A new experience - SNOW!

[snapper_37]

Had some really thick snow flakes here today which started to stick about 1/2 hour before I left for work. I admit that I was quite nervous at first because I have never rode in it before, but when I realised I wasn't going to go arse over tit off the bike, I enjoyed it.

And the brandy and shower when I got home! Fantastic!

I have pulled the old MTB out the shed though ready for tomorrow - unless there's ice, which I believe there may be.

 

[Crackle]

Had some really thick snow flakes here today which started to stick about 1/2 hour before I left for work. I admit that I was quite nervous at first because I have never rode in it before, but when I realised I wasn't going to go arse over tit off the bike, I enjoyed it.

And the brandy and shower when I got home! Fantastic!

I have pulled the old MTB out the shed though ready for tomorrow - unless there's ice, which I believe there may be.

How did you stop the Brandy getting too dilute

 

[palinurus]

Fresh snow is generally OK to ride in, it's fun if it snows overnight and you can get out early before it gets slushy'n'horrible.

If it snows on top of frozen old snow it's somewhat trickier to stay on.

 

[Dayvo]

You'll be all right with these tyres!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Spikes-Rennmotorrad.jpg

 

[Tharg2007]

How did you stop the Brandy getting too dilute

he used a cocktail umbrella

 

[Wolf04]

You'll be all right with these tyres!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Spikes-Rennmotorrad.jpg

Wow a bit Mad Max. Use to use a pair of Nokian studded tyres, brilliant on black ice but no use on deep rutted stuff. Gave up on them as they were always having rapid deflation events. No kevlar and the studs seemed to trap every sharp thing going.

 

[snapper_37]

he used a cocktail umbrella

Did he?

 

[snapper_37]

Fresh snow is generally OK to ride in, it's fun if it snows overnight and you can get out early before it gets slushy'n'horrible.

If it snows on top of frozen old snow it's somewhat trickier to stay on.

Yeah I guessed that. I suppose I'm just a bit hyper because my crash on ice last year freaked me out a bit so I was a bit 'chest-puffed out' (36DD hey hey) lol to have felt ok with it tonight

There's a clue there somewhere Tharg!

 

[snapper_37]

How did you stop the Brandy getting too dilute

I'm not even going to go there with you ............... obviously!

 

[HJ]

If you want to know how it is really done see this page http://www.icebike.com/...

 

[Crackle]

I'm not even going to go there with you ............... obviously!

Errr yep! .......................Obviously

 

[jimboalee]

+1 on Davyo.

Ice speedway. When was the last time I did that? 1976. Solihull rink after a Solihull Barons hockey training session.

You need full hockey kit. We used 26 x 1 3/8 wheel size with screws through the outer tire and a cut down second tire inside.
There were a couple of Cannuks in the Barons, and apparently, ice cycle speedway was done over there.
Bicycle speedway was big in Birmingham after the war and the LBS owners gave away their secrets hoping it would re-emerge, but it didn’t, due to the skateboard.

 

[hackbike 6]

I don't particularly like riding in the snow perhaps I need a MTB for it.

 

[upandover]

I've read a few posts which suggest a mountain bike is better than a road bike in winter/snow, but never quite saying it clearly.

Is that a consensus, or is it a disputed fact

Cheers
Steve

 

[swee'pea99]

Just poked me head out the back door to stop the hound barking at squirrels and it's snowing NOW! It never snows in London, and certainly not in October. I've lived here getting on for half a century and I can't remember it ever snowing in October. What the hell happened to global warming?