But how can you wear out your suspension bushings in a year? How can brake pads only last one ride? That's what they ask. The bike designers who live in California and Spain can't understand why people ride in the rain and mud. Surely you just wait for a day for the blue skies and sunshine to return?

There is another way. The way of the UK, where it might rain every day for three months - and that's just the summer. A land where, if you didn't ride in the rain on wet trails, you may never ride again.

Come and enjoy Filth Camp this November! Email Chipps for details...