the end he hopped on one foot 2 or three times before the bike was too far gone to save it. His bike was still slipping and sliding downstream after his full side body roll upstream. It was really impressive how he fit all those maneuvers into such a short amount of time. Then it was rider #3's turn. She listened to her faithful instructor and guide and picked a line farther left where it should be more dirt and less slippery rock. I don't know if it was as slick or not, but it was certainly slippery enough that as soon as her rear wheel got into this tiny little unassuming creek her front tire quickly went left and she slid upstream like diving onto a slip n slide as her bike coasted downstream. The temperature of the water caused a Rick Flair Worthy "WHOOOO" as she got a helmet full of creekwater in her face. And so,
@thinwater picked up the Honda and slid it to the other side and pushed it out the bank, so she could put on dry gloves, at least before continuing the day of riding.
